page_title: Kresge Auditorium
hierarchical_section_title: Kresge Auditorium
caption_attribution_description: English: Kresge Auditorium, also known as MIT Building W16, located at 48 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was built from 1954 to 1955 and was designed by Eero Saarinen. It sits near the MIT Chapel that Saarinen also designed, in the West Campus of MIT. (Source: AIA Guide to Boston.
context_page_description: Kresge Auditorium is an auditorium structure at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located at 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was designed by the Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, with ground-breaking in 1953 and dedication in 1955. The building was named for its principal funder, Sebastian S. Kresge, founder of S. S. Kresge Stores and the Kresge Foundation.
context_section_description: Kresge Auditorium (MIT Building W16) is an auditorium structure at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located at 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was designed by the Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, with ground-breaking in 1953 and dedication in 1955. The building was named for its principal funder, Sebastian S. Kresge, founder of S. S. Kresge Stores (corporate predecessor of Kmart) and the Kresge Foundation.
caption: Kresge Auditorium (2017)
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