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.

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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

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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

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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 1,600 feet northwest of Edwin Abbot House.

First Church in Cambridge

Church

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First Church in Cambridge is situated 740 feet south of Edwin Abbot House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cambridge Historic District and Baldwin.

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.

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.