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class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div>Central Square</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the United States</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge, Massachusetts</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Central_Square,_Cambridge&params=42_21_54_N_71_6_13_W_type:landmark_region:US-MA"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°21′54″N</span> <span class="longitude">71°6′13″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.36500°N 71.10361°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.36500; -71.10361</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Built</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">1793</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Architect</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a href="/wiki/Hartwell_and_Richardson" title="Hartwell and Richardson">Hartwell and Richardson</a>, et al.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Architectural style</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">Late 19th and 20th century <a href="/wiki/Revivalism_(architecture)" title="Revivalism (architecture)">Revivalism</a>, Late <a href="/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture">Victorian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Federal_architecture" title="Federal architecture">Federal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;"><a href="/wiki/Multiple_Property_Submission" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiple Property Submission">MPS</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">Cambridge MRA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">NRHP reference <abbr title="number">No.</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/90000128">90000128</a><sup id="cite_ref-nris_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Added to NRHP</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">March 2, 1990</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Central Square</b> is an area in <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge, Massachusetts</a> centered on the junction of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Avenue_(Cambridge)" class="mw-redirect" title="Massachusetts Avenue (Cambridge)">Massachusetts Avenue</a>, Prospect Street and Western Avenue. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="Lafayette_Square"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Lafayette Square</span></span>, formed by the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Columbia Street, Sidney Street and Main Street, is also considered a part of the Central Square area. <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Square" title="Harvard Square">Harvard Square</a> is to the northwest along Massachusetts Avenue, <a href="/wiki/Inman_Square" title="Inman Square">Inman Square</a> is to the north along Prospect Street and <a href="/wiki/Kendall_Square" title="Kendall Square">Kendall Square</a> is to the east along Main Street.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The section of Central Square along Massachusetts Avenue between Clinton Street and Main Street is designated the Central Square Historic District, and was added to the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 1990. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Square,_Cambridge&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Central Square was designated an official Cultural District in the state of Massachusetts by the Mass Cultural Council in October 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Central Square is known for its wide variety of ethnic restaurants, churches, bars, and live music and theatre venues.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Richard B. <a href="/wiki/Modica_Way" title="Modica Way">Modica Way</a>, aka "Graffiti Alley", has been described as a "hallmark of Central Square."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is gentrifying rapidly, and a number of upscale restaurants have opened in the Square. Many startups, including pharmaceutical, videogame and Internet companies, have moved research and office operations into the Square to take advantage of the proximity to <a href="/wiki/MIT" class="mw-redirect" title="MIT">MIT</a>, Boston medical resources and relatively low costs.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some critics have claimed that the recent changes have diminished the Square's edge, as some of the older Square businesses such as <a href="/wiki/Manray" title="Manray">Manray</a> have closed.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a diverse array of houses of worship in the area, with <a href="/wiki/Christ_the_King_Presbyterian_Church" title="Christ the King Presbyterian Church">Christ the King Presbyterian Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_Baptist_Church_(Cambridge,_Massachusetts)" title="First Baptist Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts)">First Baptist Church</a>, Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church, St. Paul's <a href="/wiki/African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="African Methodist Episcopal Church">African Methodist Episcopal Church</a> and other large historic congregations meeting near the Square.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Together_Boston" title="Together Boston">Together Boston</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Square,_Cambridge&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1910s_CentralSq_CambridgeMA_by_DetroitPubCo_LC.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/1910s_CentralSq_CambridgeMA_by_DetroitPubCo_LC.png/220px-1910s_CentralSq_CambridgeMA_by_DetroitPubCo_LC.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/1910s_CentralSq_CambridgeMA_by_DetroitPubCo_LC.png/330px-1910s_CentralSq_CambridgeMA_by_DetroitPubCo_LC.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/1910s_CentralSq_CambridgeMA_by_DetroitPubCo_LC.png/440px-1910s_CentralSq_CambridgeMA_by_DetroitPubCo_LC.png 2x" data-file-width="8976" data-file-height="7024" /></a><figcaption>Central Square, Cambridge, Mass., c. 1911.</figcaption></figure> <p>Central Square's history has been marked by several waves of immigration. The original population of the Square included people of English and Canadian ancestry. Between 1850 and 1890, the Square attracted many Irish immigrants, and in the late Nineteenth Century also became home to many others from throughout Europe. Later waves of immigration included people from the West Indies, South America and Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Central Square is also the original home of actor <a href="/wiki/Ben_Affleck" title="Ben Affleck">Ben Affleck</a> and, from 1927 to 2003, the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Confectionery_Company_Factory" title="New England Confectionery Company Factory">Necco factory</a>. The old Necco factory building in Cambridge is now used for labs by <a href="/wiki/Novartis" title="Novartis">Novartis</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_transportation">Geography and transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Square,_Cambridge&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography and transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several Cambridge neighborhoods meet at Central Square. To the east, <a href="/wiki/Area_4,_Cambridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Area 4, Cambridge">Area 4</a> lies on the north side of Massachusetts Avenue (aka "Mass Ave.") and <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridgeport">Cambridgeport</a> on the south side between Massachusetts Avenue and the <a href="/wiki/Charles_River" title="Charles River">Charles River</a>. Both of these neighborhoods were once known as The Port or Old Port region of Cambridge. The area to the west and northwest of Central Square is known as Mid-Cambridge. </p><p>Central Square is accessible from <a href="/wiki/Central_(MBTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central (MBTA station)">Central</a> station on the <a href="/wiki/Red_Line_(MBTA)" title="Red Line (MBTA)">MBTA Red Line</a>, as well as Buses 1, 64, 70, 83, and 91. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Necco_factory_water_tower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Necco_factory_water_tower.jpg/250px-Necco_factory_water_tower.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Necco_factory_water_tower.jpg/330px-Necco_factory_water_tower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Necco_factory_water_tower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="350" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/New_England_Confectionery_Company_Factory" title="New England Confectionery Company Factory">New England Confectionery Co.</a> water tower, built 1927, was painted in 1996 to resemble a roll of <a href="/wiki/Necco_Wafers" title="Necco Wafers">Necco Wafers</a>, but repainted to a new design in 2004 by <a href="/wiki/Novartis" title="Novartis">Novartis</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and <a href="/wiki/Brookline,_Massachusetts" title="Brookline, Massachusetts">Brookline</a> in front of <a href="/wiki/The_Middle_East_(nightclub)" title="The Middle East (nightclub)">The Middle East</a> in Central Square is named in honor of the late <a href="/wiki/Indie_rock" title="Indie rock">indie rock</a> musician <a href="/wiki/Mark_Sandman" title="Mark Sandman">Mark Sandman</a>, who often played there. </p><p>Central Square serves as the commercial center for the surrounding neighborhoods of Cambridgeport, Riverside, Mid Cambridge, Area 4 and MIT.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LOC_220043v.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/LOC_220043v.jpg/220px-LOC_220043v.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/LOC_220043v.jpg/330px-LOC_220043v.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/LOC_220043v.jpg/440px-LOC_220043v.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="686" /></a><figcaption>Central Square circa 1900</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_government_services">Local government services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Square,_Cambridge&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Local government services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Central Square is the seat of government in Cambridge. <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts_City_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts City Hall">Cambridge City Hall</a>, and the main branch of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Post_Office-Central_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Post Office-Central Square">Cambridge Post Office</a> are located in this area. The <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Police_Department_(Massachusetts)" title="Cambridge Police Department (Massachusetts)">Cambridge Police Department</a> headquarters was formerly at 5 Western Avenue in the Central Square area; however, between November 2008 and March 2009<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it completed a relocation to a new facility at 125 Sixth Street, near Kendall Square. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Square,_Cambridge&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable residents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Affleck" title="Ben Affleck">Ben Affleck</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_Affleck" title="Casey Affleck">Casey Affleck</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Brown_(filmmaker)" title="Ken Brown (filmmaker)">Ken Brown</a>, filmmaker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Crafts" title="Lisa Crafts">Lisa Crafts</a>, animator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Patrick Ewing</a>, athlete</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Grant" title="Vernon Grant">Vernon Grant</a>, cartoonist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Forbes_Nash" class="mw-redirect" title="John Forbes Nash">John Forbes Nash</a>, mathematician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(scientist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Margaret Hamilton (scientist)">Margaret Hamilton</a>, scientist and engineer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_businesses">Notable businesses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Square,_Cambridge&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notable businesses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Square_Theater" title="Central Square Theater">Central Square Theater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Middle_East_(nightclub)" title="The Middle East (nightclub)">The Middle East (nightclub)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toscanini%27s" title="Toscanini's">Toscanini's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T.T._the_Bear%27s_Place" title="T.T. the Bear's Place">T.T. the Bear's Place</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fiction_about_Central_Square">Fiction about Central Square</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Square,_Cambridge&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fiction about Central Square"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Central Square (1998), by <a href="/wiki/George_Packer" title="George Packer">George Packer</a>. 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href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_New_Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in New Bedford, Massachusetts">New Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Taunton, Massachusetts">Taunton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#A8EDEF;color:black">Essex County</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Andover,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Andover, Massachusetts">Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Gloucester,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester, Massachusetts">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Ipswich,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Ipswich, Massachusetts">Ipswich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lawrence,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Lawrence, Massachusetts">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lynn,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Lynn, Massachusetts">Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Methuen,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Methuen, Massachusetts">Methuen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Salem,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Salem, Massachusetts">Salem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#A8EDEF;color:black">Hampden County</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Springfield, Massachusetts">Springfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#A8EDEF;color:black">Middlesex County</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Arlington,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Arlington, Massachusetts">Arlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="National 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listings in Marlborough, Massachusetts">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Medford,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Medford, Massachusetts">Medford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Newton,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Reading,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Sherborn,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Sherborn, Massachusetts">Sherborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerville, 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