New Yard
New Yard is a square in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. New Yard is situated nearby to the university building University Hall, as well as near Harvard Hall.- Type: Square
- Description: park in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “Old Yard”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harvard Art Museums and Houghton Library.
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 900 feet east of New Yard.
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. Houghton Library is situated 650 feet southeast of New Yard.
Harvard Square
Square
Photo: Wgreaves, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harvard Square is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Harvard Square is situated 580 feet southwest of New Yard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Cambridge Historic District and Baldwin.
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.
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.
Riverside
Neighborhood
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.
New Yard
- Categories: park and locality
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.37459° or 42° 22′ 29″ northLongitude
-71.11744° or 71° 7′ 3″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
87JC9VFM+R2OpenStreetMap ID
way 1006817436OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q49531273
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In Other Languages
“New Yard” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “New Yard”
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