Harvard Yard Self-Guided Audio Walk: Harvard Square, John Harvard Statue, Memorial Hall and Longfellow House

1 hr 35 minEnglish, Spanish, French, Italian +16Boston, United States

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Cambridge has a habit of building its own past. Harvard Yard's statue of its namesake gets three facts wrong in one line, its oldest gate is made of brick designed to look Puritan, and a granite marker on the Common honors a ceremony nobody wrote about for sixty-two years. Beside them stand buildings that really are as old as they look.

This walk teaches you to tell the difference. Start in Harvard Square, pass through Johnston Gate to Massachusetts Hall of 1720 and the John Harvard statue, and cross the great lawn between Widener Library and Memorial Church. Then see Le Corbusier's concrete Carpenter Center, the striped Gothic of Memorial Hall, the Washington Elm, Christ Church and its slate burying ground, and Radcliffe Yard, before ending at Longfellow House on Brattle Street.

Ten stops, about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) and 95 minutes, in English and at your own pace. Building interiors are not included.

Walk from Harvard Square through Harvard Yard and out along historic Brattle Street in Cambridge.
See the John Harvard statue, Widener Library, Memorial Church, Memorial Hall and Le Corbusier's only North American building.
Learn to tell real colonial age from the past Cambridge built on purpose, from a statue's three mistakes to the Washington Elm.
Finish at Longfellow House, Washington's headquarters, across the street from a memorial by the sculptor of the John Harvard statue.
10 stops over 2.2 km, about 95 minutes, with English audio you start whenever you like.

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Self-guided English audio tour, 10 stops, 2.2 km, 95 minutes
Stops at John Harvard, Widener, Memorial Church
GPS map in phone browser, no app needed
Lifetime access, start anytime and replay

Not included

Live guide
Fixed start time
Museum and monument tickets
Food and drinks
Tips or gratuities

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Harvard Square, Massachusetts Avenue (Harvard Yard side, opp, Boston
Harvard Square, Massachusetts Avenue (Harvard Yard side, opp, Boston, BOSTON, -, United States
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Ticket code: Enter your ticket code on the Roamer redemption page from your confirmation before you set off.
Phone and earphones: Bring a fully charged phone and earphones to listen to the audio tour.
Data or Wi-Fi: Use mobile data on the walk, or open the tour on Wi-Fi before you start if you will be offline.
Steps on route: Expect a few short stairways inside Harvard Yard and up into Radcliffe Yard from Appian Way.
Step-free option: Use the step-free Radcliffe Yard entrance on Brattle Street instead of the Appian Way steps.
Tour access: Start the tour from your phone browser, with GPS map and directions, and no app to download.