Sever Hall

Sever Hall is an academic building at Harvard University designed by the American architect H. H. Richardson and built in the late 1870s. It is located in Harvard Yard in .
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: university building in Cambridge, United States of America
  • Address: 25, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harvard Art Museums and Fogg Museum.

Museum
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The 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 Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. is situated 370 feet east of Sever Hall.

Museum
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The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the , 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.

Arts center
The at Harvard University, in , is the only building designed primarily by Le Corbusier in the United States—he contributed to the design of the —and one of only two in the Americas. is situated 430 feet southeast of Sever Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mid-Cambridge and Baldwin.

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

Neighborhood
, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of , United States.

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

Sever Hall

Latitude
42.37436° or 42° 22′ 28″ north
Longitude
-71.11549° or 71° 6′ 56″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Inception
1880
Levels
3
Roof shape
hipped
Wheelchair access
yes
Named after
James Warren Sever
Open location code
87JC9VFM+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29530656
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Geo­Names ID
4950593
Wiki­data ID
Q7457805
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