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The Harvard Houses Historic District is a historic district encompassing seven of Harvard College's residential houses. The district is roughly bounded by Mt. Auburn, Grant, and Cowperwaite Streets, Banks Street and Putman Avenue, Memorial Drive, and JFK Street (formerly Boylston Street) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The contributing buildings ...
The house was built on land belonging to the Dana family, and was occupied by Richard Henry Dana Sr. among others, before its acquisition by Harvard University in 1835. From 1839 to 1843 the building was used as Harvard's first astronomical observatory , before being converted for use as a residence for William Cranch Bond , the observatory's ...
Designed by two Harvard Presidents, John Leverett and Benjamin Wadsworth, between 1718 and 1720 for the housing of sixty-four students, the building served various functions over the years, including a refuge for American soldiers during the Siege of Boston, and an observatory after Thomas Hollis' donation of a twenty-four-foot telescope in ...
Harvard Yard is the oldest and among the most prominent parts of the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.The yard has a historic center and modern crossroads and contains most of the freshman dormitories, Harvard's most important libraries, Memorial Church, several classroom and departmental buildings, and the offices of senior university officials, including the President ...
President's House is a historic house at 17 Quincy Street, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Built and paid for by the Lowell family, it served as a residence for Harvard presidents until 1971, when Derek Bok (1971-1991) moved his family to Elmwood, another Lowell family property.
Lehman Hall. Dudley Community (formerly called Dudley House) is an alternative to Harvard College's 12 Houses. [1] The Dudley Community serves nonresident undergraduate students, visiting undergraduate students, and undergraduates living in the Dudley Co-op. [2] [3] In 2019, the Dudley Community was formed, reflecting the administrative split between the undergraduate and graduate programs ...
Sever Hall was built from 1878 to 1880 with a gift from Anne Sever in honor of her deceased husband, James Warren Sever. It was designed as an academic building with classrooms, lecture halls, rooms for professors, etc., in a style now known as Richardsonian Romanesque though in red brick rather than stone.
Articles and categories related to buildings on the campus of Harvard University, a private Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.