First Church of Christ, Scientist

First Church of Christ, Scientist is an historic redbrick 6-story domed Christian Science church building located at 13 Waterhouse Street, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Type: Church
Description: church building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Also known as: “First Church of Christ Scientist”
Address: 13 Waterhouse Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church.

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. Harvard College Observatory is situated 2,300 feet northwest of First Church of Christ, Scientist.

Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church

Church

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The Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church is a church located beside Harvard Law School near the Cambridge, Massachusetts common. Its congregation was organized in March 1941 by the merger of Harvard Street Methodist Church and Epworth Methodist Church.

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

Museum

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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. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is situated 1,600 feet east of First Church of Christ, Scientist.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cambridge Historic District and Baldwin.

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.

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.

Mid-Cambridge

Suburb

Mid-Cambridge, also known as "Area 6", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the south and west, Prospect Street on the east, and Hampshire Street, the Somerville border, Kirkland Street, Quincy Street, and Cambridge Street on the north.

First Church of Christ, Scientist

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.37816° or 42° 22′ 41″ north

Longitude

-71.1208° or 71° 7′ 15″ west

Elevation

23 feet (7 metres)

Open location code

87JC9VHH+7M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1143072432

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

GeoNames ID

4936541

Wikidata ID

Q5452670

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