Edwin Abbot House
The Edwin Abbot House, also known as the Zabriskie House, is an historic house at 27 Garden Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1889 to a design by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, it is a prominent local example of residential Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: building in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Edwin H. Abbot House”, “Edwin Hale Abbot House”, and “Zabriskie House”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Longy School of Music of Bard College and Harvard College Observatory.
Longy School of Music of Bard College
College
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Longy School of Music of Bard College is a private music school in Cambridge, Massachusetts associated with Bard College. Founded in 1915 as the Longy School of Music, it was one of the four independent degree-granting music schools in the Boston region along with the New England Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, and Boston Conservatory.
Harvard College Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 1,600 feet northwest of Edwin Abbot House.
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Library
Photo: Bostonian13, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America is a research library at Harvard Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America is situated 1,000 feet south of Edwin Abbot House.
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.
Avon Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Edwin Abbot House
- Categories: single-family detached home, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.37861° or 42° 22′ 43″ northLongitude
-71.12345° or 71° 7′ 24″ westOperator
Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeOpen location code
87JC9VHG+CJOpenStreetMap ID
way 29530126OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q5346190
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Edwin Abbot House” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Edwin Abbot House”
- French: “Edwin Abbot House”
- German: “Edwin Abbot House”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall and Bakalar Music Library.
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