Gasson Hall

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.

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Type: University building
Description: flagship building at Boston College
Address: MA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alumni Stadium and Conte Forum.

Alumni Stadium

Stadium

Alumni Stadium is a college football stadium on the lower campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It is about 6 miles west of downtown Boston, just inside the Boston city limits near the border with Newton. Alumni Stadium is situated 1,100 feet east of Gasson Hall.

Conte Forum

Stadium

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The Silvio O. Conte Forum, commonly known as Conte Forum, Kelley Rink, or simply Conte, is an 8,606-seat multi-purpose arena which opened in 1988 in Boston, Massachusetts on the campus of Boston College in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood. Conte Forum is situated 780 feet east of Gasson Hall.

Hammond House

Historic house

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The Hammond House is an historic house located at 9 Old Orchard Road in the village of Chestnut Hill in Newton, Massachusetts. With an estimated construction date of 1645-1730, it is believed to be the oldest house in Newton. Hammond House is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Gasson Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chestnut Hill and Cleveland Circle.

Chestnut Hill

Village

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Chestnut Hill is a village located six miles west of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is best known for being home to Boston College and a section of the Boston Marathon route.

Cleveland Circle

Neighborhood

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Cleveland Circle is an area of Boston, Massachusetts. It is located at the southern tip of Boston's Brighton neighborhood, and more specifically the Aberdeen section of Brighton, near the town of Brookline and village of Chestnut Hill, at the intersection of Beacon Street and Chestnut Hill Avenue.

Brighton

Suburb

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Brighton is a former town and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, located in the northwestern corner of the city. It is named after the English city of Brighton.

Gasson Hall

Categories: building and education
Location: City of Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.33563° or 42° 20′ 8″ north

Longitude

-71.17049° or 71° 10′ 14″ west

Elevation

207 feet (63 metres)

Open location code

87JC8RPH+6R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29630478

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

GeoNames ID

4937603

Wikidata ID

Q5526665

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Gasson Hall” goes by many names.

Chinese: “盖森楼”
Dutch: “Gasson Hall”
Spanish: “Sala de Gasson”

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