Taylor Square
Taylor Square is a park in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Taylor Square is situated nearby to the protected area Gray Garden West, as well as near Asa Gray House.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Taylor Square Firehouse.
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 990 feet southeast of Taylor Square.
Taylor Square Firehouse
Fire station
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The Taylor Square Firehouse is an historic fire station at 113 Garden Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The stylistically eclectic brick building was built in 1904 to a design by local architect Charles R.
Asa Gray House
House
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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. Asa Gray House is situated 550 feet southeast of Taylor Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avon Hill Historic District and Huron Village.
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.
Taylor Square
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.384° or 42° 23′ 2″ northLongitude
-71.12952° or 71° 7′ 46″ westOpen location code
87JC9VMC+J5OpenStreetMap ID
way 740853253OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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