Cooper–Frost–Austin House

The Cooper–Frost–Austin House is a historic Colonial American house, built in 1681. It is located at 21 Linnaean Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the oldest extant home in Cambridge and is owned and operated as a non-profit museum by Historic New England.

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Type: Museum
Description: historic house in Massachusetts, United States
Also known as: “Cooper-Frost-Austin House”
Address: 17 and 21 Linnaean Street

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Porter station.

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 2,000 feet southwest of Cooper–Frost–Austin House.

Porter station

Railway station

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Porter station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It serves the Red Line rapid transit line, the MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line, and several MBTA bus lines. Porter station is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Cooper–Frost–Austin House.

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 3,000 feet southeast of Cooper–Frost–Austin House.

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.

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.

Cooper–Frost–Austin House

Categories: house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.3845° or 42° 23′ 4″ north

Longitude

-71.12183° or 71° 7′ 19″ west

Open location code

87JC9VMH+Q7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29683759

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q5167733

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In Other Languages

“Cooper–Frost–Austin House” goes by many names.

French: “Cooper-Frost-Austin House”

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