In harmony with its uneventful life, Grays Hall slipped quietly into Harvard Yard in 1863. Concerned only with the Civil War, the College did not even bless the house with a ground-breaking ceremony.

Prowling burglars found an unlocked door on the third floor of Grays Hall Saturday night, entered, and walked off with over $250 worth of loot. Several bottles of liquor, a movie camera ...