Bridging the Charles

Cars drive up and down North Harvard Street, which connects Allston, a neighbordhood across the Charles River from the University's main campus, and Cambridge. After halting construction in December 2009 in wake of the financial crisis, in 2013 Harvard released a scaled-back plan for new residential and and academic facilities in the Allston area.

Christ Church

Christ Church, built in 1760, was the site of a prayer service which George and Martha Washington attended during the American Revolution.

Old Burying Ground

Between First Parish and Christ Church is the Old Burying Ground, a cemetery established around 1635 in which there are 1,218 known graves.

First Parish

First Parish, at the corner of Mass Ave and Church Street, is a Unitarian Universalist church. The original First Parish was built in 1632.

First Church

First Church in Cambridge is considered to be the 11th oldest congregation in New England.

St. John's Memorial Chapel

St. John's Memorial Chapel is a part of the Episcopal Divinity School.

St. Paul Catholic Church

A carving lies above the door of St. Paul Catholic Church in Harvard Square.

Church Stroll

Crimson photographer Cynthia Guo takes a stroll through churches in Cambridge.

Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church

The Harvard Epworth United Methodist Church is built of red granite with sandstone trimming. The church was organized in 1941 after the Harvard Street Methodist Church and Epworth Methodist Church merged.

University Lutheran Church

The University Lutheran Church is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is home to HSHS, the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter.

Swedenborg Chapel

From the Chvrches photoessay: The Swedenborg Chapel was originally founded as the General Convention of the Church of the New Jerusalem by primarily Anglicans and Methodists.

Old Cambridge Baptist Church

Windows of the Old Cambridge Baptist Church, which was designed by Alexander Rice Etsy and built with fieldstone and granite in Gothic revival style.

Old Cambridge Baptist Church

Old Cambridge Baptist Church is located at 400 Harvard Street in the Square. The church has had Samuel H. Miller as its pastor, who later became Dean of Harvard Divinity School.

First Church

Stained glass windows of First Church in Cambridge on Garden Street.

Churches