Eliot House

Eliot House is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University. It is one of the seven original houses at the college. Opened in 1931, the house was named after Charles William Eliot, who served as president of the university for forty years.
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: residential House of Harvard College
  • Address: 101 Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harvard Kennedy School and Weld Boathouse.

University
The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly referred to as the , is the graduate school of public policy of Harvard University, a private university in . is situated 520 feet northwest of Eliot House.

is a Harvard University-owned building on the bank of the in . The current structure was designed by Peabody and Stearns and is named for George Walker Weld, who donated the funds for its construction. is situated 400 feet southwest of Eliot House.

Square
is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of , , United States. is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Eliot House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riverside and Old Cambridge Historic District.

Neighborhood
, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood of bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the north, River Street on the east, the on the south, and JFK Street on the west.

Neighborhood
The is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of that dates to colonial times.

Neighborhood
, also known as "Area 6", is a neighborhood of . It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the south and west, Prospect Street on the east, and Hampshire Street, the border, Kirkland Street, Quincy Street, and Cambridge Street on the north.

Eliot House

Latitude
42.37029° or 42° 22′ 13″ north
Longitude
-71.12121° or 71° 7′ 16″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Levels
4
Open location code
87JC9VCH+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32965954
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Geo­Names ID
4935765
Wiki­data ID
Q3017750
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Eliot House” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: منزل إليوت
  • Bengali: এলিয়ট হাউজ
  • Catalan: Eliot House
  • Chinese: 哈佛大學艾略特捨堂
  • Chinese: 哈佛大學艾略特舍堂
  • Dutch: Eliot House
  • Japanese: エリオットハウス
  • Polish: Eliot House
  • Slovenian: Eliot House
  • Swedish: Eliot House
  • Vietnamese: Eliot House

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