Quincy House
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Quincy House is one of the twelve upperclass residential houses of Harvard University, located on Plympton Street between Harvard Yard and the Charles River. Quincy House was named after Josiah Quincy III (1772–1864), president of Harvard from 1829 to 1845. It is the largest of the twelve undergraduate houses.
Quincy House was the first house built at Harvard since the original seven river houses, and opened in 1959. It is made up of three buildings, each in a different style of architecture:
- Old Quincy, a neo-Georgian building originally called Mather Hall, which was part of Leverett House until 1960;
- New Quincy, an eight-story modern residential structure with an adjoining two-story wing that includes the house dining hall and a separate protuberance containing the house library;
- The 20 DeWolfe St. residence hall, a brick structure with a double mansard roof of lead coated copper.
Quincy House has gained notoriety for its annual game of Quincy Assassins, a competition which is open to all students, professors, and administrators affiliated with Quincy House. Assassins has been criticized by several other House Masters, most notably Howard Georgi of Leverett House, for its promotion of vandalism and duplicitous behavior.
Famous Quincy alumni include Phil Bredesen, Rob Cohen, Lou Dobbs, Douglas Feith, Jamie Gorelick, and Tom Ridge.
The current co-Masters of Quincy House are Robert Kirshner and his wife Jayne Loader, but they are on leave for the 2006-2007 academic year. Serving as interim house masters are Lee Gerhke and Deb Gerhke.
