Massachusetts Ave. and Cambridge St., Cambridge, Massachusetts. County/parish: Middlesex.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 06, 1973. NRIS 73000287.
17 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure. 1 contributing object.Also known as:
Harvard Yard is the oldest and among the most prominent parts of the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The yard has a historic center and modern crossroads and contains most of the freshman dormitories, Harvard's most important libraries, Memorial Church, several classroom and departmental buildings, and the offices of senior university officials, including the president of Harvard University.
The Yard grew over the centuries around Harvard College's first parcel of land, purchased in 1637. Today it is a grassy area of 22.4 acres (9.1 ha) bounded principally by Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge Street, Broadway, and Quincy Street. Its perimeter fencing – principally iron, with some stretches of brick – has twenty-seven gates.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795903