Pierson College
Pierson College is a residential college at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Opened in 1933, it is named for Abraham Pierson, a founder and the first rector of the Collegiate School, the college later known as Yale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Old Campus.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Library
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The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of the Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut. It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to rare books and manuscripts and is one of the largest collections of such texts. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is situated 130 metres northeast of Pierson College.
Old Campus
Park
The Old Campus is the oldest area of the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut. It is the principal residence of Yale College first years and also contains offices for the academic departments of Classics, English, History, Comparative Literature, and Philosophy. Old Campus is situated 210 metres south of Pierson College.
Battell Chapel
Church
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Battell Chapel is the largest chapel of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Built in 1874–76, it was funded primarily with gifts from Joseph Battell and others of his family. Battell Chapel is situated 150 metres south of Pierson College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown New Haven and Elm Street Historic District.
Downtown New Haven
Neighborhood
Downtown New Haven is the neighborhood located in the heart of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. It is made up of the original nine squares laid out in 1638 to form New Haven, including the New Haven Green, and the immediate surrounding central business district, as well as a significant portion of the Yale University campus.
Elm Street Historic District
Neighborhood
Elm Street Historic District is a state historic district in the downtown area of New Haven, Connecticut. The area is eligible for listing, but not yet listed, on the National Register of Historic Places.
New Haven
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New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 135,319 at the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in Connecticut and the largest in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, while the Greater New Haven metropolitan area has an estimated 577,000 residents.
Pierson College
- Type: Building
- Description: Residential college at Yale University
- Categories: organization and residential college
- Location: Town of New Haven, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Uzbek—“Pierson College” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “皮尔逊学院”
- Hebrew: “פירסון קולג‘”
- Irish: “Coláiste Pierson”
- Swedish: “Pierson College”
- Uzbek: “Pierson kolleji”
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