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This category includes various buildings and other structures located on the Tufts University campus in Medford, Massachusetts. Pages in category "Buildings at Tufts University" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Anderson Hall, the School of Engineering Goddard Hall, the Fletcher School. Tufts University is an independent, privately supported, nonsectarian institution of higher education. Its official corporate name is The Trustees of Tufts College. The university is governed by up to forty-one trustees and no fewer than twenty-eight.
Tufts' library was established in 1850 with a gift of seven volumes, three years before classes began. The collection moved from building to building on the academic quad until in 1908, Tufts' first library building, Eaton Memorial Library (now Eaton Hall), was made possible with a donation from Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie's wife requested that ...
Ballou Hall is a historic academic building on the campus of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Its cornerstone was laid in 1853 and the building was completed the following year. Designed by Gridley J.F. Bryant, it was Tufts' first academic building following the College's establishment by a group of Universalists.
The original main entrance opened up to a main hall with a grand staircase, flanked on either end by a reading room and a lecture room. Beneath the stairs was the entrance to the stacks. The stack area was designed to hold 200,000 books. The grand staircase led to a second floor with six spaces for special collections and two archivist offices.
East Hall is a historic academic building on the campus of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Built in 1860 and designed by Thomas Silloway, it was Tufts' third building constructed on Walnut Hill following Ballou Hall in 1852 and Middle Hall (Packard Hall) in 1856. The building currently houses the Departments of English and History.
Unfortunately the plan of the first floor is missing, al- though the plans of the basement and the three upper floors remain. Through the kindness of Mr. Norman M. Isham, class of '86, these plans are reproduced to accompany this article, together with a plan of the first floor compiled from the recollections of Mr. Anthony McCabe.
Packard Hall, originally known as Middle Hall is a historic academic building on the campus of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Built in 1856, it was Tufts' second building constructed on Walnut Hill following Ballou Hall in 1852. The building currently houses the Department of Political Science.