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Chapin House — Brown University
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Chapin House

📍 116 Thayer Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912
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A program house on Wriston Quadrangle (built 1950–1952), Chapin House is home to Harambee House, a program focused on African American culture and community. The Wriston Quad setting — a Georgian Colonial quadrangle built around a central green — encourages community interaction. Standard Brown furnishings; towel bars on interior room doors (Wriston Quad standard). The quad is one of the most social residential areas on campus.

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Chapin House has no air conditioning. Students here often pick up:

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