University Hall, Brown University is the first and oldest building on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Built in 1770, the building is one of only seven extant college buildi
Front View
This 1792 engraving is the first published image of Brown. University Hall stands on right while the President's House sits on the left.
An 1840 view of the front campus. University Hall is visible on the right.
University Hall bears a strong resemblance to Nassau Hall at Princeton, as it appeared prior to alterations
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Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The university is the seventh-oldest institution of higher edu
University Hall, Brown University
…University Hall, Brown University is the first and oldest building on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Built in 1770, the building is one of only seven extant college buildings built in the US prior to the American Revolution…
Petitioner Ezra Stiles later became the seventh president of Yale College.
Petitioner William Ellery signed the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Brown's first president, minister James Manning
The Ezra Stiles copy of Brown's 1764 charter