Houghton Library
Houghton Library is a library in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Access is restricted and requires permission. Houghton Library is situated near the arts center Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, as well as near Fogg Museum.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Library
- …lies at an elevation of 36 feet (11 metres)
- …is operated by Harvard University
- …opened in 1942
- …is named after Arthur Houghton
- Address: 29, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
- Email: houghton_library@harvard.edu
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harvard Art Museums and Fogg Museum.
Harvard Art Museums
Museum
Daderot, Public domain.
The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University… Harvard Art Museums is situated 600 feet northeast of Houghton Library.
Fogg Museum
Museum
Daderot, Public domain.
The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University… Fogg Museum is situated 490 feet northeast of Houghton Library.
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Arts center
The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard… Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts is situated 480 feet east of Houghton Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riverside and Mid-Cambridge.
Riverside
Suburb
Riverside, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood…
Mid-Cambridge
Suburb
Mid-Cambridge, also known as "Area 6", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Baldwin
Neighborhood
Baldwin, formerly known as Agassiz and also called…
Houghton Library
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Latitude
42.37319° or 42° 22′ 24″ north
Longitude
-71.11594° or 71° 6′ 57″ west
Open location code
87JC9VFM+7J
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Houghton Library” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مكتبة هوتون”
- Catalan: “Biblioteca Houghton”
- Chinese: “霍顿图书馆”
- Dutch: “Houghton Library”
- French: “Houghton library. Cambridge”
- German: “Houghton Library”
- Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη Χούτον”
- Irish: “Leabharlann Houghton”
- Italian: “Biblioteca Houghton”
- Japanese: “ホートン図書館”
- Macedonian: “Хаутонска библиотека”
- Polish: “Houghton Library”
- Russian: “Хоутонская библиотека”
- Slovenian: “Houghton Library”
- Swedish: “Houghton Library”
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