Massachusetts
Middlesex
City of Cambridge

Edwin Abbot House

The Edwin Abbot House, also known as the Zabriskie House, is an historic house at 27 Garden Street in . 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.

College
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is a private music school in 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 region along with the New England Conservatory, , and Boston Conservatory.

Observatory
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The is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy. is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Edwin Abbot House.

Memorial
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is a bronze statue created by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson. It commemorates the American soldiers who fought in the Spanish–American War, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Philippine–American War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cambridge Historic District and Baldwin.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of that dates to colonial times.

Neighborhood
, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of , United States.

Neighborhood
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The is a residential historic district near in . Set atop Avon Hill southwest of , this subdivision, laid out about 1870, contains a concentration of the finest Victorian and Second Empire residential buildings in the city.

Edwin Abbot House

Latitude
42.37861° or 42° 22′ 43″ north
Longitude
-71.12345° or 71° 7′ 24″ west
Operator
Longy School of Music of Bard College
Open location code
87JC9VHG+CJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29530126
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Wiki­data ID
Q5346190
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Edwin Abbot House” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall and Bakalar Music Library.

Nearby Places

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