17th century
18th century
Longfellow National Historic Site, Cambridge, Massachusetts - also known as the Vassall House Massachusetts Medical College, Mason Street
Massachusetts Medical College, Grove Street
19th century
1800s–1840s 1800 - Printer William Hilliard in business. 1805 - Harvard Botanic Garden founded. 1807 1809 1810 - Amicable Fire Society founded. 1814 - Cambridge Humane Society and Female Humane Society founded. 1815 - Harvard's University Hall built. 1816 - Middlesex County Courthouse (Massachusetts) built. 1817 - Harvard Law School founded. 1818 - New England Glass Company established. 1824 - East Cambridge Charitable Society formed. 1826 - Frederic Tudor and Nathaniel Wyeth begin harvesting ice at Fresh Pond . 1827 - First Evangelical Congregational church and Second Baptist Church established. 1830 - Population: 6,072. 1831 1832 - Cambridge Fire Department [2] and Cambridge Book Club established. 1833 Hunt & Co's Circulating Library in business. First Parish meeting house built, corner Church St. and Mass. Ave. 1835 - West Cambridge Social Library active. An 1836 illustration by the daughter of Harvard President . Harvard University. Eliza Susan Quincy's drawing of the September 1836 procession of Harvard alumni leaving the First Parish Meeting House and walking to the Pavilion. Eliza Susan Quincy was the daughter of Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard University 1829-45. 1837 1839 1840 Cambridge Magnolia begins publication. St. John's Mutual Relief Society organized. Population: 8,409. 1841 - Cambridge Lyceum organized. 1846 1847 - Great Refractor telescope installed. 1848 - Franklin Library Association founded. 1849 - Cambridge Athenaeum incorporated. 1850s–1890s Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University, insdie Harvard Yard. Sanders Theatre at Harvard University, location of many Glee Club concerts 1850 - Howard Benevolent Society organized. 1852 1854 - Cambridge Cemetery consecrated. 1856 - Population: 20,473. 1857 1858 - Harvard Glee Club founded. 1859 - Museum of Comparative Zoology founded. 1860 - Cambridge Horticultural Society organized. 1861 - Veterans' Services established. 1862 - Sanitary Society active (approximate date). The predecessor West Boston Bridge, circa 1864. before the Longfellow Bridge 1865 - Old Cambridge Mutual Relief Society organized. 1866 1867 - Episcopal Theological School founded. 1868 - Cambridge Mechanics Literary Association organized. Old Cambridge Baptist Church from Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1869 1870 - Soldiers' Monument dedicated on Cambridge Common 1871 Cambridge Social Union founded. Alpha Glee Club organized. 1872 - Cambridge Choral Society formed. 1873 Map of Harvard Square Cambridge, Massachusetts City Hall , located at 795 Massachusetts Avenue 20th century
1900s–1940s Robinson Hall (Harvard University) Originally constructed in 1904 Swedenborg Chapel, Cambridge, MA- built in the year 1904 Harvard Yard An aerial view of Harvard Square in 1921 The Boston University Bridge , originally the Cottage Farm Bridge and commonly referred to as the BU Bridge
MIT Main Campus Aerial 1941 1942 - John B. Atkinson becomes city manager. 1945 - Cambridge Civic Unity Committee established. 1945 - Irving House established. 1946 - WMIT begins broadcasting. 1947 Houghton Library exterior 1950s–1970s 1950 1951 Fresh Pond Drive-In opens. WHRB incorporated. 1952 1953 1954 - Wang Laboratories , Cheapo Records, and Hong Kong restaurant in business. Out of Town News, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1955 1957 1958 1959 1960 Bartley's restaurant in business. Harvard's Let's Go travel guides begin publication. Out of Town News opens in Harvard Square and goes to last sixty years selling newspapers from all over the world. 1961 Julia Child's kitchen Smithsonian National Museum of American History . Built in 1970s style, National Bureau of Economic Research. Cambridge, Massachusetts - Harvard Square, USA 1962 1963 - Cambridge Historical Commission established. 1964 - NASA Electronics Research Center established. 1965 - Head of the Charles Regatta established.
1966 - Cambridge School Volunteers founded.[4] 1967 1968 Cambridge Housing Convention active. Shrdlu computer program developed at MIT. 1969 1970 1971 Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services established. Grendel's Den pub in business. Revels performance series begins. 1972 1973 1974 1975 - Coffee Connection in business. 1977 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (building.Cambridge, MA)Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO ) is a research institute of the Smithsonian Institution Harvard , concentrating on astrophysical studies including galactic and extragalactic astronomy , cosmology , solar , earth and planetary sciences , theory River Festival begins. Changsho restaurant in business. 1978 1979 - Harvard's Film Archive opens. 1980s–1990s Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Cambridge, Massachusetts The Tasty sandwich shop in Harvard Square, 1985. 1985 1986 1987 1988 - Cambridge Community Television and Cambridge Eviction Free Zone established. 1989 Cambridge Sane/Freeze active. Sister city relationship established with Kraków , Poland. 1990 Cambridgeside Galleria, built in 1990. 1991 City Bicycle Committee and Ig Nobel Prize established. MÄK Technologies in business.[6] 1992 Boston Dynamics BigDog 1993 1994 Islamic Society of Boston mosque opens. Rialto restaurant in business. 1995 Kendall Square Cinema opens. Porter Square Neighbors Association formed. Cybersmith and Phoenix Landing (music venue) in business. 1996 1997 Akamai's headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts Part of the world-famousHarvard Yard One of many entrances to Harvard Yard , November 2019 Harvard University,. November, 2019 The Out of Town News, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2019. 21st century
See also
References "Timeline: 1972-1976" , Harvard Crimson , June 5, 2001 "Timeline 2001-2002" , Harvard Crimson , June 6, 2002 Natalie Moravek (2010), "Walking Tour" , William James' Cambridge , Cambridge Historical Society "MIT Timeline" . MIT 150 . Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2011. Rain Robertson (2012). "Cambridge's Culinary Culture" . Cambridge Historical Society. "A Kendall Square Timeline" , Boston Globe , February 2, 2014 Saul Tannenbaum (February 21, 2014), The Case for Municipal Broadband in Cambridge , NeighborMedia, Cambridge Community Television External links Images George Washington in Cambridge, 1775
Harvard alumni procession, Harvard Square, 1836
Cambridge Observatory, 1849
Harvard Square, ca.1880s-1900s
Washington Elm, Cambridge Common, ca.1880s-1900s
Cambridge Public Library, 1891
Central Square and Mass. Ave., 1910s
Overview of Harvard Square area, 1919
Harvard Bridge and MIT, ca.1920
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