Memorial Hall
Memorial Hall, immediately north of Harvard Yard on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a High Victorian Gothic building honoring Harvard University alumni's sacrifices in defending the Union during the American Civil War—"a symbol of Boston's commitment to the Unionist cause and the abolitionist movement in America".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Email: memhall@fas.harvard.edu
- Type: University building
- Description: building at Harvard University
- Address: 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-3003
- Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Harvard Art Museums.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Museum
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums focusing on anthropological material, with particular focus on the ethnography and archaeology of the Americas. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is situated 800 feet north of Memorial Hall.
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 720 feet south of Memorial Hall.
Fogg Museum
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. Fogg Museum is situated 780 feet south of Memorial Hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baldwin and Mid-Cambridge.
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.
Mid-Cambridge
Neighborhood
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.
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.
Memorial Hall
- Categories: building and education
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.37602° or 42° 22′ 34″ northLongitude
-71.11508° or 71° 6′ 54″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Inception
1877Height
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
87JC9VGM+CXOpenStreetMap ID
way 29530473OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
4943710Wikidata ID
Q6815427
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Japanese—“Memorial Hall” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “মেমোরিয়াল হল (হার্ভার্ড বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়)”
- Bengali: “মেমোরিয়াল হল”
- Chinese: “桑德斯劇場”
- Indonesian: “Memorial Hall (Universitas Harvard)”
- Indonesian: “Memorial Hall”
- Japanese: “サンダーズ・シアター”
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