Massachusetts
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President’s House

President's House is a historic house at 17 Quincy Street, on the campus of Harvard University in . Built and paid for by the Lowell family, it served as a residence for Harvard presidents until 1971, when Derek Bok moved his family to , another Lowell family property.
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: residence for presidents of Harvard University
  • Also known as: “Loeb House”
  • Address: 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
  • Roof shape: gabled

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Houghton Library and Harvard Art Museums.

Library
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
, on the south side of Harvard Yard adjacent to , , and Loeb House, is Harvard University's primary repository for rare books and manuscripts.

Museum
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The 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 Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. is situated 390 feet northeast of President’s House.

Museum
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the , 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riverside and Mid-Cambridge.

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.

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

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

President’s House

Latitude
42.3735° or 42° 22′ 25″ north
Longitude
-71.11528° or 71° 6′ 55″ west
Levels
3
Open location code
87JC9VFM+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29791098
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
Wiki­data ID
Q7241160
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In Other Languages

“President’s House” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت رئيس جامعة هارفارد”

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