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Shady Hill Historic District

Coordinates: 42°22′45″N 71°6′41″W / 42.37917°N 71.11139°W / 42.37917; -71.11139
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Shady Hill Historic District
Francis Avenue
Shady Hill Historic District is located in Massachusetts
Shady Hill Historic District
Shady Hill Historic District is located in the United States
Shady Hill Historic District
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°22′45″N 71°6′41″W / 42.37917°N 71.11139°W / 42.37917; -71.11139
Area26.5 acres (10.7 ha)
ArchitectFrancis, Ebenezer; et al.
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
MPSCambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.86001680 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 19, 1986

The Shady Hill Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Museum, Beacon and Holden, and Kirkland Streets, and Francis Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The district encompasses a residential area that is one of the city's most homogeneous neighborhoods of the second half of the 19th century. Located just east of the Harvard University campus, the area is characterized by large lot sizes and winding roads, with mature trees providing shade. The houses in the district are predominantly Queen Anne and Colonial Revival in character.[2]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Shady Hill Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved March 23, 2014.