Cambidge Common Historic District Amendment

This amendment revises the boundary of the Cambridge Common historic district in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The area covers roughly 27 acres around the Common and includes public, private and institutional properties built between about 1770 and 1940. The buildings represent many architectural styles and serve mixed uses, and their condition is recorded as good to excellent. Named properties on the survey photographs include Agassiz House in Radcliffe Yard and houses at 69 and 77 Brattle Street. Reviewers noted that the change removes some properties from the original district and places them in the proposed Old Cambridge district. The boundary change was accepted in June 1983. Reviewers said it corrects the earlier boundary and replaces it with one that follows the buildings and can be defended on the basis of significance. The new line also recognizes the boundaries of the adjacent districts. The document supplies little descriptive or historical narrative beyond these administrative and survey details.