Connecticut Hall

Connecticut Hall is a Georgian building on the Old Campus of Yale University. Completed in 1752, it was originally a student dormitory, a function it retained for 200 years.

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Type: University building
Description: university building in Connecticut, United States of America
Also known as: “South Middle College”
Address: 1017 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yale Center for British Art and Old Campus.

Yale Center for British Art

Art gallery

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The Yale Center for British Art at Yale University in central New Haven, Connecticut, United States, houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom. Yale Center for British Art is situated 560 feet west of Connecticut Hall.

Old Campus

Park

The Old Campus is the oldest area of the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut. It is the principal residence of Yale College first years and also contains offices for the academic departments of Classics, English, History, Comparative Literature, and Philosophy.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Library

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The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut. It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to rare books and manuscripts and is one of the largest collections of such texts. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is situated 1,300 feet north of Connecticut Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown New Haven and Chapel Street Historic District.

Downtown New Haven

Neighborhood

Downtown New Haven is the neighborhood located in the heart of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. It is made up of the original nine squares laid out in 1638 to form New Haven, including the New Haven Green, and the immediate surrounding central business district, as well as a significant portion of the Yale University campus.

Chapel Street Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Chapel Street Historic District is a 23-acre historic district in the Downtown New Haven area of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

New Haven

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New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 134,023 at the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in Connecticut and the largest in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, with the Greater New Haven metropolitan area having an estimated 577,000 residents.

Connecticut Hall

Categories: building and education
Location: Town of New Haven, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.30818° or 41° 18′ 29″ north

Longitude

-72.92885° or 72° 55′ 44″ west

Elevation

72 feet (22 metres)

Operator

Yale University

Open location code

87H9835C+7F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 139759948

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

GeoNames ID

5284451

Wikidata ID

Q5161541

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In Other Languages

“Connecticut Hall” goes by many names.

Chinese: “康涅狄格會堂”

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