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Gasson Hall is a building on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Designed by Charles Donagh Maginnis in 1908, the hall has influenced the development of Collegiate Gothic architecture in North America. Gasson Hall is named after the 13th president of Boston College, Thomas I. Gasson, S.J., considered BC's "second founder."
Boston College Main Campus Historic District encompasses the historic heart of the campus of Boston College in the Chestnut Hill area of Newton, Massachusetts. It consists of a collection of six Gothic Revival stone buildings, centered on Gasson Hall, designed by Charles Donagh Maginnis and begun in 1909.
MIT Solar House #1 The following buildings are of significance in pioneering the use of solar powered building design: MIT Solar House #1, Massachusetts, United States (Hoyt C. Hottel & others, 1939) Howard Sloan House, Glenview, Illinois, United States (George Fred Keck, 1940) "Solar Hemicycle", near Madison, Wisconsin, United States (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1944) Löf House, Boulder, Colorado ...
When World War II ended in 1945 there was a dramatic increase in enrollment at Boston College, due to the returning soldiers and the opportunities afforded to them by the G.I. Bill. The number of undergraduates swelled from 1,000 before the war to 5,000 by 1946.
The last firing of the big beehive kiln took place in 1965, and after that smaller gas and later electric kilns were used until the pottery works closed in 1979. Yet the diversified production of the Dorchester Pottery Works and the fact that it was a family-run operation helped it to stay open longer than other commercial New England potteries ...
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The Connors Center in September 2011. The Connors Center is an event space and former estate located in Dover, Massachusetts.It is owned and operated by Boston College.. The mansion was built in 1902 as a private home for Arthur and Mary Davis.
Dover Sun House was one of the world's first solar-heated houses. It was designed by architect Eleanor Raymond and had a heating system developed by physicist Mária Telkes . In 1948, Mária Telkes and architect Eleanor Raymond began working on the Dover Sun House. [ 2 ]