Harkness Tower

Harkness Tower
Interactive map of the Harkness Tower area
General information
Architectural styleCollegiate Gothic
LocationNew Haven, Connecticut
Construction started1917
Completed1921
OwnerYale University
Height
Height216 ft. (66 m)
Technical details
Floor count9
Design and construction
ArchitectJames Gamble Rogers
Other designersLee Lawrie, sculptor
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox building with deprecated parameter "start_date". Replace with "construction_start_date".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox building with deprecated parameter "demolition_date". Replace with "demolished_date".

Harkness Tower is a masonry tower at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Part of the Collegiate Gothic Memorial Quadrangle complex completed in 1922, it is named for Charles William Harkness, brother of Yale's largest benefactor, Edward Harkness.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.