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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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 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 1,100 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, United States, 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 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.

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″ north

Longitude

-72.92853° or 72° 55′ 43″ west

Open location code

87H9835C+GH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 211737531

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q7083583

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In Other Languages

“Old Campus” goes by many names.

Hindi: “पुराना कैम्पस”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Welch Hall and Connecticut Hall.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Lawrence Hall and Phelps Hall.

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