Mass Highway Geodetic Data Sheet

Station: CAMBRIDGE LOWELL HOUSE NGS PID # MY3052

CUPOLA 1934

Town: CAMBRIDGE Quad: BOSTON SOUTH

NAD83 Northing Easting NAD27 Northing Easting

(meters) 902361.374 231445.266 (survey ft) 499829.19 703033.77

Data source 83 SPC Zone Data source 27 Datum adjusted to Order

NGS-ADJ 2001 NGS-ADJ NAD27 3rd

Elevation Vertical Datum Order Stamping:

Sketch available? NO

Recovery date: 2/75

Marked By: INTERSECTION STATION
Description: ON A 4-1/2 STORY RED BRICK BUILDING KNOWN AS LOWELL HOUSE, OVER THE CENTER

OF THE ROOF OF THE CENTRAL SECTION ON WINTHROP ST THERE IS A BRICK TOWER,

THEN A SQUARE WOODEN TOWER, THEN A OCTAGONAL CUPOLA, THE ROOF OF THIS

CUPOLA IS PAINTED BLUE, AT THE TOP THERE IS A VERY SMALL CUPOLA WITH A GILT

ROOF WITH WIND VANE AND CARDINAL POINTS AND GILT BALL.

IN THE SOUTHWESTERLY SECTION OF THE CITY, SOUTHERLY OF HARVARD SQUARE ON

PROPERTY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY; ON A PLOT OF LAND BETWEEN WINTHROP ST,

HOLYOKE ST AND PLYMPTON ST. THE POINT OBSERVED ON WAS THE BASE OF THE

LARGE SPINDLE.

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