Old Harvard Yard

Harvard Yard Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Built	1718
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Georgian, Other, Federal
NRHP reference #	73000287 (original) 87002137 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 6, 1973
Boundary increase	December 14, 1987

Coordinates: 42°22′28″N 71°07′02″W / 42.37447°N 71.11719°W / 42.37447; -71.11719

Harvard Yard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a grassy area of 22.4 acres (9.1 ha) enclosed by fences with twenty-seven gates. It is the oldest part of the Harvard University campus, its historic center, and its modern crossroads.

Bounded principally by Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge Street, Broadway, and Quincy Street, it contains most of the freshman dormitories; Harvard's most important libraries; Memorial Church; several classroom and departmental buildings; and the offices of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Dean of Harvard College, and President of Harvard University. The center of the Yard—a wide grassy area bounded by Widener Library, Memorial Church, University Hall, and Sever Hall known as Tercentenary Theatre‍—‌is the site of annual commencement exercises and other convocations.