Corcoran Playground
Corcoran Playground is a park in Middlesex, Massachusetts. Corcoran Playground is situated nearby to the neighborhood Avon Hill Historic District, as well as near Porter Square.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 Avon Hill Historic District and Porter Square.
Avon Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
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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.
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.
Corcoran Playground
- Type: Park
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.38704° or 42° 23′ 13″ northLongitude
-71.12783° or 71° 7′ 40″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
87JC9VPC+RVGeoNames ID
4933932
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Localities in the Area
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