Converse Hall

Converse Hall is a college building in Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts which is located on Boltwood Avenue. Converse Hall is situated nearby to Mead Art Museum, as well as near Beneski Museum of Natural History.

Type: College building
Also known as: “Converse Memorial Library”
Address: 100 Boltwood Avenue, MA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mead Art Museum and Beneski Museum of Natural History.

Mead Art Museum

Museum

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Mead Art Museum houses the fine art collection of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Opened in 1949, the building is named after architect William Rutherford Mead, of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead & White. Mead Art Museum is situated 970 feet southeast of Converse Hall.

Beneski Museum of Natural History

Museum

The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College, is located on the campus of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. It showcases fossils and minerals collected locally and abroad, many by past and present students and professors. Beneski Museum of Natural History is situated 1,200 feet east of Converse Hall.

Emily Dickinson Museum

Museum

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The Emily Dickinson Museum is a historic house museum consisting of two houses: the Dickinson Homestead and the Evergreens. The Dickinson Homestead was the birthplace and home from 1855 to 1886 of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, whose poems were discovered in her bedroom there after her death. Emily Dickinson Museum is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Converse Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amherst and East Village Historic District.

Amherst

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Amherst is a town in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Amherst is home to about 35,000 residents as well as the campuses of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst College, and Hampshire College.

East Village Historic District

Neighborhood

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The East Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing the center of the East Village of Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It includes properties on Main Street, North East Street, and South East Street.

South Amherst

Suburb

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South Amherst is a census-designated place in the town of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,994 at the 2010 census. South Amherst is situated 2½ miles south of Converse Hall.

Converse Hall

Categories: building and education
Location: Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.37241° or 42° 22′ 21″ north

Longitude

-72.51843° or 72° 31′ 6″ west

Elevation

312 feet (95 metres)

Open location code

87J99FCJ+XJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 165474769

OpenStreetMap feature

building=college

GeoNames ID

4933837

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