CAMBRIDGE COMMON/OLD BURYING GROUND
Category: Cambridge
A grazing pasture and cemetery for Puritan Newtowne, as well as a favorite meeting spot for public figures and a tent site for the Continental Army. Early college presidents and town residents were buried in “God’s Acre” across from the Common.
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CHRIST CHURCH
Category: Cambridge
Zero Garden St., 617-876-0200. Offices open Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Call for services. This 1761 Tory house of worship was utilized as a Colonial barracks in the American Revolution.
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FIRST CHURCH UNITARIAN/UNIVERSALIST
Category: Cambridge
3 Church St., Harvard Square, 617–876–7772. Please call for services. Harvard College provided the pews for its students in this 1833 building erected for the then-newly founded Unitarian Church.
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HARVARD AND RADCLIFFE YARDS
Category: Cambridge
Located within Harvard Campus. The centers of two institutions that have played major educational roles since Harvard’s founding in 1636.
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HARVARD SQUARE/OLD CAMBRIDGE
Category: Cambridge
Take the “T” to Harvard on the Red Line. The center of Cambridge activity since the 17th century, the Square is home to Harvard University, historic buildings, bookstores, cafes, restaurants and shops.
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LONGFELLOW NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
Category: Cambridge
105 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-876-4491. Wed–Sun 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Park ranger-guided tours Wed–Sun at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Admission: $3; children (under 16) free. This 1759 Georgian mansion was home to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from 1837–1882, a central gathering place for writers and artists in the 19th century and also served as George Washington’s headquarters during the siege of Boston in 1775–76. Original furnishings, books and art from around the world are on display.
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MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY
Category: Cambridge
580 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge, 617-547-7105. Daily 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Closing times may vary. Founded in 1831 by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Mount Auburn was the first landscaped cemetery in the country. Many prominent Americans are buried here, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Isabella Stewart Gardner and Winslow Homer. The cemetery is also an arboretum, sculpture garden and wildlife sanctuary.
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TORY ROW (BRATTLE STREET)
Category: Cambridge
One of the nation’s most beautiful residential streets, Tory Row is the site of Loyalist mansions and their elegant neighbors from every period of American architecture.
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