Porter Exchange Building
Porter Exchange Building is a building in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Porter Exchange Building is situated nearby to the retail building Lovell Block, as well as near the metro station Porter station.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Porter station.
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 3,200 feet southwest of Porter Exchange Building.
Porter station
Metro station
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Porter station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It serves the Red Line rapid transit line, the MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line, and several MBTA bus lines. Porter station is situated 500 feet north of Porter Exchange Building.
Lovell Block
Retail building
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The Lovell Block is an historic residential and commercial building at 1853 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The three-story brick building was built in 1882 by Andrew Jackson Lovell, with two specific commercial tenants in mind.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porter Square and Avon Hill Historic District.
Porter Square
Neighborhood
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Porter Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts, located around the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, between Harvard and Davis Squares.
Avon Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Avon Hill Historic District is a residential historic district near Porter Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Set atop Avon Hill southwest of Porter Square, this subdivision, laid out about 1870, contains a concentration of the finest Victorian and Second Empire residential buildings in the city.
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.
Porter Exchange Building
- Type: Building
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.38704° or 42° 23′ 13″ northLongitude
-71.11866° or 71° 7′ 7″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
87JC9VPJ+RGGeoNames ID
4947843
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