1802 - Massachusetts Hall - Brunswick, ME
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The Georgian style Massachusetts Hall is located on the campus of Bowdoin College at 255 Maine Street in Brunswick, ME.
Waymark Code: WM17D2Q
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 01/29/2023
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Massachusetts Hall is the first building used by Bowdoin College and the oldest college building in Maine. It was built in 1802, when Maine was still a part of Massachusetts, and named at the inauguration of the first President, Joseph McKeen. The faculty, staff, and he student body (eight students) worked, studied, and lived in Massachusetts Hall. Today the building houses the English department. It's a tradition that all students are encouraged to take at least one class in Massachusetts Hall during their tenure at Bowdoin.
The building is built in the symmetrical Georgian style. The three story building is five bays wide with a central entrance and 3 by 4 pane double hung windows at each bay. The sides are five bays deep. Th east side has one bay wide by one bay deep projection at the thrid bay.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and the campus became part of the Federal Street Historic District in 1976.
Year of construction: 1802
Full inscription:
MASSACHUSETTS HALL 1802
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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