Currier House
Currier House is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses of Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Opened in September 1970, it is named after Audrey Bruce Currier, a member of the Radcliffe College Class of 1956 who, along with her husband, was killed in a plane crash in 1967.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Pforzheimer House.
Harvard College Observatory
Observatory
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The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy. Harvard College Observatory is situated 650 feet west of Currier House.
Pforzheimer House
University building
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Pforzheimer House, nicknamed Pfoho and formerly named North House, is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University. It was named in 1995 for Carol K. and Carl Howard Pforzheimer Jr, major University and Radcliffe College benefactors, and their family.
Edwin Abbot House
Historic building
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The Edwin Abbot House, also known as the Zabriskie House, is an historic house at 27 Garden Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1889 to a design by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, it is a prominent local example of residential Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. Edwin Abbot House is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Currier House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avon Hill Historic District and Old Cambridge Historic District.
Avon Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Avon Hill Historic District is a residential historic district near Porter Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Set atop Avon Hill southwest of Porter Square, this subdivision, laid out about 1870, contains a concentration of the finest Victorian and Second Empire residential buildings in the city.
Old Cambridge Historic District
Neighborhood
The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times.
Porter Square
Neighborhood
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Porter Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts, located around the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, between Harvard and Davis Squares.
Currier House
- Type: University building
- Description: residential House of Harvard College
- Categories: university dormitory, building, and education
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.38175° or 42° 22′ 54″ northLongitude
-71.12564° or 71° 7′ 32″ westLevels
2Named after
Audrey Bruce CurrierOpen location code
87JC9VJF+PPOpenStreetMap ID
way 29829059OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityWikidata ID
Q3699650
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Uzbek—“Currier House” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “哈佛大學克利爾捨堂”
- Chinese: “哈佛大學克利爾舍堂”
- Italian: “Currier House”
- Japanese: “キャリアハウス”
- Uzbek: “Currier Uyi (Garvard kolleji)”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Currier House Mail Center and Pforzheimer House Mail Center.
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