Follen Street Historic District

Follen Street Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
North side of Follen Street
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Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°22′43″N 71°7′24″W / 42.37861°N 71.12333°W / 42.37861; -71.12333Coordinates: 42°22′43″N 71°7′24″W / 42.37861°N 71.12333°W / 42.37861; -71.12333
Architect	Longfellow,Alden & Harlow; Et al.
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Greek Revival, Late Victorian
MPS	Cambridge MRA
NRHP Reference #	86001681
Added to NRHP	May 19, 1986

86001681

The Follen Street Historic District is a historic district in Cambridge, Massachusetts, just northwest of the Cambridge Common. Follen Street is a quiet residential street, isolated from through streets by large masonry buildings that front on Waterford Street and Garden Street. All but three of the houses on the street were built no later than 1900, and show a remarkable quality of workmanship, despite being diverse in their styles. A number of the houses are specifically associated with educators, including a number of Harvard University professors. The Edwin Abbot House at 1 Follen Street. is now the main building of the Longy School of Music of Bard College, and is separately listed on the National Register. Other houses listed separately include the Theodore W. Richards House at 15 Follen, the Second Waterhouse House at 9 Follen, and 10 Follen Street.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.