Neighborhood Nine

Neighborhood Nine is a suburb in Middlesex, Massachusetts. Neighborhood Nine is situated nearby to the neighborhood Avon Hill Historic District, as well as near Old Cambridge Historic District.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Taylor Square Firehouse.

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.

Taylor Square Firehouse

Fire station

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The Taylor Square Firehouse is an historic fire station at 113 Garden Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The stylistically eclectic brick building was built in 1904 to a design by local architect Charles R.

Cooper–Frost–Austin House

Museum

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The Cooper–Frost–Austin House is a historic Colonial American house, built in 1681. It is located at 21 Linnaean Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the oldest extant home in Cambridge and is owned and operated as a non-profit museum by Historic New England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Avon Hill Historic District and Old Cambridge Historic District.

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.

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.