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Harvard Yard

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Harvard Yard is a 25-acre plot that encompasses the oldest buildings on the Harvard University Campus. The grassy area between Widener Library and Memorial Church is known as Tercentenary Theater. Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates recently worked with Harvard over the course of more than a decade to restore and redesign the planting and circulation scheme for the yard. Michael Van Valkenburgh continues to be involved with the future of this landscape through his participation in the Harvard Yard Soils Restoration Project, an ongoing effort to implement a biological soils program at Harvard.

Constructed, 1718
Renovation, 2003
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Current Location
Harvard Yard
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ASSOCIATED SITES
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Architecture
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Harvard College Yard purchased
1637 - Harvard College Yard purchased

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Yard, 2 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Education

Harvard Hall
1677 - Harvard Hall

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Education

Robinson Hall
1900 - Robinson Hall

McKim, Mead & White

Cambridge, Massachusetts, 35 Quincy St

Education

Memorial Church
1932 - Memorial Church

Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch & Abbott

Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1 Harvard Yard

Place of Worship

Matthews Hall
1872 - Matthews Hall

Peabody & Stearns

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Ave Peabody Street

Education

University Hall
1815 - University Hall

Charles Bulfinch,Bruner/Cott & Associates,Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Ave Holyoke Street

Education

Widener Library
1915 - Widener Library

Horace Trumbauer & Associates

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Yard

Library

Weld Hall
1870 - Weld Hall

Henry Van Brunt,William Robert Ware

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Ave Holyoke Street

Architecture

Sever Hall
1880 - Sever Hall

Henry Hobson Richardson

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Ave Quincy Street

Education

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John Harvard Statue
1884 - John Harvard Statue

Daniel Chester French

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Broadway

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