Historic Quad, also known as the Historic Quadrangle, in Lewiston,

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, 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 Bates College () is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. Anchored by the Historic Quad, the campus of Bates totals with a small urban campus which includes 33 Victorian Houses as some of the dormitories. It maintains of nature p ...

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 Hathorn Hall is a historic academic building on the campus of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Built in 1857 to a design by Gridley J.F. Bryant, it was the college's first academic building following the move of the Maine State Seminary (as it ...

, built in 1856 it was inducted into

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in 1970. Hathorn is flanked by the oldest residential dorm at the college, Parker Hall (1856), and the second oldest natural science building Dana Chemistry Hall (1965) which is adjacent to Hedge Hall (1890) which is perpendicular to Coram Library (1902) and Carnegie Science Building (1913). Directly across the stairs of Hathorn is Lindholm House, which houses the admissions office.

Features and surroundings

The quad is surrounded by numerous buildings and off campus houses such as:

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(1905) and the Gomes Chapel (1913), Parker Hall (1856),

(1856), and Dana Chemistry Hall (1965), Coram Library (1902) and Carnegie Science Hall (1913), Lindholm House, Milliken House) (1902), and Whittier House (1902).

References

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