Wednesday, May 26 -- As we were about to pass by New Haven, we decided that we should make a quick stop to see Yale University, since neither of us had been there before and it was listed as one of the 6 highlights of Connecticut in one of our guide books. It 
was the state's first university, founded in 1716. As we were sitting on the Green having lunch, I remembered that the two oldest buildings on the campus of my alma mater, Miami University of Ohio (Elliott and Stoddard Halls), were modeled after Connecticut Hall at Yale. Connecticut Hall is also the oldest surviving building in New Haven, built in 1750. Turns out that CT Hall is also modeled after Massachusetts Hall at Harvard. Guess there was a lot of copying going on back then...
was the state's first university, founded in 1716. As we were sitting on the Green having lunch, I remembered that the two oldest buildings on the campus of my alma mater, Miami University of Ohio (Elliott and Stoddard Halls), were modeled after Connecticut Hall at Yale. Connecticut Hall is also the oldest surviving building in New Haven, built in 1750. Turns out that CT Hall is also modeled after Massachusetts Hall at Harvard. Guess there was a lot of copying going on back then...
Yep, that building looks very familiar!
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