Drawings by Joshua Green, ca. 1781-1784.

Massachusetts Hall

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Massachusetts Hall, south of Johnston Gate in the Old Yard, is the oldest Harvard building standing and the second oldest academic building in the country. In 1939, the lower floors were converted into the offices of the President of Harvard College and various officers of the university (including the vice-presidents, special assistants to the president, and the general counsel). As of 2001, the upper two floors house freshmen. From the description of General information by and abou...

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Hollis Hall (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Stoughton Hall (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Nutting, John, 1739?-1800.

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Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 2006

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The early 19th century was a time of student unrest at Harvard. Perhaps in reaction to the disturbances and protest of previous classes, Faculty Records vol. IX tell that President Kirkland announced early on in the Class of 1822's college years that no students were to have any meeting for the purpose of eating or drinking in college. Although the Class of 1822 is a serene one as compared with its generation, many of the students of the Class of 1822 received public admonishments as a result of...

Harvard Hall (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Christ Church Cambridge

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Episcopal church founded 1759 in Cambridge, Mass., opening doors for services in 1761; original building designed by Peter Harrison; rarely used during American Revolution; ransacked after a funeral of a British prisoner of war in 1778 and not reopened until 1790; struggled financially until the ministry of Nicholas Hoppin (1839-1874) when regained sound financial footing; remains an active Episcopal church; building is registered National Historic Landmark. From the description of R...

Hastings-Holmes House (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Holden Chapel (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Green, Samuel A. (Samuel Abbott), 1830-1918

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U.S. physician and historian. From the description of Letter, 1868, Feb. 18 : Boston, to Henry B. Dawson. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35089797 ...

Waterhouse House (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Green, Joshua, 1764-1847.

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Joshua Green (1764-1847), who would later become a prominent judge in Wendell, Massachusetts, was an undergraduate at Harvard College from 1780 to 1784. He received an A.B. in 1784 and an A.M. in 1787, before moving to Wendell, where he would spend the rest of his life, around 1790. Green was described by historian Josiah Gilbert Holland as "for many years the most useful and influential man in the town [of Wendell] and its vicinity." Joshua Green was born to Joshua Gree...