Central Square, Cambridge

Central Square is an area in Cambridge, Massachusetts centered on the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Prospect Street and Western Avenue. Lafayette Square, formed by the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Columbia Street, Sidney Street and Main Street, is also considered a part of the Central Square area. Harvard Square is to the northwest along Massachusetts Avenue, Inman Square is to the north along Prospect Street and Kendall Square is to the east along Main Street. The section of Central Square along Massachusetts Avenue between Clinton Street and Main Street is designated the Central Square Historic District, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

This article is about the neighborhood in Cambridge. For the neighborhood in Boston, see Central Square, Boston. For additional meanings, see Central Square (disambiguation).

Central Square Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Central Square, looking down Massachusetts Avenue toward Kendall Square and Harvard Bridge to Boston
Central Square
Central Square
Central Square
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates42°21′54″N 71°6′13″W
Built1793
ArchitectHartwell and Richardson, et al.
Architectural styleLate 19th and 20th century Revivalism, Late Victorian, Federal
MPSCambridge MRA
NRHP reference No.90000128
Added to NRHPMarch 2, 1990
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