Harvard Traditions
Housing Day
History of Harvard
Boston Attractions
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The day undergrads find out their houses

Housing Day

100

This House has most recently completed its renovations

Lowell House

100

The year Harvard was founded

1636

100

This ballpark is home to "the Green Monster"

Fenway Park

200

This tradition happens every semester on the first day of finals

Primal Scream

200

This House is well known for its fetes (extravagant spring formals)

Eliot House

200
The oldest building still standing at Harvard

Massachusetts Hall

200

This historic Boston building now serves as a food court

Faneuil Hall

300

What number commencement is this year's?

370th

300

This House is known for showing up to the Yard early in the morning to secure the celebration spot around the John Harvard statue

Kirkland House

300
The year Radcliffe and Harvard fully merged

1977

300

This museum experienced a famous robbery in 1990

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

400

Name one of the Yard Fest Artists from the last 2 years

Kiiara, Bazzi, Lil Yachty, and Wale

400

This house has new residents ring a gong on Housing Day

Adams House

400

The number of Presidents that have graduated from Harvard

8

400

This Boston park is the oldest park in the United States

Boston Common

500

The number of times Harvard has won the Harvard-Yale game

60

500

This House has the highest piano-to-student ratio

Cabot House

500

The number of books that Widener Library has

3.5 million volumes

500

This famous cookie was named after a Boston suburb

Fig Newtons