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Cambridge Common Park
A park in Cambridge, in the middle of things: 348 places within a five-minute walk. One of 215 parks & outdoors in Cambridge.
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On the National Register since 1973
Cambridge Common Historic District
Cambridge Common Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Apr 13, 1973. It is significant for its landscape design, military, politics and architecture at the national level. Its architecture is described as Gothic Revival and Federal and Richardsonian and Greek Revival and Georgian and Queen Anne. The district takes in 7 historic buildings. It was listed as part of Cambridge MRA.
The Cambridge Common Historic District is a historic district encompassing one of the oldest parts of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is centered on the Cambridge Common, which was a center of civic activity in Cambridge after its founding in 1631. It was the site of the election for governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636, and was a military barracks site during the American Revolutionary War. The common w…
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348 places within a five-minute walk of Cambridge Common Park.
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Directions →Garden St. and Mass. Ave.
The nearest neighbor is Joseph Story Statue, Harvard Law School Library, 1 min walk away.
AddressGarden St. and Mass. Ave. · 02138
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Phone(617) 349-4604
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Address
Garden St. and Mass. Ave.
Hours
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Phone
(617) 349-4604
Website
http://www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/parks/parksinfo/parks/cambridgecommon.aspx
Status
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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Changes go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places.