Oldest and newest Harvard Square businesses

The lists below include many of the oldest and newest Harvard Square businesses

From The September-October 2011 Issue

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25 years in Harvard Square
The Square has always attracted those who want to shop, eat, gawk, and play.
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A veritable bird’s-eye view of Square and the restored 1912 subway headhouse, home to Out of Town News
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Colonial Drug has sold elegant perfumes, soaps, and shaving tools since 1947.
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Felix Shoe Repair and J. August are among the oldest Square businesses; J.P. Licks is one of many new dessert spots.

The lists below include many of the oldest and newest Harvard Square businesses, according to information provided by the Harvard Square Business Association.

Oldest

  • Cambridge Savings Bank (1834)
  • Cambridge Center for Adult Education (1876; a nonprofit, rather than a business)
  • Harvard Coop (1882)
  • Leavitt & Peirce (1883)
  • Cambridge Trust Company (1890)
  • J. August (1891)
  • La Flamme Barber Shop (1898)
  • Alice Darling Secretarial Services, Inc. (1913)
  • Felix Shoe Repair (1913)
  • Dickson Bros. True Value Hardware Store (1920)
  • Brattle Square Florist (1925)
  • The Sheraton Commander Hotel (1927)
  • Grolier Poetry Book Shop (1927)
  • Harvard Book Store (1932)

 

Newest (2010 and 2011)

  • Follow the Honey
  • Al’s Sandwich Shop
  • Chutney’s
  • Clover Food Lab
  • Forty Winks
  • Hotel Veritas
  • The Maharaja 
  • Otto Pizza
  • Pinkberry
  • Russell House Tavern
  • Starbucks Harvard Square (bi-level store)
  • TD Bank 
  • Zinneken’s 

Published in the September-October 2011 print issue under the headline “Fixtures and Followers,” in the section.

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