Holden Chapel

Holden Chapel is a small building in Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University. Completed in 1744, it is the third oldest building at Harvard and one of the oldest college buildings in America.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Flagstaff Park and Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

Flagstaff Park

Park

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Flagstaff Park is a park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. A two-way path for bicyclists and pedestrians was added in 2016.

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 1,300 feet northeast of Holden Chapel.

Harvard Art Museums

Museum

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The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Harvard Art Museums is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Holden Chapel.

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.

Holden Chapel

Type: Church
Description: the third-oldest building at Harvard University
Categories: chapel and religion
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.37593° or 42° 22′ 33″ north

Longitude

-71.11839° or 71° 7′ 6″ west

Elevation

23 feet (7 metres)

Open location code

87JC9VGJ+9J

GeoNames ID

4939652

Wikidata ID

Q5879456

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