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<\/center><\/p>\nGrays Hall<\/a> is a Harvard dormitory, built on the spot where Harvard’s earliest building, Old College<\/a>, once stood. According to<\/a> the Official guide to Harvard University<\/em> of 1907:<\/p>\n Grays Hall<\/a>, built in 1863<\/a> by the College, at a cost of nearly $40,000, is named for Francis Calley Gray<\/a>, of the Class of 1809, a Fellow of the College from 1826 until 1836, John Chipman Gray<\/a>, of the Class of 1811, a member of the Board of Overseers from 1847 until 1854, and William Gray<\/a>, of the Class of 1829, a member of the Board of Overseers from 1866 until 1872, all three benefactors of the University.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This dorm<\/a> was Harvard’s first building with water taps in the basement, freeing the residents from having to haul water in from pumps in Harvard Yard. Notable residents of Grays Hall<\/a> have included: Norman Mailer<\/a>, Frank Rich<\/a>, Mo Rocca<\/a> and Natalie Portman<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Grays Hall is a Harvard dormitory, built on the spot where Harvard’s earliest building, Old College, once stood. According to the Official guide to Harvard University of 1907: Grays Hall, built in 1863 by the College, at a cost of nearly $40,000, is named for Francis Calley Gray, of the Class of 1809, a Fellow of the College from 1826 until 1836, John Chipman Gray, of the Class of 1811, a member of the Board of Overseers from 1847 until 1854, and William Gray, of the Class of 1829, a member of the Board of Overseers from 1866 until 1872, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,44,76],"tags":[202,105],"class_list":["post-1269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cambridge","category-collegiate","category-colonial-revival","tag-harvard","tag-mansard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1269"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2844,"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions\/2844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mass.historicbuildingsct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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