Harvard Shaker Village Historic District

Harvard Shaker Village Historic District is a neighborhood in Worcester, Massachusetts. Harvard Shaker Village Historic District is situated nearby to the neighborhood Devenscrest, as well as near the locality Pingryville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ayer Public Library and Ayer Town Hall.

Ayer Public Library

Library

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 4.0.

Ayer Public Library is situated 2 miles northwest of Harvard Shaker Village Historic District.

Ayer Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ayer Town Hall is situated 2½ miles northwest of Harvard Shaker Village Historic District.

Oak Ridge Observatory

Building

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

The Oak Ridge Observatory, also known as the George R. Agassiz Station, is located at 42 Pinnacle Road, Harvard, Massachusetts. It was operated by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian as a facility of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory from 1933 until August 19, 2005. Oak Ridge Observatory is situated 2 miles south of Harvard Shaker Village Historic District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Littleton and Ayer.

Littleton

Town

Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY 3.0.

Shirley is a city in Merrimack Valley with a population of 7,000. The town was named for former Governor William Shirley, and was settled in 1720 and incorporated in 1775. Littleton is situated 2 miles east of Harvard Shaker Village Historic District.

Ayer

Village

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ayer is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Originally part of Groton, it was incorporated February 14, 1871, and became a major commercial railroad junction. Ayer is situated 2½ miles northwest of Harvard Shaker Village Historic District.

Devens

Town

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Devens is a regional enterprise zone and census-designated place in the towns of Ayer and Shirley and Harvard in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is the successor to Fort Devens, a military post that operated from 1917 to 1996. Devens is situated 3 miles west of Harvard Shaker Village Historic District.

Harvard Shaker Village Historic District

Type: Neighborhood
Categories: historic site and locality
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.53589° or 42° 32′ 9″ north

Longitude

-71.55428° or 71° 33′ 15″ west

Elevation

272 feet (83 metres)

Open location code

87JCGCPW+97

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358282514

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=district

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4938973

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