453 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge — property record card

Vacant, Selectmen or City Council (Municipal) on 0.64 acres in Cambridge, assessed at $9,357,500 for fiscal year 2026; last transferred October 16, 1957 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	453 Massachusetts Ave
Map and parcel ID	91-195
Use	Vacant, Selectmen or City Council (Municipal) (use code 930)
Zoning	BB-CSQ
County	Middlesex

Valuation — fiscal year 2026

Building	$0
Land	$9,357,500
Total assessed	$9,357,500

Land

Lot size	0.64 acres (27,878 ft²)

Last recorded sale

Price	nominal ($1)
Date	October 16, 1957
Deed	Registry of Deeds book 09041, page 0326

What MassDEP has recorded

RTN 3-0024523 — Parking Lot, activity and use limitation, status RAO, class PC, AUL recorded January 11, 2012 · MassDEP file

Within about 500 m (a third of a mile): 6 active tier-classified 21E sites and 13 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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