Boylston Hall

Boylston Hall is a Harvard University classroom and academic office building lecture hall near the southwest corner of Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Type: University building
Description: classroom and academic office building in Harvard Yard, Harvard University
Address: 5, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harvard Square and Harvard Art Museums.

Harvard Square

Square

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Harvard Square is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Harvard Square is situated 440 feet west of Boylston Hall.

Harvard Art Museums

Museum

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The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Harvard Art Museums is situated 910 feet east of Boylston Hall.

Fogg Museum

Museum

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. Fogg Museum is situated 810 feet east of Boylston Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riverside and Old Cambridge Historic District.

Riverside

Suburb

Riverside, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the north, River Street on the east, the Charles River on the south, and JFK Street on the west.

Old Cambridge Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times.

Mid-Cambridge

Suburb

Mid-Cambridge, also known as "Area 6", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the south and west, Prospect Street on the east, and Hampshire Street, the Somerville border, Kirkland Street, Quincy Street, and Cambridge Street on the north.

Boylston Hall

Categories: building and education
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.37333° or 42° 22′ 24″ north

Longitude

-71.11732° or 71° 7′ 2″ west

Inception

1858

Levels

Roof shape

mansard

Wheelchair access

yes

Named after

Ward Nicholas Boylston

Open location code

87JC9VFM+83

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29530699

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

Wikidata ID

Q16953306

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