University Hall
University Hall is a white granite building designed by the great early American architect Charles Bulfinch and built by the noted early engineer Loammi Baldwin Jr.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: University building
- Description: university building at Harvard University
- Address: 1, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138
- Roof shape: hipped
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harvard Art Museums and Houghton Library.
Harvard Art Museums
Museum
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
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 800 feet east of University Hall.
Houghton Library
Library
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
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 550 feet southeast of University Hall.
Fogg Museum
Museum
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
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 740 feet east of University Hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baldwin and Old Cambridge Historic District.
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.
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.
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.
University Hall
- Categories: heritage site, building, historic site, and education
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.37445° or 42° 22′ 28″ northLongitude
-71.11708° or 71° 7′ 2″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Inception
1815Levels
3Open location code
87JC9VFM+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 29530618OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=hipped
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In Other Languages
“University Hall” goes by many names.
- German: “University Hall (Harvard University)”
- German: “University Hall”
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