Word: chapels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Holden Chapel: In 1742, Harvard built Holden Chapel, which was to introduce the area to a more sophisticated form of Georgian architecture and provide the model for the next 50 years of Cambridge architecture...
...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 history of Cambridge, "The college obtained heroic Copley portraits to decorate the dining hall, making it the only American interior of the time where paintings, frames, and architecture were planned to form a single decorative scheme.... All in all the most sophisticated American college building before Bulfinch...
...University Hall: Bulfinch came to Harvard in 1795 when he designed Hollis Hall, but his greatest work in the Yard is his 1812 University Hall--designed as a chapel, dining hall, classroom building, and presidential office. Easily one of Harvard's most famous buildings, it broke tradition with building materials, since it was made of Chelmsford granite and not the typical red bricks...
Eric Herz, flute, and Karen Sauer, harpsicord: MIT Chapel, Opposite 77 Massachusetts...
Franz Liszt 174th Birthday Concert: Houghton Memorial Chapel, Wellesley College...