Contractors finished replacing the damaged column in front of the Galleron Building last Friday. The column, which supported a wooden awning, was apparently damaged by a hit-and-run collision on Jan.

Lancaster architect C. Emlen Urban was a big fan of neoclassical design. He was also fond of putting three varieties of column — the Ionic, Doric and Corinthian — on the buildings he designed. Here ...

Close your eyes and ask yourself, “What does Harvard look like?” What do you see? Brick buildings, perhaps? Iron gates, Corinthian columns, sweeping façades? You’d be right if you conjured any of the ...