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Fine Arts Library
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A library on Broadway, in the middle of things: 342 places within a five-minute walk. One of 237 town & public services in Cambridge.
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On the National Register since 1978
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Apr 20, 1978. It is significant for its architecture at the national level.
The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the only building designed primarily by Le Corbusier in the United States—he contributed to the design of the United Nations Secretariat Building—and one of only two in the Americas (the other being the Curutchet House in La Plata, Argentina). Le Corbusier designed it with the collaboration of Chilean architect Guillermo …
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342 places within a five-minute walk of Fine Arts Library.
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The nearest neighbor is Robinson Hall, 1 min walk away.
Address485 Broadway · 02138-3802
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Phone(617) 495-4982
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Address
485 Broadway
Hours
Not set
Phone
(617) 495-4982
Website
hcl.harvard.edu
Status
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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Changes go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places.