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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Palmer_House_HiltonThe Palmer House Hilton - Wikipedia

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   In December 1945, Conrad Hilton bought the Palmer House for $20 million (equivalent to $338 million in 2023), [10] and it was thereafter known as The Palmer House Hilton. In 2005, Hilton sold the property to Thor Equities , but retained management through the Hilton chain.

2. eliot.harvard.edu › history-eliotHistory of Eliot House | Eliot House ~ Harvard University

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   Eliot House is one of the 12 upperclassmen houses at Harvard, named after Charles Eliot, who served as president of the university for forty years and was responsible for some pretty great changes — like the introduction of the elective system and the construction of the Harvard Stadium, the Phillips Brooks House, and Johnston Gate.

3. glessnerhouse.blogspot.com › 2015 › 11The Story of a House: The Swift Mansion - Blogger

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   Nov 2, 2015 · After White’s collection was cleared from the house, it was sold and occupied by various individuals including John Powers, who served for nearly 40 years as an Alderman in the City of Chicago. The house was later used as a funeral home.

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4. www.chicagotribune.com › 2021/12/29 › how-a-chicagoHow a Chicago editor set T.S. Eliot on the path to a Nobel Prize

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   Dec 29, 2021 · However the publication came to be, it was in a repurposed mansion on Chicago’s Near North Side that T.S. Eliot was set on a course that would make him the preeminent — indeed, The Poet — of ...

5. content.news.harvard.edu › gazette › storyA look inside: Eliot House — Harvard Gazette

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   Sep 22, 2011 · Named in honor of Charles William Eliot, president of Harvard from 1869 to 1909, Eliot House was opened in 1931. It was one of the original seven Houses at the College following the plan by Eliot’s successor, Abbot Lawrence Lowell, to “revitalize education and revive egalitarianism at Harvard College.”

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robie_HouseRobie House - Wikipedia

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   Most recently, in 2019, Robie House was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with seven other significant works by Frank Lloyd Wright under the group listing "The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright." Robie House is owned by the University of Chicago and is regularly open to the public as a historic house museum operated ...

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   Why was the Eliot House built?

   • Named in honor of Charles William Eliot, President of Harvard from 1869 to 1909, Eliot House was opened in 1931 as one of the seven original houses at the College. It was commissioned by Charles Eliot's successor, Abbot Lawrence Lowell, as a part of his House Plan designed to 'revitalize education and revive egalitarianism at Harvard College."

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   Why did Charles Eliot build the Harvard House?

   • It was commissioned by Charles Eliot's successor, Abbot Lawrence Lowell, as a part of his House Plan designed to 'revitalize education and revive egalitarianism at Harvard College." The House was built at a cost of $3 million from the benefaction of Edward Harkness (who also endowed the other six houses and the first colleges at Yale).

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   Where is Eliot House?

   • Eliot House is situated along the banks of the Charles River, at the intersection of Memorial Drive and John F. Kennedy Street (formerly Boylston Street), on a site that was previously occupied by an electric power plant (which must explain why Eliot House has never won the Green Cup for energy conservation!).

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   Does Eliot House have a co-master?

   • Eliot House is also associated with its sister colleges Jonathan Edwards College at Yale and Emmanuel College at Cambridge University. In its more than 90 years of existence, Eliot House has had only seven co-masters, now called Faculty Deans.

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   Is Eliot House a residential college?

   • Architecturally, Eliot House is an example of the typical residential college, modeled after the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. It was designed by the prominent Boston architectural firm Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbot and is organized around three open courts: the Forecourt, the Great Court, and the Master's Court.

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   Where did the Eliot elephant come from?

   • Similarly, the Eliot elephant comes from the crest of the Eliot family coat-of-arms and apparently, its facial characteristics were inspired by the profile of the first master of the House, Roger "Frisky" Merriman, and drawn by President Eliot's grandson. There are actually four elephants visible in the architecture of the house.

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8. content.news.harvard.edu › 2012 › 04A look inside: Eliot House — Harvard Gazette

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   Apr 19, 2012 · At Eliot House, the river House named for Harvard’s longest-serving president, crew is king.