Walking tours of Cambridge
Cambridge's register runs heavily to houses, 90 listings of that kind. Greek Revival is the style recorded most often on these buildings.
6 themed routes run through those listings. Of the routes below, four follow a single style, one follows one kind of building and one follows a single decade. A subject becomes a route only where the register holds enough of it close enough together to walk.
Every listing in Cambridge → · 211 in all
The routes
- StyleGreek Revival houses in Cambridge15 stops · 1.1 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026Greek Revival buildings carry low pitched gables, heavy cornices and columned porticoes modelled on Greek temples. The Cambridge examples on this route went up between 1833 and 1853.
- StyleQueen Anne houses in Cambridge10 stops · 2.3 miles · stops last changed Oct 16, 2026Queen Anne is a late Victorian manner of irregular plans, steep roofs, turrets, bay windows and wrapping porches. The Cambridge examples on this route went up between 1866 and 1891.
- StyleColonial Revival architecture in Cambridge12 stops · 2.4 miles · stops last changed Oct 16, 2026Colonial Revival reworks the symmetry, shutters and classical doorways of American colonial building. The Cambridge examples on this route went up between 1701 and 1907.
- StyleFederal architecture in Cambridge10 stops · 2.4 miles · stops last changed Oct 16, 2026Federal architecture is a restrained classical manner with flat wall surfaces, fanlights over the door and delicate ornament around openings and mantels. The Cambridge examples on this route went up between 1808 and 1825.
- Building typeHouses and mansions in Cambridge15 stops · 1.2 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026The route links houses built between 1833 and 1889. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
- Decade builtCambridge in the 1880s10 stops · 1.9 miles · stops last changed Oct 16, 2026Every stop carries a construction date in the 1880s. Queen Anne style is the style recorded on more of them than any other.
Every route holds at least ten stops and stays under two and a half miles. Routes are computed from the coordinates in the National Park Service National Register spatial data or, where it has no point, Wikidata, and the distances are straight lines between stops. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
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Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.