TARTARIA MAPS Cambridge · a catalogue study 8 places, arranged by recorded date Edition 2026-10-09.1 Explore a selection of the city's released records in chronological order. Compare buildings, surviving details, and the source material behind each date. This automatically assembled study is a starting point for your own exploration. A remote or manually navigated catalogue study. The order follows recorded dates, not a pedestrian route; nearby regional places may be far apart. No walking duration is estimated. Check each place's actual location and visitor rules. A catalogue pin does not grant entry or confirm present access. Use the atlas record and linked sources to plan a visit. Automatically assembled catalogue study. Where text is drawn from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 applies to that text (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Wikipedia article and contributor links are included with each applicable stop. Passages may be excerpted or abridged and include additional editorial date context. Other sources and original observation prompts retain their own terms. Catalogue study: no walking route or distance is estimated. This text guide works without a network connection after you download it. Map links, external sources, and browser narration may require connectivity. No map tiles or audio recording are included. 1. BUILDING AT 259 MOUNT AUBURN STREET Building at 259 Mount Auburn Street Recorded year (source inventory): 1850 · Building Catalogue point: 42.37493056, -71.13202778 CHAPTER 259 Mount Auburn Street is a small historic house built in the Italianate style of architecture located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=cambridge-ma&candidate=Q4986557&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · article and contributors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_at_259_Mount_Auburn_Street Wikidata · Wikidata Q4986557 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4986557 2. CHRIST THE KING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Christ the King Presbyterian Church Recorded year (source inventory): 1851 · Building Catalogue point: 42.36783333, -71.10266667 CHAPTER Christ The King Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) church, founded in 1995. It occupies the historic building of the former Prospect Congregational Church, located at 99 Prospect Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts near Central Square. The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=cambridge-ma&candidate=Q5108986&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · article and contributors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_King_Presbyterian_Church Wikidata · Wikidata Q5108986 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5108986 3. ALBERT VINAL HOUSE Albert Vinal House Recorded year (source inventory): 1853 · Building Catalogue point: 42.37052778, -71.10775 CHAPTER The Albert Vinal House is a historic house located at 325 Harvard Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=cambridge-ma&candidate=Q4711392&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · article and contributors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Vinal_House Wikidata · Wikidata Q4711392 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4711392 4. ALPHEUS MEAD HOUSE Alpheus Mead House Recorded year (source inventory): 1867 · Building Catalogue point: 42.39296944, -71.12576944 CHAPTER The Alpheus Mead House is a historic house located along Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=cambridge-ma&candidate=Q4735307&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · article and contributors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpheus_Mead_House Wikidata · Wikidata Q4735307 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4735307 5. BENJAMIN HOYT HOUSE Benjamin Hoyt House Recorded year (source inventory): 1868 · Building Catalogue point: 42.37077778, -71.08452778 CHAPTER The Benjamin Hoyt House is a historic house located at 134 Otis Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=cambridge-ma&candidate=Q4888837&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · article and contributors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Hoyt_House Wikidata · Wikidata Q4888837 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4888837 6. MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY RECEPTION HOUSE Mount Auburn Cemetery Reception House Recorded year (source inventory): 1870 · Building Catalogue point: 42.37555556, -71.14583333 CHAPTER The 1870 Mount Auburn Cemetery Reception House is an historic building that originally served as the reception house of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The building is located at 583 Mount Auburn Street, across the street from the cemetery, and is no longer part of the cemetery. A new reception house was built on the cemetery grounds in 1896. The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=cambridge-ma&candidate=Q16895402&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · article and contributors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Auburn_Cemetery_Reception_House_%281870%29 Wikidata · Wikidata Q16895402 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16895402 7. ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH St. James Episcopal Church Recorded year (source inventory): 1888 · Building Catalogue point: 42.39066667, -71.12094444 CHAPTER St. James's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church at 1991 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The parish was founded in 1864 as a mission from Christ Church. The Richardsonian Romanesque building was built in 1888–89 to a design by Henry M. Congdon. The church was built on the site of the Davenport Tavern, a landmark that had stood on that site since c. 1757 (a portion of which was relocated to Somerville, where it still stands). The church reported 718 members in 2015 and 781 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $255,450 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 74 persons. The church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=cambridge-ma&candidate=Q14715862&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · article and contributors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James_Episcopal_Church_%28Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts%29 Wikidata · Wikidata Q14715862 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14715862 8. EDWIN ABBOT HOUSE Edwin Abbot House Recorded year (source inventory): 1889 · Building Catalogue point: 42.37861111, -71.12347222 CHAPTER The Edwin Abbot House, also known as the Zabriskie House, is an historic house at 27 Garden Street (originally 1 Follen Street) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1889 to a design by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, it is a prominent local example of residential Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. It has served as the principal building of the Longy School (now the Longy School of Music of Bard College) since 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and included in the Follen Street Historic District in 1986. The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. LOOK FOR Choose one visible architectural detail. Compare it with another place in this study, then follow a source to check what its date describes. ACCESS Catalogue location only. Confirm current access and the observation point before travelling. RECORD CONTEXT The year is the source inventory’s recorded inception date. Construction start, opening and later alterations may have separate dates in the linked article. ATLAS RECORD https://tartariamaps.com/?city=cambridge-ma&candidate=Q5346190&detail=1 SOURCES Wikipedia · article and contributors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Abbot_House Wikidata · Wikidata Q5346190 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5346190 Your observations __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________