Harvard Union
Harvard Union, now known as the Barker Center and once known as the Freshman Union, is a historic building on Quincy and Harvard Streets in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
- Type: University building
- Description: clubhouse in Cambridge, United States of America
- Also known as: “Barker Center”, “Freshman Union”, and “Varsity Club”
- Address: 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fogg Museum and Harvard Art Museums.
Fogg Museum
Museum
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The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Fogg Museum is situated 480 feet north of Harvard Union.
Harvard Art Museums
Museum
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Harvard Art Museums is situated 570 feet north of Harvard Union.
Houghton Library
Library
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Houghton Library, on the south side of Harvard Yard adjacent to Widener Library, Lamont Library, and Loeb House, is Harvard University's primary repository for rare books and manuscripts. Houghton Library is situated 440 feet northwest of Harvard Union.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riverside and Mid-Cambridge.
Riverside
Neighborhood
Riverside, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the north, River Street on the east, the Charles River on the south, and JFK Street on the west.
Mid-Cambridge
Neighborhood
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.
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.
Harvard Union
- Categories: clubhouse, building, and education
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.37262° or 42° 22′ 21″ northLongitude
-71.11452° or 71° 6′ 52″ westInception
1901Named after
Robert R. BarkerOpen location code
87JC9VFP+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 29684648OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityWikidata ID
Q14715521
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