Mid Cambridge

Mid Cambridge, the heart of the City

As its name implies, Mid-Cambridge lies in the heart of the city between 3 squares or commercial hubs, Inman, Central, and Harvard squares.  It offers a dense urban feel with tree-filled streets and beautiful historic homes. Mid Cambridge is also home to many institutions from the City Hall to the Main Public Library, the Cambridge high school, called the Cambridge Rindge & Latin School - both on Broadway - an hospital, and Harvard University.

• Harvard square is bustling with students and tourists, and home to the Harvard Yard, the leafy core of Harvard University.
• Inman square attracts foodies with Chef-driven restaurants. Inman Square is arguably in Mid-Cambridge and Wellington-Harrington, blending imperceptibly into East Cambridge to the north up Cambridge Street.
• And Central square is a hub for transportation with the Red Line/ T Station and offers indie and laid-back clubs. 

Trivia Questions & Answers

• The castle at 10 Dana Street was built in 1909 as a residential hotel, the Burton Halls, and designed by well-known Boston architects, Newhall and Blevins. The Tudor courtyard U-shape building today houses 59 condominiums.
• Ralph Inman, a major landowner in the 17th century, built a grand house near the present City Hall and enjoyed views across open fields and marshes to Boston. One Mid Cambridge Street and Square have his names.

What is to love in Mid Cambridge?

• the proximity to all the local institutions and academic facilities
• the Public Main library located in the geographic center of the city since 1889 and consists of two facilities: the Van Brunt and Howe Richardsonian building constructed between 1889 and 1902 and the new addition which opened in 2009
• the Harvard Art Museum, Harvard's oldest museum, featuring European & American art from the Middle Ages to the present day
• the Memorial war recreational center which icludes a Field House, multi-purpose room, gymnasium, weight room and 3 swimming pools. The War Memorial offers year-round programming for children and adults
• Easy walk or bike to 3 main Cambridge squares through Broadway, Harvard Street or Massachusetts Avenue

Mid Cambridge Real Estate & Latest Homes Sales

• The highest sale price for a single family house in Mid Cambridge in 2022 is 27 Inman Street, a delightful mansard-roofed home, just 2 blocks to the Cambridge US main Post Office. It sold for $2,750,000.
• The highest sale price for a condominium was for 328 Harvard Street Unit 4, an end unit townhouse near Harvard Square, for $2,300,000.