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Harvard Memorial Hall, erected in honor of Harvard graduates who fought for the Union in the American Civil War, is an imposing building in High Victorian Gothic style on Harvard campus.
哈佛紀念堂是哈佛校園里一座壯麗的建筑，是為紀念美國內戰中為聯邦軍而戰的 哈佛畢業生而建的，其風格是新維多利亞哥特式風格。
Following the Civil War, a group of Harvard alumni petitioned the college to let them raise funds for a memorial to those Harvard graduates who fought for the Union cause. Their petition was sanctioned. The new committee of fifty alumni suggested that the proposed memorial take the form of a building, one that would not only testify to the heroism of those who fell but also meet the college’s urgent and practical needs for a theatre and a gathering space for alumni.
內戰結束以后，一些哈佛校友請求學院同意他們籌款建立一個紀念碑或紀念館， 以紀念為美國聯邦事業而戰的哈佛畢業生。他們的請求得到了批準。那時學院急需一個劇院和校友們聚會的場所，于是這個由55名校友組成的新委員會提議把紀念堂建 成一座樓的形式，這樣不僅可以彰顯那些離去的人的英雄事跡，而且也可以滿足學院 的實用需求。
The committee proposed a Hall of Alumni in which students might be Inspired by the pictured and sculptured presence of her founders, benefactors, faculty, presidents and most distinguished alumni. The vision was a compelling one: between 1865 and 1868，members of the committee collected a staggering $370,000，a sum equal to one-twelfth of the endowment of the University. At the same time, Charles Sanders, who was a member of the class of 1802 had bequeathed to the College $40,000 for the purpose of erecting “a hall or theatre to be used on Commencement days, Class days, Exhibition days, days of the meetings of the society of Alumni, or any other public occasion connected with the College.” The two projects were thus joined.
該委員會提議建一個校友堂，在里面放入其創建者、捐贈者、教師、校長和著名 校友的照片和雕像，這樣可以激勵學生。這一設想很引人注目：從1865年到1868年， 委員會成員籌集到了驚人的37萬美元，相當于整個哈佛大學捐款的1/12。與此同時， 一位1802年畢業的校友查爾斯桑德斯把4萬美元的財產遺贈給了哈佛學院，目的是 建“一個大堂或劇院，在畢業典禮日、班級聚會日、展覽日、校友協會歡聚日或其他 任何與哈佛學院有關的公共節日時使用。”于是這兩項工程被結合到了一起。
In December of 1865，the committee invited several prominent architects (all Harvard alumni) to submit designs in competition. The design of William Robert Ware, class of 1852，and Henry Van Brunt, class of 1854, was selected. The building received its formal name, Memorial Hall, in September of 1870. A month later its cornerstone was laid. From conception to cornerstone, it only cost five years. In 1874，less than four year’s time, the hall and the transept were dedicated for use. Sanders Theatre was substantially? completed in the spring of 1875 but not used until Commencement exercises in the spring of 1876. Thetower was completed in 1877.
1865年12月，委員會邀請了幾名出色的建筑師（都 是哈佛校友)來競標設計。1852年畢業的威廉姆?羅伯特?威 爾和〗854年畢業的亨利·凡?布朗特的設計很幸運地中標 了。1870年9月，該建筑被正式命名為紀念堂，一個月以 后奠基儀式啟動。從構思到開工只用了 5年時間。1874年 大堂和耳堂開始投入使用，這前后僅用了不到4年時間。 1875年桑德斯劇院大體上建成了，但直到1876年的畢業 典禮才開始使用。紀念塔則于1877年完工。
In 1878 the memorial finally culmi-nated with the official turnover of the building to the University. In accepting Memorial Hall on behalf of The University from the Memorial Hall building committee, President Eliot said “…the most valuable gift the University has ever received, with respect alike? to cost, daily useftilness, and significance."
最后，紀念堂在1878年被正式移交給哈佛大學。艾略 特校長在代表哈佛大學從紀念堂建筑委員會手中接過紀念 堂時，說這是“哈佛大學迄今為止收到的最有價值的禮物，不管是從其代價、日常用途、 還是重要性來說。”
