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Historic Quad

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Location
  
Lewiston, Maine

NRHP Reference #
  
70000071

Added to NRHP
  
6 February 1970

Architect
  
Multiple

Year built
  
1856

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Architectural style
  
Neoclassical, Federal, Colonial

Removing a century old sugar maple tree from the historic quad


Historic Quad, also known as the Historic Quadrangle in Lewiston, Maine, is a grassy area of 22.4 acres (9.1 ha) enclosed by fences with five garnet gates. It is the oldest part of the Bates College campus, and serves as its historic center as well as the site of annual commencement exercises and other convocations. The areas is principally surrounded by College Street, Campus Avenue, Central Avenue and Andrews Road. The most center building on the Quad is Hathorn Hall, built in 1856 it was inducted into National Register of Historic Places in 1970. Hathorn is flanked by the oldest residential dorm at the college, Parker Hall, and the second oldest natural science building Dana Chemistry Hall. Directly across the stairs of Hathorn is Lindholm House, which houses the admissions office.

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Features and surroundings

The quad is surrounded by numerous buildings and off campus houses such as: Rand Hall and the Gomes Chapel, Parker Hall, Hathorn Hall, and Dana Chemistry Hall, Coram Library and Carnegie Science Hall, Lindholm House, Milliken House, and Whittier House.

References

Historic Quad Wikipedia