Agassiz House

Agassiz House is an university building in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts which is located on James Street. Agassiz House is situated nearby to Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, as well as near First Church in Cambridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include First Church in Cambridge and Harvard College Observatory.

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 2,400 feet northwest of Agassiz House.

Harvard Kennedy School

University

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The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly called the Harvard Kennedy School, is the graduate school of public policy of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Harvard Kennedy School is situated 1,700 feet south of Agassiz House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cambridge Historic District and Baldwin.

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.

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.

Riverside

Suburb

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.

Agassiz House

Type: University building
Address: 5 James Street, Cambridge, MA
Categories: building and education
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.37605° or 42° 22′ 34″ north

Longitude

-71.12317° or 71° 7′ 23″ west

Elevation

26 feet (8 metres)

Inception

1904

Named after

Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz

Open location code

87JC9VGG+CP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 40038107

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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