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stories in height, and is built out of a combination of gray and rust-colored rectangular granite blocks, with red sandstone trim. It is covered by a red slate hip roof. The front facade is divided into three basic sections, the most prominent a projecting polygonal bay topped by a pyramidal roof.
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in western Cambridge, at the formerly five-way junction of Concord Avenue, Garden Street, and Follen Street. Follen Street and the eastern portion of Concord Avenue, both quiet residential streets, are isolated from the rest of the intersection by a pedestrian plaza just south of the house. The
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The entrance is set in the center section, under a segmented stone arch. Trim beltcourses extend around the building, acting as both sills and lintels for windows. The interior includes a grand entrance hall with high quality woodwork and a grand staircase.
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traditional front facade of the house faces south toward Follen Street, with its major entrance now in the modern addition facing the Garden Street/Concord Avenue intersection. The main block of the house is
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architecture. It has served as the principal building of the Longy School (now the
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Historic district contributing properties in Massachusetts
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Edwin Abbot House is located in Massachusetts
Edwin Abbot House is located in the United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts
42°22′43.0″N 71°07′24.5″W / 42.378611°N 71.123472°W / 42.378611; -71.123472
Follen Street Historic District
ID86001681
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Longfellow, Alden & Harlow
Richardsonian Romanesque
Longy School of Music of Bard College
National Register of Historic Places
Follen Street Historic District
Harvard Square
Longfellow, Alden & Harlow
Edwin Hale Abbot
Longy School of Music of Bard College
National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"MACRIS inventory record for Edwin Abbot House"

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