Guided tours

Cambridge has a habit of building its own past. Harvard Yard&#39;s statue of its namesake gets three facts wrong in one line, its oldest gate is made of brick designed to look Puritan, and a granite marker on the Common honors a ceremony nobody wrote about for sixty-two years. Beside them stand buildings that really are as old as they look.

This walk teaches you to tell the difference. Start in Harvard Square, pass through Johnston Gate to Massachusetts Hall of 1720 and the John Harvard statue, and cross the great lawn between Widener Library and Memorial Church.

Then see Le Corbusier&#39;s concrete Carpenter Center, the striped Gothic of Memorial Hall, the Washington Elm, Christ Church and its slate burying ground, and Radcliffe Yard, before ending at Longfellow House on Brattle Street.

Ten stops, about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) and 95 minutes, in English and at your own pace. Building interiors are not included.

Harvard Yard Self-Guided Audio Walk: Harvard Square, John Harvard Statue, Memorial Hall and Longfellow House

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