Massachusetts Hall, Harvard College
- Title:
- Massachusetts Hall, Harvard College
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creation Date:
- 1720 (building)
ca. 1865-ca. 1895 (photograph)
- Location:
- North and Central America: United States
Massachusetts, Cambridge - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 10046049
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00226
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10046049.jpg
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- universities (buildings)
University campuses
Ivy
Plants
balconies
Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
photographs - Measurement:
- 14.9225 x 19.685 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "Massachusetts Hall (1720) stands as the oldest building at Harvard and the second oldest academic building in the country. Like many Harvard buildings, the Hall has served many purposes. Originally used as a dormitory, the Hall housed soldiers of the Continental Army during the Revo lutionary War. It has also seen days as an informal observatory after Thomas Hollis donated a quadrant and a 24-foot telescope in 1722. Today the President of the University, Provost, Treasurer, and Vice Presidents have offices on the first three floors
freshmen reside on the upper floors." (Source : Harvard University website, ) - Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.