Asa Gray House
The Asa Gray House, recorded in an HABS survey as the Garden House, is a historic house at 88 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. A National Historic Landmark, it is notable architecturally as the earliest known work of the designer and architect Ithiel Town, and historically as the residence of several Harvard College luminaries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: House
- Description: historic house in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Garden House” and “William Dandridge Peck House”
- Address: 88 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
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 530 feet south of Asa Gray House.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Museum
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 3,900 feet southeast of Asa Gray House.
Cooper–Frost–Austin House
Museum
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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. Cooper–Frost–Austin House is situated 1,800 feet east of Asa Gray House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avon Hill Historic District and Old Cambridge Historic District.
Avon Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
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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.
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.
Asa Gray House
- Categories: single-family detached home, building, and residential building
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.38298° or 42° 22′ 59″ northLongitude
-71.12803° or 71° 7′ 41″ westLevels
2Open location code
87JC9VMC+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 29724871OpenStreetMap feature
building=detachedWikidata ID
Q4803125
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In Other Languages
“Asa Gray House” goes by many names.
- French: “Asa Gray House”
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