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Harkness Tower
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General information
Architectural styleCollegiate Gothic
LocationNew Haven, Connecticut
Construction started1917
Completed1921
OwnerYale University
Height216 ft. (66 m)
Technical details
Floor count9
Design and construction
Architect(s)James Gamble Rogers
Other designersLee Lawrie, sculptor

Harkness Tower is a masonry tower at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Part of the Collegiate Gothic Memorial Quadrangle complex completed in 1922, it is named for Charles William Harkness, brother of Yale's largest benefactor, Edward Harkness.

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