Simmons Hall

At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, students are housed in eleven undergraduate dormitories and eight graduate dormitories. All undergraduate students are required to live in an MIT residence during their first year of study.

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Type: Dormitory
Description: dorm at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as: “W79 Simmons Hall”
Address: 229 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Washington and Central Square Theater.

Fort Washington

Park

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Fort Washington, also known as Fort Washington Park, is a historic site at 95 Waverly Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was built by soldiers of the Continental Army under the orders of George Washington in November 1775.

Central Square Theater

Theater building

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Central Square Theater is a non-profit theater located at 450 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States of America. It features a 200-seat black box main stage and a 50-seat studio theater. Central Square Theater is situated 2,300 feet north of Simmons Hall.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel

Place of worship

Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The MIT Chapel is a non-denominational chapel designed by noted architect Eero Saarinen. It is located on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, next to Kresge Auditorium and the Kresge Oval, both of which Saarinen also designed. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel is situated 2,100 feet east of Simmons Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridgeport and Central Square.

Cambridgeport

Suburb

Photo: Chris Rycroft, CC BY 2.0.

Cambridgeport is one of the neighborhoods of the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue, the Charles River, the Grand Junction Railroad, and River Street.

Central Square

Neighborhood

Photo: Eric Kilby, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Central Square is an area in Cambridge, Massachusetts centered on the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Prospect Street and Western Avenue. Lafayette Square, formed by the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Columbia Street, Sidney Street and Main Street…

Cambridge

Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0.

Cambridge is a city in Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston. It is renowned as the home of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both widely considered to be among the best universities in the world.

Simmons Hall

Categories: building and residential building
Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.35712° or 42° 21′ 26″ north

Longitude

-71.10152° or 71° 6′ 6″ west

Levels

Roof shape

flat

Open location code

87JC9V4X+R9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29585286

OpenStreetMap feature

building=dormitory

Wikidata ID

Q118601571

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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Simmons Hall” goes by many names.

French: “Simmons Hall”
German: “Simmons Hall des MIT”

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