Avon Hill

Avon Hill is a neighborhood in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Avon Hill is situated nearby to the suburb Neighborhood Nine, as well as near Baldwin.

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.

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.

Porter station

Railway station

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Porter station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It serves the Red Line rapid transit line, the MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line, and several MBTA bus lines.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baldwin and Davis Square.

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. Holland Street, Dover Street, Day Street, Elm Street, Highland Avenue, and College Avenue all meet there.

Old Cambridge Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times.

Avon Hill

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.38676° or 42° 23′ 12″ north

Longitude

-71.12394° or 71° 7′ 26″ west

Elevation

62 feet (19 metres)

Open location code

87JC9VPG+PC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158841749

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4929478

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