Massachusetts Hall
Massachusetts Hall is the oldest surviving building at Harvard College, the first institution of higher learning in the British colonies in America, and second-oldest academic building in the United States after the Wren Building at the College of William & Mary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dormitory
- Description: in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Address: 11, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harvard Square and General MacArthur Square.
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 Square is situated 400 feet southwest of Massachusetts Hall.
General MacArthur Square
Square
General MacArthur Square is a 0.2-acre, V-shaped park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, owned by the city. The city's first 24-hour, freestanding public toilet was installed in the park in 2015.
Houghton Library
Library
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Houghton Library, on the south side of Harvard Yard adjacent to Widener Library, Lamont Library, and Loeb House, is Harvard University's primary repository for rare books and manuscripts. Houghton Library is situated 780 feet southeast of Massachusetts Hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Cambridge Historic District and Baldwin.
Old Cambridge Historic District
Neighborhood
The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times.
Baldwin
Neighborhood
Baldwin, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Riverside
Neighborhood
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.
Massachusetts Hall
- Categories: university building, building, and residential building
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.37445° or 42° 22′ 28″ northLongitude
-71.11829° or 71° 7′ 6″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
87JC9VFJ+QMOpenStreetMap ID
way 29938509OpenStreetMap feature
building=dormitory
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Massachusetts Hall” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մասսաչուսեթս Հոլ”
- Bengali: “ম্যাসাচুসেটস হল (হার্ভার্ড বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়)”
- Bengali: “ম্যাসাচুসেটস হল”
- Chinese: “馬薩諸塞大廳”
- Turkish: “Massachusetts Hall”
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