Pforzheimer House
Pforzheimer House, nicknamed Pfoho and formerly named North House, is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University. It was named in 1995 for Carol K. and Carl Howard Pforzheimer Jr, major University and Radcliffe College benefactors, and their family.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: University building
- Description: residential House of Harvard College
- Also known as: “North House” and “Pfoho”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Currier House.
Harvard College Observatory
Observatory
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The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy. Harvard College Observatory is situated 910 feet west of Pforzheimer House.
Currier House
University building
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Currier House is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses of Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Opened in September 1970, it is named after Audrey Bruce Currier, a member of the Radcliffe College Class of 1956 who, along with her husband, was killed in a plane crash in 1967.
Cooper–Frost–Austin House
Museum
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The Cooper–Frost–Austin House is a historic Colonial American house, built in 1681. It is located at 21 Linnaean Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the oldest extant home in Cambridge and is owned and operated as a non-profit museum by Historic New England. Cooper–Frost–Austin House is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Pforzheimer House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avon Hill Historic District and Old Cambridge Historic District.
Avon Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Avon Hill Historic District is a residential historic district near Porter Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Set atop Avon Hill southwest of Porter Square, this subdivision, laid out about 1870, contains a concentration of the finest Victorian and Second Empire residential buildings in the city.
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.
Porter Square
Neighborhood
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Porter Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts, located around the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, between Harvard and Davis Squares.
Pforzheimer House
- Categories: residential college, building, and education
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.38195° or 42° 22′ 55″ northLongitude
-71.1247° or 71° 7′ 29″ westNamed after
Carl Howard Pforzheimer JrOpen location code
87JC9VJG+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
node 11624454735OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityWikidata ID
Q7179823
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In Other Languages
“Pforzheimer House” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “哈佛大學普福爾茨海默捨堂”
- Chinese: “哈佛大學普福爾茨海默舍堂”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pforzheimer House Mail Center and Currier House Mail Center.
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