Berkeley Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Listed Ref. 86001265 Historic district
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Berkeley Street Historic District (Boundary Increase), Massachusetts
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Why it's listed

This entry extends an existing historic district in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that takes in Berkeley Street and Berkeley Place. The added area covers roughly 7.19 acres and carries a general date range of 1850 to 1936. The surviving text names three properties within it: 20 Berkeley Street, 4 Berkeley Street and 7 Berkeley Place. The inventory form was prepared by the Cambridge Historical Commission, with fieldwork dated 1965 and 1985, as part of the Cambridge Multiple Resource Area survey. The extension was accepted and entered in the register in May 1986. The text available is mostly form headers, review sheets and map data, so the architecture, builders and specific reasons for significance are not described. The record establishes the location, size, date range and the individual addresses included in the increase.

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Period of significance1850-1936
Areas of significanceLiterature, Architecture
Acreage2.3
Boundary sourceNPS cultural-resource GIS polygon
Full listing pageBerkeley Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) (property record)

What listing means for this property

This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).

General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.