Mid-Cambridge in Middlesex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Gore Hall

Photographed by R.J. O’Hara, June 16, 2025

1. Gore Hall Marker

Inscription. On this spot stood
Gore Hall
Architect Richard Bond Supervisor Daniel Treadwell,
Built in the year 1838 named in honor of Christopher Gore
Class of 1776
Fellow of the College Overseer Benefactor
Governor of the Commonwealth Senator of the United States
The first use of modern book-stacks was in this library
in 1877 when the easterly wing was added
Gore Hall contained the Harvard library until 1913
and being then long outgrown
was torn down to make place for
the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library

This tablet has been placed here by the
University Library Committee
1916

Erected 1916 by The University Library Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1913.

Location. 42° 22.432′ N, 71° 7.003′ W. Marker is in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County. It is in Mid-Cambridge. It can be reached from the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Linden Street, on the right when traveling north. Located on the northwest corner of the Widener Memorial Library in Harvard Yard on the Harvard University campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Harvard St, Cambridge MA 02138, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Boston.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: To Harvard University students faculty staff alumni… (within shouting distance of this marker); University Hall / John Harvard (within shouting distance of this marker); John Harvard (within shouting distance of this marker); The McKean Gate (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Joseph McKean (about 400 feet away); Indian College (about 400 feet away); Baptism of John Harvard (about 400 feet away); Thomas Shepard (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cambridge.

Also see . . . Widener Library (Wikipedia). (Submitted on July 8, 2025, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

Additional keywords. Harvard University, Harvard College, Harvard Yard

Photographed by R.J. O’Hara, June 16, 2025

2. Gore Hall Marker

On the northwest corner of the Widener Memorial Library in Harvard Yard.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 28, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 30, 2025, by R.J. O’Hara of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 93 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 30, 2025, by R.J. O’Hara of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.