Baldwin
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Agassiz”, “Agassiz, Cambridge, Massachusetts”, “Area 8”, “Baldwin, Cambridge, Massachusetts”, and “Harvard North”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Museum
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums focusing on anthropological material, with particular focus on the ethnography and archaeology of the Americas.
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The Harvard Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum housed in the University Museum Building, located on the campus of Harvard University in 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spring Hill and Porter Square.
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
Neighborhood
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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.
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.
Baldwin
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.38203° or 42° 22′ 55″ northLongitude
-71.11369° or 71° 6′ 49″ westOpen location code
87JC9VJP+RGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1144969668OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q4691424
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Slovenian—“Baldwin” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Agassiz”
- French: “Agassiz”
- Slovenian: “Baldwin”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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