Holden Chapel

Holden Chapel is a small building in Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University. Completed in 1744, it is the third oldest building at Harvard and one of the oldest college buildings in America.
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: the third-oldest building at Harvard University
  • Address: 15, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Flagstaff Park and General MacArthur Square.

Park
is a park in , United States. A two-way path for bicyclists and pedestrians was added in 2016.

Square
is a 0.2-acre, V-shaped park in , United States, owned by the city. The city's first 24-hour, freestanding public toilet was installed in the park in 2015.

Square
is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of , , United States. is situated 690 feet south of Holden Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cambridge Historic District and Baldwin.

Neighborhood
The is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of that dates to colonial times.

Neighborhood
, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of , United States.

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

Holden Chapel

Latitude
42.37527° or 42° 22′ 31″ north
Longitude
-71.11814° or 71° 7′ 5″ west
Inception
1744
Open location code
87JC9VGJ+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29684572
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Wiki­data ID
Q5879456
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