Child Hall

Child Hall is an university building in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts which is located on Everett Street. Child Hall is situated nearby to the university building Hauser Hall, as well as near the square Law School Yard.

Type: University building
Also known as: “William James Hall”
Address: 26 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-2701

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Harvard Museum of Natural History.

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

Museum

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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. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is situated 850 feet east of Child Hall.

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 Museum of Natural History is situated 640 feet east of Child Hall.

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 2,900 feet west of Child Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baldwin and Old Cambridge Historic District.

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.

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.

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.

Child Hall

Categories: building and education
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.37901° or 42° 22′ 45″ north

Longitude

-71.11789° or 71° 7′ 4″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Inception

1950

Levels

Height

49 feet (15 metres)

Roof shape

flat

Named after

Francis James Child

Open location code

87JC9VHJ+JR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29530091

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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