Harvard Square in Cambridge in Middlesex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Headquarters of General Ward

Photographed by R.J. O’Hara, June 16, 2025

1. Headquarters of General Ward Marker

Inscription.
Site of the Headquarters of General Ward and the Committee of Public Safety in 1775. Birthplace of Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1775.

Location. 42° 22.592′ N, 71° 7.123′ W. Marker is in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County. It is in Harvard Square. It is at the intersection of Cambridge Street and Massachusetts Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Cambridge Street. Located on the Harvard University campus at the western end of the Littauer Center, between the Littauer Center and Gannett House. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cambridge MA 02138, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Boston.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Continental Troops Assembled (within shouting distance of this marker); Way to Charlestown (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cambridge Common (about 400 feet away); George Washington (about 400 feet away); An Gorta Mór - The Great Hunger (about 400 feet away); Route of William Dawes (about 400 feet away); Old Cambridge (about 400 feet away); Old Cambridge / Religion and Government in the Early History of Cambridge (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cambridge.

Regarding Headquarters of General Ward. The building this marker commemorates was known as the Jonathan Hastings House. It stood on the site of the present-day Littauer Center.

Also see . . . Jonathan Hastings House - Cambridge and the American Revolution. (Submitted on June 27, 2025, by R.J. O’Hara of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.)

Additional keywords. American Revolution, Artemas Ward, Jonathan Hastings House, Harvard University, Harvard College

Photographed by R.J. O’Hara, June 16, 2025

2. Headquarters of General Ward Marker

Location of the General Ward marker (left rear) at the western end of the Littauer Center. The curving roadway on the right heads east through Cambridge and modern Somerville and on to Charlestown. The related Prescott marker stands in the center foreground: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=276355

Credits. This page was last revised on June 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2025, by R.J. O’Hara of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 170 times since then and 28 times this year. Last updated on June 27, 2025, by R.J. O’Hara of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Photos: 1. submitted on June 25, 2025, by R.J. O’Hara of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. 2. submitted on June 27, 2025, by R.J. O’Hara of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.