Killian Court

Killian Court is part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Type: Square
Description: large open court on MIT campus
Also known as: “Great Court” and “Killian”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel.

Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum

Museum

The Hart Nautical Gallery is a gallery in the MIT Museum at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The collections include construction drawings of the Doris sailing yacht, designer William Hand’s surviving drawings, and material relating to shipbuilder Jacob Aaron Westervelt. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum is situated 380 feet west of Killian Court.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel

Place of worship

Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The MIT Chapel is a non-denominational chapel designed by noted architect Eero Saarinen. It is located on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, next to Kresge Auditorium and the Kresge Oval, both of which Saarinen also designed. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel is situated 720 feet west of Killian Court.

Harvard Bridge

Bridge

Harvard Bridge, also known locally as the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge and "Mass. Ave." Bridge, is a steel haunched girder bridge carrying Massachusetts Avenue over the Charles River and connecting Back Bay, Boston with Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Bridge is situated 1,700 feet south of Killian Court.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kendall Square and Fenway-Kenmore.

Kendall Square

Locality

Photo: Daderot, CC0.

Kendall Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The square itself is located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway.

Fenway-Kenmore

Photo: kenji ross, CC BY 2.0.

The Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood is named after Kenmore Square, and after the Fens, both of which it encompasses. Kenmore Square is the area's dynamic urban center.

Cambridgeport

Suburb

Photo: Chris Rycroft, CC BY 2.0.

Cambridgeport is one of the neighborhoods of the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue, the Charles River, the Grand Junction Railroad, and River Street.

Killian Court

Categories: courtyard and locality
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.35879° or 42° 21′ 32″ north

Longitude

-71.09148° or 71° 5′ 29″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87JC9W55+GC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 24493932

OpenStreetMap feature

place=square

GeoNames ID

4941293

Wikidata ID

Q76835381

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