273 Albany St, Cambridge — property record card

Vacant (Educational Private) on 0.70 acres in Cambridge, assessed at $4,679,300 for fiscal year 2026; last transferred January 6, 1970 for a nominal sum.

Rebuilt from the Cambridge assessor file as published by MassGIS — not the official card. For the official card, with owner, photo and sketch, ask the Cambridge assessor’s office.

Parcel

Location	273 Albany St
Map and parcel ID	67-55
Use	Vacant (Educational Private) (use code 946)
Zoning	SD-8
County	Middlesex

Valuation — fiscal year 2026

Building	$0
Land	$4,679,300
Total assessed	$4,679,300

Land

Lot size	0.70 acres (30,492 ft²)

Last recorded sale

Price	nominal ($1)
Date	January 6, 1970
Deed	Registry of Deeds book 11786, page 0401

What MassDEP has recorded

RTN 3-0002834 — Mit Lots 32 33 & 55, activity and use limitation, status PSC, AUL recorded August 8, 1997 · MassDEP file
RTN 3-0015072 — No Location Aid, activity and use limitation, status PSC, AUL recorded August 8, 1997 · MassDEP file
RTN 3-0014945 — No Location Aid, activity and use limitation, status RAO, class A3, AUL recorded August 8, 1997 · MassDEP file
RTN 3-0029672 — No Location Aid, activity and use limitation, status PSC, class PA, AUL recorded December 4, 2015 · MassDEP file

Within about 500 m (a third of a mile): 1 active tier-classified 21E site and 20 sites with an Activity and Use Limitation. All MassDEP sites in Cambridge.

What this means

The last deed was recorded for a nominal sum: a transfer between family members, into a trust or a similar non-market sale. It says nothing about the market value.
An Activity and Use Limitation is a deed restriction: it limits how the land may be used (often no residential use or no digging) and passes to every buyer.

Point at the centre of the assessor parcel — not a survey.

Data: Cambridge assessor file for fiscal year 2026, via MassGIS, retrieved October 30, 2026; MassDEP sites retrieved the same day. Sources and freshness. No owner names are published.

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