Ford Building

Ford Building is an university building in , , which is located on Ames Street. Ford Building is situated nearby to , as well as near .
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  • Type: University building
  • Also known as: E18 Ford Building” and “Horace Sayford Ford Building
  • Address: 50 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include MIT Museum and List Visual Arts Center.

Museum
The , founded in 1971, is part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in . It hosts collections of holography, technology-related artworks, artificial intelligence, architecture, robotics, maritime history, and the history of MIT. is situated 380 feet east of Ford Building.

Arts center
Established in 1950, the is the contemporary art museum of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is known for temporary exhibitions in its galleries located in the MIT Media Lab building, as well as its administration of the permanent art collection distributed throughout the university campus, faculty offices, and student housing.

Hotel
The , or The , is a boutique hotel on Main St. in the area of . It repurposed a firehouse built in 1895: it was once the Engine 7 Firehouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kendall Square and Wellington-Harrington.

Locality
Photo: Daderot, CC0.
is a neighborhood in , United States. The itself is located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway.

Neighborhood
, also known as Area 3, is a neighborhood in . Overlapping with and , it is bounded by Hampshire Street and Broadway on the southwest, the Grand Junction railroad tracks on the east, and the town line on the north.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of . is bounded by the and the neighborhood of Boston on the east, the border on the north, Broadway and Main Street on the south, and the railroad tracks on the west.

Ford Building

Latitude
42.36181° or 42° 21′ 43″ north
Longitude
-71.08782° or 71° 5′ 16″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Levels
6
Height
90 feet (28 metres)
Open location code
87JC9W66+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 220076812
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Geo­Names ID
4936996
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