Adams House
Number of Occupants: 250–499
Bathrooms: Suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Suites (singles, doubles)
Special Features: Café, computer/fax/copier room, darkroom, dining hall, library, music practice rooms, pool table, student kitchen, studio space, theater, TV room. Considered one of Harvard's most historic houses, former residents include William Burroughs, Henry Kissinger, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.Apley Court
Floors: 5
Bathrooms: Suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Suites (singles, doubles, triples)
Special Features: Full kitchen in building, high ceilings, marble staircase, prime location just outside the Harvard Yard, walk-in closetsCabot House
Number of Occupants: 250–499
Bathrooms: Suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Suites (singles)
Special Features: Bike storage, common rooms, community kitchens, computer lab, dance studio, gym, laundry facilities, library, mail room, music practice rooms, on-site dining, pianos, social/study lounges, TV loungeCanady Hall
Floors: 5
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Singles, quads
Special Features: When seen from above, it apparently resembles a question mark. Currier House
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Singles
Special Features: Common rooms, computer lab, dance studio, gym, laundry facilities, music practice room, on-site diningDudley House
Bathrooms: Suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen and graduate students
Room Types: Suites
Special Features: Computer lab, game room, library, lopckers, meeting rooms, on-site dining, pianosEliot House
Number of Occupants: 250–499
Bathrooms: Suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Room Types: Suites (singles, doubles, triples)
Special Features: Art room, classrooms, common rooms, community kitchenette, computer lab, dance studio, exercise room, laundry facilities, library, movie room, music practice rooms, on-site dining, photography studio, tower room, TV lounge, woodshopGrays Hall
Floors: 5
Number of Occupants: 50–99
Bathrooms: Suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Suites (doubles)
Special Features: Common room with TV and seating for 35, hardwood floors, houses classrooms and peer counseling office, large windows, suites have extremely spacious common roomsGreenough Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 50–99
Bathrooms: Communal, suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Singles, doubles, triples, suites (doubles)
Special Features: Community kitchen, laundry facilities, music practice room, ping-pong table, TV loungeHollis Hall
Floors: 5
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Hollis has large rooms and is the fourth-oldest building at Harvard. It was once home to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.Holworthy Hall
Floors: 4
Bathrooms: Communal, suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Suites (doubles)
Special Features: Building has renovated basement with full kitchen, lounge with plasma TV, seating for nearly 30 people. Each suite has common room and party-friendly rooms.Hurlbut Hall
Floors: 4
Number of Occupants: 50–99
Bathrooms: Communal, suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Singles, suites (doubles)
Special Features: Only dorm you can get into with just a key—useful on the Jewish Sabbath. Building has computer room and laundry facilities.Lionel and Mower halls
Floors: 3
Bathrooms: Suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Suites (triples, quads)
Special Features: Courtyard in front of the building, which forms a nice place for relaxing. Mower basement has common room, full kitchen, study space.Massachusetts Hall
Floors: 4, but residents only live in top two floors
Bathrooms: Suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Suites (singles, doubles)
Special Features: Oldest dorm in the country, and each suite has a common room. The bottom floors of the building are home to offices of University administrators, including the University president.Matthews Hall
Floors: 5
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Suites (doubles)
Special Features: Suites have common room and decorative in-room fireplaces. Building has full kitchen, Gothic architecture, music practice rooms, renovated common room with plasma TV, study room.Pennypacker Hall ("The Pack")
Floors: 4
Bathrooms: Suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Suites (doubles)
Special Features: Central marble staircase, each suite has common room, hardwood floors.Stoughton Hall
Floors: 4
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Doubles
Special Features: Large rooms, located next to HollisStraus Hall
Floors: 4
Bathrooms: Suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Suites (doubles, triples, quads)
Special Features: Common room with TV, small kitchen, seating for 30Thayer Hall
Floors: 5
Bathrooms: Communal
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Doubles, triples
Special Features: Elevator; great location in the North end of the Old Yard; renovated basement with full kitchen, laundry room, lounge with plasma TV, pool table, study room; once home to e. e. cummings.Weld Hall
Floors: 5
Bathrooms: Communal, suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Suites (singles, doubles)
Special Features: Adjacent to Widener Library, this building has a common room with full kitchen, study tables, and TV, elevator, and houses Harvard Police station in basement. It was once home to John F. Kennedy.Wigglesworth Hall
Floors: 3
Bathrooms: Suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Freshmen
Room Types: Suites (doubles)
Special Features: Music practice rooms, pool table, renovated common room with plasma TV and seating for 20Dunster House
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Special Features: Computer lab, darkroom, Dunster House Grille, library, music rooms, pottery studio, student kitchen, video library, weight room; former home to Al Gore and John LithgowKirkland House
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Special Features: Computer lab, dining hall, library, music rooms, performance spaces, weight roomLeverett House (Halls: Leverett Towers, McKinlock)
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Special Features: Computer lab, darkroom, dining hall, fitness center, library, music rooms, pool and pingpong room, theater, views of Boston skyline for students on top floors of tower, volleyball courtLowell House
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Special Features: Art room, computer lab, darkroom, gym, library, Lowell House bells, music rooms, squash courtsMather House (Halls: Low-Rise, Tower)
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Special Features: Art gallery, computer lab, courtyard, darkroom, game area with air hockey, foosball, and pool table, grille, library, music practice rooms, pottery studio, tranquility room, views of Boston from rooms in the tower, weight room, woodshopPforzheimer House (Halls: Comstock, Holmes, Jordan North and South, Moors, Wolback)
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Special Features: Art studio, computer lab, dance studio, dining hall, living rooms, TV studio, weight room.Quincy House (Halls: Old Quincy, New Quincy)
Floors: 9
Bathrooms: Private, suite
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Special Features: Computer room, darkroom, dining hall, fitness center, library, music room, performance space, pottery studio; former home to Lou Dobbs and Tom RidgeWinthrop House (Halls: Gore, Standish)
Coed: Yes
Residents: Upperclassmen
Special Features: Common rooms, computer labs, library, music rooms; former home to Ben Bernanke, Edward Kennedy, John F. Kennedy