Cambridge Common Historic District
- Address: Garden, Waterhouse, Cambridge, and Peabody Sts, and Massachusetts Ave
- Neighborhood of Neighborhood 9, MA in Cambridge, MA
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1775/07/03 | George Washington | American Commander in Chief | Before soldiers assembled on Cambridge common, George Washington draws his sword and formally takes command of the Continental Army. Washington had declined the $500-a-month salary except reimbursement of expenses. | |||
| 1862/00/00 | A baseball club is started at Harvard College with help of the Boston Lowells. The team receives permission from the city if Cambridge to hold practices on the common, which they will used 1864. | Invention of Baseball |
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
| Cambidge Common Historic District - Farwell Street | ||
| Cambridge Common Historic District - Concord Avenue | ||
| Christ Church |
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| First Parish in Cambridge | ||
| Harvard Yard | ||
| Massachusetts Hall, Harvard U |
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| Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA | ||
| Old Harvard Yard |
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| Particulars for Cambridge Common Historic District: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Criteria Consideration | Birth place or grave |
| Funerary | Cemetery |
| Higher Learning | College |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Architectural Style | Federal Style |
| Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Townscape | Plaza |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Architectural Style | Queen Anne Style |
| Area of Significance | Religion |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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