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This church was built in
1931 and copies earlier Practical Information
styles. For example, the Massachusetts Ave.
steeple is modeled on ∑ harvard.edu
that of the Old North open 24 hrs. 7 9 8 Mon–
Church (see p73) in Sat (call for details.) Harvard
Boston’s North End. Information Center: tel (617)
495-1573. Harvard Box Office:
tel (617) 496-2222. Harvard Film
Archive: tel (617) 495 4700.
Transport
 Harvard.

Peabody Museum and
Harvard Museum of
Natural History (see
pp116–17)

Sever Hall
One of the most distinctive
of Harvard’s Halls, this
Romanesque style-building
was designed by Henry
Hobson Richardson (see p34).

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1 University Hall, designed by Union casualties from the Civil War.
Charles Bulfinch, was built in 1816. 5 Harvard Art Museums (see
2 Massachusetts Hall, built in pp114–15)
1720, is Harvard’s oldest building. 6 Carpenter Center for Visual Arts
3 Hollis Hall was used as a barracks was opened in 1963. This is the only
by George Washington’s troops building in the U.S. designed by
during the American Revolution. the avant-garde Swiss architect
Le Corbusier.
4 Memorial Hall, a Ruskin Gothic
building, memorializes Harvard’s 7 tercentenary theater

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