Queen Anne houses in Cambridge
Queen Anne is a late Victorian manner of irregular plans, steep roofs, turrets, bay windows and wrapping porches. It was the dominant fashion for American houses from about 1880 to 1900.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1866 to 1891. 10 stops, 2.3 miles end to end. One stop is a National Historic Landmark.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Oct 16, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Lovell Block1853 Massachusetts Ave.Building · listed 1983start
- 2Lawrence Soule House11 Russell St.Building · built 1879 · listed 19820.4 mi from stop 1
- 3Chester Kingsley House10 Chester St.Building · built 1866 · listed 1982520 ft from stop 2
- 4R.H. Farwell House2222-2224 Massachusetts Ave.Building · built 1891 · listed 1982516 ft from stop 3
- 5Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson House29 Buckingham St.Building · built 1880 · listed 19820.9 mi from stop 4
- 6Edward Dodge House70 Sparks St.Building · built 1878 · listed 1982280 ft from stop 5
- 7Robert Frost House29-35 Brewster St.Building · built 1884 · listed 19820.1 mi from stop 6
- 8Howe House6 Appleton St.Building · built 1887 · listed 1983372 ft from stop 7
- 9William Cook House71 Appleton St.Building · built 1876 · listed 1982528 ft from stop 8
- 10Reginald A. Daly HouseNHL23 Hawthorn St.Building · built 1885 · listed 19760.5 mi from stop 9
2.3 straight-line miles over 9 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in Cambridge
- Greek Revival houses in Cambridge15 stops · 1.1 milesGreek 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.
- Colonial Revival architecture in Cambridge12 stops · 2.4 milesColonial Revival reworks the symmetry, shutters and classical doorways of American colonial building. The Cambridge examples on this route went up between 1701 and 1907.
- Federal architecture in Cambridge10 stops · 2.4 milesFederal 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.
- Houses and mansions in Cambridge15 stops · 1.2 milesThe route links houses built between 1833 and 1889. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
- Cambridge in the 1880s10 stops · 1.9 milesEvery stop carries a construction date in the 1880s. Queen Anne style is the style recorded on more of them than any other.
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