Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store is an independent and locally owned seller of used, new, and bargain books in Cambridge's Harvard Square. Harvard Book Store was established in 1932 by Mark Kramer, father of longtime owner Frank Kramer, and originally sold used textbooks to students.Photo: Ameriwet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Saturday: 9:00 AM—10:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM—9:00 PM - Email: info@harvard.com
- Type: Bookstore
- Description: shopping mall in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Address: 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Houghton Library and Lamont Library.
Houghton Library
Library
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Houghton Library, on the south side of Harvard Yard adjacent to Widener Library, Lamont Library, and Loeb House, is Harvard University's primary repository for rare books and manuscripts.
Lamont Library
Library
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lamont Library, in the southeast corner of Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, houses the Harvard Library's primary undergraduate collection in humanities and social sciences.
Harvard Art Museums
Museum
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Harvard Art Museums is situated 850 feet northeast of Harvard Book Store.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riverside and Mid-Cambridge.
Riverside
Suburb
Riverside, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the north, River Street on the east, the Charles River on the south, and JFK Street on the west.
Mid-Cambridge
Suburb
Mid-Cambridge, also known as "Area 6", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the south and west, Prospect Street on the east, and Hampshire Street, the Somerville border, Kirkland Street, Quincy Street, and Cambridge Street on the north.
Old Cambridge Historic District
Neighborhood
The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times.
Harvard Book Store
- Category: shop
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.37254° or 42° 22′ 21″ northLongitude
-71.11636° or 71° 6′ 59″ westOpen location code
87JC9VFM+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 560218268OpenStreetMap feature
shop=booksOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q5676292
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In Other Languages
“Harvard Book Store” goes by many names.
- Latin: “Harvard Book Store”
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