Avon Hill Historic District
The Avon Hill Historic District is a residential historic district near Porter Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Set atop Avon Hill southwest of Porter Square, this subdivision, laid out about 1870, contains a concentration of the finest Victorian and Second Empire residential buildings in the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: historic district in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Avon Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Cooper–Frost–Austin House.
Harvard College Observatory
Observatory
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The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.
Cooper–Frost–Austin House
Museum
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The Cooper–Frost–Austin House is a historic Colonial American house, built in 1681. It is located at 21 Linnaean Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the oldest extant home in Cambridge and is owned and operated as a non-profit museum by Historic New England.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Museum
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums focusing on anthropological material, with particular focus on the ethnography and archaeology of the Americas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porter Square and Baldwin.
Porter Square
Neighborhood
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Porter Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts, located around the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, between Harvard and Davis Squares.
Baldwin
Neighborhood
Baldwin, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Davis Square
Neighborhood
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Davis Square is a major intersection in the northwestern section of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, where several streets meet: Holland Street, Dover Street, Day Street, Elm Street, Highland Avenue, and College Avenue.
Avon Hill Historic District
- Categories: historic district and locality
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.38676° or 42° 23′ 12″ northLongitude
-71.12394° or 71° 7′ 26″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)Open location code
87JC9VPG+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 158841749OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
“Avon Hill Historic District” goes by many names.
- French: “Avon Hill Historic District”
- French: “district historique d’Avon Hill”
- French: “District historique d’Avon Hill”
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Highlights include DeRosay-McNamee House and Raymond Park.
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