Old Campus
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Yale Center for British Art.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Library
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The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of the 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 1,100 feet north of 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, houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom. Yale Center for British Art is situated 710 feet southwest of Old Campus.
Battell Chapel
Church
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Battell Chapel is the largest chapel of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Built in 1874–76, it was funded primarily with gifts from Joseph Battell and others of his family. Battell Chapel is situated 360 feet northeast of Old Campus.
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 135,319 at the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in Connecticut and the largest in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, while the Greater New Haven metropolitan area has an estimated 577,000 residents.
Old Campus
- Type: Park
- Description: Yale University building
- Categories: campus and recreation area
- Location: Town of New Haven, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.30875° or 41° 18′ 32″ northLongitude
-72.92853° or 72° 55′ 43″ westOpen location code
87H9835C+GHOpenStreetMap ID
way 211737531OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q7083583
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In Other Languages
“Old Campus” goes by many names.
- Hindi: “पुराना कैम्पस”
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