Harvard Square in Cambridge in Middlesex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
Thomas Dudley
Photographed by R.J. OHara
1. Thomas Dudley Marker
Founder of Cambridge
Governor of Massachusetts
Lived Here in 1630
Erected by the City
1880
Erected by City of Cambridge.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1630.
Location. 42° 22.284′ N, 71° 7.193′ W. Marker is in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County. It is in Harvard Square. It is on Dunster Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 77 Dunster Street, Cambridge MA 02138, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Boston. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Here Stood the Original Meeting House... (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Judge Samuel Danforth (about 400 feet away); The Founding of Newtowne / Newtowne and Cambridge (about 500 feet away); Prof. John Winthrop (about 500 feet away); Harvard Student Agencies (about 500 feet away); Cambridge (about 700 feet away); Stephen Daye (about 700 feet away); Simon and Anne Bradstreet (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cambridge.
More about this marker. The marker is in front of the current 77 Dunster Street. (That modern house is of course not the seventeenth-century dwelling place referred to on the marker.)
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Photographed by R.J. OHara, July 3, 2025
2. Thomas Dudley Marker
Site of the former dwelling of Governor Thomas Dudley.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 8, 2025, by R.J. OHara of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 165 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 8, 2025, by R.J. OHara of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
