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.

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Type: University building
Description: university building at Harvard University
Address: 1, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harvard Art Museums and Fogg Museum.

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 800 feet east of University 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 740 feet east of University Hall.

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 620 feet southwest 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

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The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times.

Riverside

Suburb

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
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Latitude

42.37445° or 42° 22′ 28″ north

Longitude

-71.11708° or 71° 7′ 2″ west

Elevation

30 feet (9 metres)

Inception

1815

Levels

Roof shape

hipped

Open location code

87JC9VFM+Q5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29530618

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

GeoNames ID

4953702

Wikidata ID

Q7894712

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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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