Langdell Hall | |
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General information | |
Type | Library |
Architectural style | Modified neoclassical |
Location | Harvard Law School |
Town or city | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 42°22′39″N 71°07′06″W / 42.3774°N 71.1183°W |
Named for | Christopher Columbus Langdell |
Year(s) built | 1905–1907 |
Renovated | 1928–1929, 1997 |
Cost | $365,000 |
Renovation cost | $1,500,000 (1928–1929) |
Technical details | |
Material | Limestone |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge |
Renovating team | |
Renovating firm | Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbot (1928–1929) Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott (1997) |
Langdell Hall is the largest building of Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is home to the school's library, the largest academic law library in the world, named after pioneering law school dean Christopher Columbus Langdell. It is built in a modified neoclassical style.