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Harvard's architectural debut was not predictive of its future course. In 1637 or 1638 Harvard bought a four year old modest house built by William Peyntree who was leaving Boston with the Hooker migration. The building was used for a time as the President's house and then in...
*Harvard Hall: After the original Harvard Hall burned down in 1764, the University commissioned a new building from architect Sir Francis Bernard, who was also the Royal Governor. Dawes again built the building which was used as a chapel, lecture hall, dining hall, and library. According to the an architectural...
*Memorial Hall: Though it was designed in 1863 by Ware and Van Brunt, the Victorian gothic memorial to Harvard's Civil War dead was not completed until 1878. Memorial Hall is a landmark in architectural history and fundraising efforts. The building was criticized as an extravagently expensive monument, but the...
*Austin Hall: With enrollment increasing at the Law School, a new building was needed to house classes. Edward Austin, the building's benefactor, commissioned Richardson to build this epitome of romanesque revival. It is a textbook example of the architectural style of Richardson who led a major 19th-century architectural...
Museum officials, however, have said the connector would actually add to the appearance of the site, calling it "an architectural accent for the area where the neighborhood and the University meet."