Main Building

The Main Building of Vassar College is the oldest surviving building on its campus in , and the center of academic life. It was built by James Renwick Jr. in the Second Empire style in 1861, the second building in the history of what was one of America's first women's colleges.
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  • College building
  • …lies at an elevation of 167 feet (51 metres)
  • Description: building in New York, United States

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and Ely Hall.
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The , commonly known… is situated 680 feet southwest of Main Building.
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is a two-story Richardsonian Romanesque… is situated 490 feet northeast of Main Building.
is a dormitory at Vassar College named… is situated 710 feet northwest of Main Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arlington and Titusville.
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is a neighborhood and census-designated…
is a hamlet and census-designated place… is situated 2 miles southeast of Main Building.
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is the name of both a town and a city in in New York's .

Main Building

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Latitude
41.68683° or 41° 41′ 13″ north
Longitude
-73.89524° or 73° 53′ 43″ west
Open location code
87H8M4P3+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 318878148
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­college
Geo­Names ID
7203780
Wiki­data ID
Q6735945

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In Other Languages

“Main Building” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “主建筑”
  • Chinese: “主建築”

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