Smith Campus Center

Harvard University's Smith Campus Center is a brutalist administrative and service building located in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Opposite the Wadsworth Gate to Harvard Yard on Massachusetts Avenue, it functions as a student center, as well as housing Harvard administrative offices, University Health Services, and a restaurant arcade.

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Type: University building
Description: administrative and service building at Harvard University
Also known as: “Holyoke Center” and “Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center”
Address: 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harvard Square and Harvard Kennedy School.

Harvard Square

Square

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Harvard Square is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Harvard Kennedy School

University

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The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly called the Harvard Kennedy School, is the graduate school of public policy of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Harvard Kennedy School is situated 1,000 feet west of Smith Campus Center.

Harvard Art Museums

Museum

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The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Harvard Art Museums is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Smith Campus Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riverside and Old Cambridge Historic District.

Riverside

Suburb

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

Old Cambridge Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times.

Mid-Cambridge

Suburb

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

Smith Campus Center

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

42.37261° or 42° 22′ 21″ north

Longitude

-71.11861° or 71° 7′ 7″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Inception

1963

Levels

Named after

Richard A. Smith

Open location code

87JC9VFJ+2H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29639218

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

GeoNames ID

4939785

Wikidata ID

Q18749200

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Smith Campus Center” goes by many names.

Chinese: “史密斯校园中心”
Spanish: “Smith Campus Center”

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