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The Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House was founded in 1902 as a settlement House providing information and services to help immigrants assimilate into American culture. For over a century, the organization has maintained a grassroots approach to services on a limited budget. Today we provide programs for all ages—from infants to elders. We have a busy food pantry, an out of school time program for children, summer camp, outreach to young adults at risk, heath related programs for seniors and men of color, community organizing, and an open computer center and free technology classes. We host community-wide events, financial, exercise, poetry writing, drumming and other classes and welcome the Area IV community to meetings and local gatherings.

The Building at 104-106 Hancock Street is an historic cottage at 104-106 Hancock Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1-1/2 story wood frame cottage was built in 1839 for Isaac Livermore on land once belonging to Judge Francis Dana, and was among the first to be built after Dana's old mansion burned down. The cottage is basically Greek Revival in form, but has Gothic Revival features, including a lancet-arched louver in the side gable. It is similar stylistically and in date of construction to the Ephraim Atwood House, next door at 110 Hancock Street.The cottage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

The Margaret Fuller House was the birthplace and childhood home of American transcendentalist Margaret Fuller (1810–1850). It is located at 71 Cherry Street, in the Old Cambridgeport Historic District area of Cambridge, Massachusetts, now called the "Area Four" Neighborhood (north of Mass. Ave., between Central and Kendall Squares). The house is now a National Historic Landmark.The three-story, wooden, Federal style house was built in the early 19th century, and was Fuller's home from birth until age 16. In 1902 it became the Margaret Fuller House of Cambridge, a settlement house providing information and services to help immigrants assimilate into American culture. It is now known as the Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House.HistoryFuller's parents, Timothy Fuller and Margaret Crane Fuller, were married in 1809. A few months after the wedding, they bought the three-story, Federal-style house on Cherry Street for the high price of $6,000. The couple's daughter Sarah Margaret Fuller was born in this home on May 23, 1810.Current useToday, the Margaret Fuller House is being used to service the public in the community of Area 4 in Cambridge. It provides a free computer lab, computer classes, a food pantry, after-school services for children, meeting room space for various activities for the public and a daytime summer camp for children. A fundraiser is held every year for the MFNH called the Sweet Soul Supper to help provide money to run these services.

Beth Israel Synagogue is a historic Jewish synagogue at 238 Columbia Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.The synagogue was built in 1901 by Nathan Douglass. Congregation Anshai Sfard merged into it in 1957. In 1962 Beth Israel and Temple Ashkenaz merged to form Temple Beth Shalom of Cambridge and the new congregation chose to use the Temple Ashkenaz building on Tremont Street in Cambridge. The Beth Israel building, no longer used as a synagogue, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The former synagogue building currently houses condominium units.

River Street Firehouse is an historic firehouse at 176 River Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a two-story brick building, with a hip roof and two vehicle bays. It was designed by George Fogerty in the Queen Anne style, and was completed in 1890. It has short towers with pyramidal roofs at the front corners, and has decorative herringbone brickwork. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.The firehouse has been the home of Engine 6 of the Cambridge Fire Department since the building's construction.

The Buildings at 15-17 Lee Street are an historic double house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 2-1/2 story wood frame house was built in 1856, and is a rare local instance of an Italianate duplex. It has paired arched windows on the first floor, a richly decorated front porch, and an extended cornice. The corners of the first two floors have quoining, and the half story above alternates small windows and panels with balusters.The houses were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Rufus Lamson House is an historic house at 72-74 Hampshire Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few blocks from the Lamson Place.The house was apparently built and owned by Rufus Lamson (October 2, 1809 - July 13, 1879) and then inherited by his widow Mary Jane Lamson (Butler) (1812 - Unknown) whom he married at Boston, on Thanksgiving Eve, 1832. Rufus Lamson was a stonemason and a large holder of real estate, known for his liberal treatment of the landlord and tenant relation. He was a member of the Universalist Church in Cambridge and served as an assessor for the city for twenty-two years.Rufus Lamson and his son, Rufus William Lamson (1833 - 1912) ran a firm Rufus Lamson & Son that built many of the substantial brick structures now standing in Cambridgeport.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The Clifton Merriman Post Office Building, also known as the U.S. Post Office-Central Square is an historic post office at 770 Massachusetts Avenue within Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.The post office was built in 1933 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as "U.S. Post Office-Central Square". In 1992, the United States Congress passed a bill renaming it for Clifton Merriman, an African-American World War I veteran who later became assistant superintendent of the main Post Office in Cambridge.

Opposition House is an historic double house at 2-4 Hancock Place in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The two story hip-roofed wood frame house was built in 1807 by Judge Francis Dana, who was seeking to prevent the laying of Harvard Street across his estate. Dana's efforts were unsuccessful; the road was routed around this house, which he had sited along the intended route. The house was moved to its present location in the 1860s. It is the oldest surviving house on Dana Hill.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The Josiah Mason Jr. House is a historic house at 11 Market Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a -story brick structure, three bays wide, with a side-gable roof and a single end chimney. The entrance, located in the rightmost bay, is in a recess flanked by sidelight windows. The recess is framed by a Greek Revival surround with pilasters and entablature. Built in 1831, this house is a locally rare example of late Federal style architecture with a side-hall plan. Josiah Mason was a local merchant and politician who served as Cambridge selectman and in the state legislature.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Opposition House is an historic double house at 2-4 Hancock Place in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The two story hip-roofed wood frame house was built in 1807 by Judge Francis Dana, who was seeking to prevent the laying of Harvard Street across his estate. Dana's efforts were unsuccessful; the road was routed around this house, which he had sited along the intended route. The house was moved to its present location in the 1860s. It is the oldest surviving house on Dana Hill. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The Cheney Read House is an historic house at 135 Western Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The 2.5 story wood frame house was built in 1846 by William Hyde, and is the only house in Cambridge's Cambridgeport neighborhood with a two-story Greek portico. It has four full-height Doric columns, with a gable end that is steeper than the usual Greek Revival style. It has a side-entry plan, with the entrance flanked by pilasters and topped by a pedimented lintel.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The Isaac Melvin House is an historic house at 19 Centre Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This 2.5 story Greek Revival-Italianate house was built in 1842 by Oliver Wood and Isaac Melvin as the latter's home. Melvin is also notable for designing the North Avenue Congregational Church. Despite an Italianate T-shaped massing, the building's front facade is strongly Greek Revival, with four two story pilasters supporting an entablature and topped by the fully pedimented gable end of the roof. The tympanum of the pediment has an Italianate round-arch window in it.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The Edmund Reardon House is an historic house at 195 Erie Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 2.5 story Queen Anne house was built in 1884 for Edmund Reardon, whose family operated a nearby soap factory. The house has elaborately decorated porches and half-timbering in various gable ends.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.Edmund ReardonOn Tuesday, October 24, 1939, Edmund Reardon, the oldest active banker in the country, died at 102 years of age in his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a vice president and a director of the Union Savings Bank. He also active in Cambridge city politics, serving as alderman and councilor.

The William R. Jones House is an historic house at 307 Harvard Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame house, whose Second Empire styling includes a flared mansard roof and flushboarded siding scored to resemble ashlar stone. It has a rare example in Cambridge of a curvilinear front gable, in which is an oculus window. Its windows are topped by heavy decorative hoods, and the porch features square posts with large decorative brackets. The house was built c. 1865 for William R. Jones, a soap manufacturer, and typifies the houses that were built lining Harvard Street in the 19th century after the Dana estate was subdivided.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

The Albert Vinal House is an historic house at 325 Harvard Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The substantial Greek Revival house was built in 1853-4 by Albert Vinal, a real estate developer and a dealer in lumber, wood, and coal. In addition to a fully pedimented gable, the house has wide corner pilasters, and several porches and porticos. The main entrance portico is particularly elaborate, and is topped by a bay window with an Italianate extended cornice with brackets.The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

The Urban Rowhouse is an historic rowhouse 40-48 Pearl Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The rowhouse was constructed in a Second Empire/Mansard style in 1875, and is a contrasting example to the rowhouse on the adjacent block to providing further construction density in an urban setting. This rowhouse is of wood frame construction, while the neighboring one is built of brick. The polygonal bays rise to the mansard roof, where the shape of the bay is continued, giving visual texture to the structure. The rowhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The former Odd Fellows Hall, located at 536 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States, is an historic building built in 1884 by members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. On April 13, 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is now The Dance Complex, founded by Rozann Kraus in 1991.HistoryThe building was built in 1884 by members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Like many lodge halls of the time, it had business and commercial space on the ground floor while the lodge hall was upstairs.Current useThe Odd Fellows Hall is now owned and run by the Dance Complex, which was formed to buy and save the building. The facilities include 6 dance studios and the Julie Ince Thompson Theatre.

The Valentine Soap Workers Cottages are a pair of adjacent historic houses in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The cottages are located at 5–7 Cottage Street and 101 Pearl Street. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 30, 1983. The two cottages were built for worker housing in 1835, by local soap manufacturer Charles Valentine. Valentine's soap factory was located nearby at the corner of Valentine and Pearl Streets. Founded in 1828, it was at the time one of the largest manufacturing operations in the Cambridgeport section of the city. An historic marker for the cottages identifies them as the only examples of factory housing in Cambridge.

Bright Horizons at University Park is a child care center and preschool conveniently located on Franklin Street in Cambridge. We are close in proximity to the Central Square station on the Red Line. Our families come from the surrounding communities of Cambridge, Arlington and Somerville. Our center is newly renovated from top to bottom including a new Art Studio, offering art enrichment classes. Our state-of-the-art facility, comprehensive curriculum, low teacher-to-child ratios, small group sizes, active parent involvement, and experienced professional staff provides children and families an exceptional learning experience. We encourage dialogue with you about your child through daily communication, documentation of learning, parent partnership group, family events, parent conferences, and on-line child assessments and portfolios. Contact us to schedule your personal center visit. In the meantime, we invite you to explore our website.

We are Blink Music Studios, Boston's best in recording and engineering. Located in the heart of Cambridge, our studio is open to musicians and bands who desire to capture their sound in a professional space with world class audio engineers. Our set up includes the industry's best in studio equipment and an impressive selection of instruments, ranging from top of the line pianos to iconic drum sets and guitars. Blink's professionally trained staff of audio engineers provides classical musicians, solo artists, and bands with the utmost quality of recording, mixing, and mastering. Experience the most skillful and accommodating recording experience in Boston. For more information about our studio and services, visit our website www.blinkmusic.com

The Medical Device "Plug-and-Play" (or MD PnP) interoperability program is an inter-disciplinary, multi-institutional medical device informatics research program. We are improving patient safety and clinical efficiency by enabling standards-based integration of medical devices in order to: 1. create error-resistant medical systems, 2. support the widespread use of data obtained from medical devices, 3. improve clinical workflow to enhance patient safety and reduce healthcare costs, and 4. produce complete and accurate electronic health records for clinical care and research, 5. enable the development of clinical grade networks for high-acuity health care