Alewife
Alewife is a railway stop in Middlesex, Massachusetts. Alewife is situated nearby to the suburb North Cambridge, as well as near the historic building Butterfield-Whittemore House.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alewife station and Harvard College Observatory.
Alewife station
Metro station
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Alewife station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority intermodal transit station in the North Cambridge neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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 1¼ miles southeast of Alewife.
Butterfield-Whittemore House
Historic building
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The Butterfield-Whittemore House, is a historic colonial house at 54 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington, Massachusetts. With its oldest section dating to c. Butterfield-Whittemore House is situated 2,200 feet north of Alewife.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Cambridge and Orvis Road Historic District.
North Cambridge
Suburb
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North Cambridge, also known as "Area 11", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Porter Square and the Fitchburg Line railroad tracks on the south, the city of Somerville on the northeast, Alewife Brook and the town of Arlington on the northwest, and the town of Belmont on the west.
Orvis Road Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The Orvis Road Historic District is a residential historic district in eastern Arlington, Massachusetts. Built as a planned development between 1918 and 1930, Orvis Road contains a well-preserved collection of single and double-family houses of the period, as well its distinctive landscaping, which includes a grassy median not found in Arlington's other planned subdivisions.
Cambridge Highlands
Suburb
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Cambridge Highlands also known as "Area 12", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by the railroad tracks on the north and east, the Belmont town line on the west, and Fresh Pond on the south.
Alewife
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.39609° or 42° 23′ 46″ northLongitude
-71.14068° or 71° 8′ 27″ westOpen location code
87JC9VW5+CPOpenStreetMap ID
node 5331923417OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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