Athenaeum Press

Athenæum Press is an historic building located at 215 First Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The structure occupies the entire block between First Street, Second Street, Athenæum Street, and Linskey Way, which was formerly known as Munroe Street.

Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY 3.0.

Type: Commercial building
Description: imprint of Ginn and Company
Also known as: “Athenaeum Press Building” and “Athenæum Press Building”
Address: 215 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02142

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kendall Cogeneration Station and Stake center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Kendall Cogeneration Station

Power station

Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Kendall facility is an energy facility owned by Vicinity Energy that produces steam and electricity to the cities of Boston and Cambridge. Owned by GenOn Energy in 2012, in 2013 Veolia Energy North America purchased the plant from NRG Energy. Kendall Cogeneration Station is situated 400 feet southwest of Athenaeum Press.

Stake center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Church

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Stake center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is situated 520 feet north of Athenaeum Press.

TD Garden

Stadium

Photo: Nywalton, Public domain.

TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995. TD Garden is situated 1 mile east of Athenaeum Press.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kendall Square and East Cambridge.

Kendall Square

Locality

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Kendall Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The square itself is located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway.

East Cambridge

Suburb

Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.

East Cambridge is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. East Cambridge is bounded by the Charles River and the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston on the east, the Somerville border on the north, Broadway and Main Street on the south, and the railroad tracks on the west.

Beacon Hill

Suburb

Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.

Athenaeum Press

Categories: factory, building, and office
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.3643° or 42° 21′ 52″ north

Longitude

-71.07927° or 71° 4′ 45″ west

Inception

1895

Levels

Height

57 feet (17 metres)

Roof shape

flat

Open location code

87JC9W7C+P7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 328678385

OpenStreetMap feature

building=commercial

Wikidata ID

Q4813397

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