Browne House, Watertown

Name: Browne House
Address: Watertown, United States

#6 among attractions in Watertown

Museum, History museum

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Facts and practical information

The Abraham Browne House is a colonial house located at 562 Main Street, Watertown, Massachusetts, US. It is now a nonprofit museum operated by Historic New England and open to the public two afternoons per year. ()

Coordinates: 42°22'20"N, 71°12'2"W

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Watertown Town (Watertown West End)Watertown United States

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Browne House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Armenian Library and Museum of America, Gore Place, Evangelical Baptist Church, The Plumbing Museum.

0.8 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum, Art museum
Armenian Library and Museum of America, Watertown
22 min walk • Armenian Museum of America, located in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States, is an institution that has the largest collection of Armenian artifacts in North America.
0.5 miW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Gore Place, Waltham
14 min walk • Gore Place is a historic country house, now a museum, located at 52 Gore Street, Waltham, Massachusetts. It is owned and operated by the nonprofit Gore Place Society.
0.5 miS
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Evangelical Baptist Church, Newton
14 min walk • The Evangelical Baptist Church is an historic church located at 23 Chapel Street, in the village of Nonantum in Newton, Massachusetts.
~1210 ftS
42°22'8"N • 71°11'56"W
The Plumbing Museum, Watertown
6 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
1 miE
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Edmund Fowle House, Watertown
27 min walk • The Edmund Fowle House is a historic house and local history museum at 28 Marshall Street in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA. Built in 1772, it is the second-oldest surviving house in Watertown, and served as the meeting place for the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in the first year of the American Revolutionary War.
0.9 miS
Synagogue
Adams Street Shul, Newton
23 min walk • Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, more commonly known as The Adams Street Shul, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 168 Adams Street in the village of Nonantum in Newton, Massachusetts.
0.9 miSE
Bridge
Watertown Bridge, Watertown
24 min walk • The Watertown Bridge is a five-lane traffic bridge over the Charles River, carrying Rt. 16 and Galen Street. It connects Watertown Square on the north side and Watertown Yard on the south side of Watertown, Massachusetts.
1.1 miW
Cemetery
Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham
28 min walk • The Grove Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 290 Main Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. Established in 1703, the cemetery was Waltham's only cemetery until 1857, when Mount Feake Cemetery opened.
0.7 miSE
Dam
Watertown Dam, Watertown
20 min walk • The Watertown Dam spans the Charles River 980 feet upstream from the Watertown Bridge near Watertown Square in Watertown, Massachusetts. The dam is located where the Charles River tidal estuary historically ended. Watertown Dam is of Concrete construction, a gravity dam. Its length is 220 feet. Its capacity is 30 acre feet.
1.1 miSE
Italianate architecture
Seth Adams House, Newton
27 min walk • The Seth Adams House is a historic house at 72 Jewett Street, in the Newton Corner village of Newton, Massachusetts. Probably built in the mid-1850s, it is a well-preserved example of Italianate architecture.
0.9 miSW
Italianate architecture
Celia Thaxter House, Newton
23 min walk • The Celia Thaxter House is an historic house at 524 California Street in the village of Newtonville in Newton, Massachusetts. The Italianate house was built c. 1856 as the home of Levi Lincoln Thaxter and American poet and author Celia Thaxter.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Browne House?

Nearby attractions include Bemis, Watertown (5 min walk), The Plumbing Museum, Watertown (6 min walk), Evangelical Baptist Church, Newton (14 min walk), Gore Place, Waltham (14 min walk).

How to get to Browne House by public transport?

The nearest stations to Browne House:

Bus

Watertown Yard • Lines: 502, 504, 57 (24 min walk)
Galen St @ Maple St • Lines: 502, 504, 57 (30 min walk)

Train

Waverley (31 min walk)