Senate House

Senate House is a term frequently used to describe the main administrative building of a university.

Buildings called Senate House include:

  • Senate House (University of Cambridge) of the University of Cambridge
  • Senate House (University of London) of the University of London
  • Senate House (University of Madras) of the University of Madras
  • Senate House (University of Peradeniya) of the University of Peradeniya
  • Senate House State Historic Site, in Kingston, New York, where the state of New York was established in 1777.

Famous quotes containing the words senate and/or house:

    “I think the Senate ought to realize that I have to have about me those in whom I have confidence; and unless they find a real blemish on a man, I do not think they ought to make partisan politics out of appointments to the Cabinet.”
    —Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)

    “Turn back. Turn, young lady dear
    A murderer’s house you enter here
    I was wooed and won little bird”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)