Posts Tagged ‘West Cambridge’
Oct 10: Cambridge Modern House Tour with Docomomo New England
Saturday, October 109 Ash Street, Cambridge, MA1:30 PM – 4 PMFree; please register Join Docomomo and co-hosts Cambridge Historical Commission and History Cambridge for a walking tour of Modern houses in Cambridge. This tour will include entrance to Philip Johnson’s 9 Ash Street and a house by Eleanor Raymond, as well as 8 exterior stops…
Read MoreFor 50 years that home economics was treated as a science, Harvard Square hosted a center for housewives
By Beth Folsom, 2026 By the winter of 1919, as the nation was emerging from its brief but formative participation in World War I, Cambridge was already looking ahead to what the next decade would bring its residents. Included in that group were housewives, many of whom had been affected by the economic challenges of the…
Read MoreFor a summer staycation, Cantabrigians flocked to Mount Auburn Cemetery
By Beth Folsom, 2026 Peruse the summer issues of a Cambridge newspaper in the late 19th century and you would learn that the Peabodys were off to their cottage in Bar Harbor and the Longfellows were summering in Nahant. The local papers printed dozens of notices each summer detailing where Cantabrigians vacationed and when they would…
Read MoreOct 22: Un/built Harvard Square: A Fundraiser for History Cambridge
Thursday, October 22Offices of CambridgeSeven20 University Rd, Cambridge, MA 02138 Un/built Harvard Square: Fall 2026 Fundraiser Every street, plaza, and facade in Harvard Square tells two stories: one about what was built, and another about what was discarded, protested, or left on the drawing board. Understanding our city requires looking closely at both—examining the choices…
Read MoreFresh Pond was a Revolution refuge and smallpox hospital, Civil War soldiers’ barracks and World War I training ground
By Beth Folsom, 2026 For most Cantabrigians, Fresh Pond is a natural resource, providing drinking water and green space to the city. For centuries, the Indigenous peoples who lived here used the pond and its environs for fishing, hunting and collecting rushes, marsh hay and clay deposits – activities that the English colonists who arrived…
Read MoreSOLD OUT! Oct 20 & 24: Guided tour: The Black Community in West Cambridge
Details The Black Community in West Cambridge guided tourTuesday, October 20 5:30-7:00 p.m. SOLD OUTSaturday, October 24 10:00-11:30 a.m. SOLD OUTRegistration required$15 About the tour Although there are many in Cambridge who have never heard of Lewisville, this area of West Cambridge has been a vibrant and enduring part of the city’s history for over…
Read MoreOct 6: “Cambridge’s Black Community” Course
Cambridge’s Black Community: Seizing Freedom and Creating Community A 3 week courseOctober 6, 13, and 203-5 pmCambridge Center for Adult Ed42 Brattle StreetRegistration required Joins us for a fall course! From the time of its earliest settlement by European colonists, Cambridge has had a community of Black residents whose lives and work have shaped the city.…
Read MoreJune 14: Juneteenth at Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters
Sunday, June 14, 2026Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters105 Brattle Street, Cambridge4:00-5:00 pm Community partner tables, music, refreshments, and activities5:00-7:00 pm Speakers and Juneteenth #Pop Up Poetry, A Denise Plays Hard Event Gather for Juneteenth to honor those who endured slavery and seized freedom on Brattle Street 250 years ago, their descendants, and the long history of Black freedom activism in Cambridge…
Read MoreJune 13: Fresh Pond Day
Fresh Pond Day250 Fresh Pond PkwyKingsley LawnSaturday, June 13th11 am-3 pmFree Stop by and say hello! History Cambridge will be tabling at the Cambridge Water Department’s 16th Annual Festival-style Celebration of Water, Community, and Sustainability! Fresh Pond Reservoir is the City’s active drinking water supply, and every drop of water from every tap in Cambridge…
Read MoreJuly 25: Pioneering Poets of Cambridge Guided Tour
Saturday, July 25, 202610-11:30 amRegistration requiredLimited space availableWeather date: Sunday, July 26 at 10 am About the tour Join authors Karen Weintraub and Michael Kuchta (Born in Cambridge: 400 Years of Ideas and Innovators) on a 90-minute tour west from Harvard Square, exploring some of the well-known poets and authors who have been part of…
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