Dakin House
Dakin House is a dormitory in Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts which is located on South Campus Drive. Dakin House is situated nearby to the museum Yiddish Book Center, as well as near Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yiddish Book Center and Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.
Yiddish Book Center
Museum
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The Yiddish Book Center Yiddish: ייִדישער ביכער־צענטער, romanized: Yidisher Bikher-Tsenter, located on the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the Yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books represent. Yiddish Book Center is situated 820 feet southeast of Dakin House.
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Museum
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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a museum devoted to the art of the picture book and especially the children's book. It is a member of Museums10 and is adjacent to the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Dakin House.
Post-Attack Command and Control System Facility, Hadley
Bunker
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Post-Attack Command and Control System Facility, Hadley is a defunct Post-Attack Command and Control System facility that operated from June 2, 1958, until 1970. Post-Attack Command and Control System Facility, Hadley is situated 1¼ miles south of Dakin House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Amherst and Hadley Center Historic District.
South Amherst
Suburb
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 2 miles northeast of Dakin House.
Hadley Center Historic District
Neighborhood
The Hadley Center Historic District is an expansive, 2,500-acre historic district encompassing the village center of Hadley, Massachusetts. When it was first listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, the district encompassed the town green and 17 buildings that faced it, at the junction of Russell Street and Middle Street. Hadley Center Historic District is situated 3½ miles northwest of Dakin House.
Hadley
Hadley is a small town in the Pioneer Valley, in Western Massachusetts. Despite its small population, it has a reasonable commercial strip that harbors a few malls, providing a more mainstream shopping experience than its larger neighbors, Amherst and Northampton.
Dakin House
- Type: Dormitory
- Address: 83 South Campus Drive
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.32276° or 42° 19′ 22″ northLongitude
-72.53006° or 72° 31′ 48″ westElevation
272 feet (83 metres)Open location code
87J98FF9+4XOpenStreetMap ID
way 118881182OpenStreetMap feature
building=dormitoryGeoNames ID
4934422
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