Porter Square
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.Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Porter station and St. James Episcopal Church.
Porter station
Railway 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.
St. James Episcopal Church
Church
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St. James's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church at 1991 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The parish was founded in 1864 as a mission from Christ Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avon Hill Historic District and Davis Square.
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.
Davis Square
Neighborhood
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Davis Square is a major intersection in the northwestern section of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, where several streets meet: Holland Street, Dover Street, Day Street, Elm Street, Highland Avenue, and College Avenue.
Spring Hill
Neighborhood
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Spring Hill is a ridge in the central part of the city of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, and the residential neighborhood that sits atop it.
Porter Square
- Type: Park
- Description: square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Categories: neighborhood and square
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Porter Square” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Porter Square”
- Chinese: “波特广场”
- Chinese: “波特廣場”
- Dutch: “Porter Square”
- French: “Porter Square”
- Japanese: “ポータースクエアー”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cambridge School of Culinary Arts and Porter Square Shopping Center.
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