Quincy House (Harvard College)

Quincy House
Residential House at Harvard University
Harvard University
Stone Hall (the former Increase Mather Hall, usually called "Old Quincy")
Location58 Plympton Street
Coordinates42°22′14″N 71°07′02″W / 42.3705°N 71.1171°W / 42.3705; -71.1171
Full nameJosiah Quincy III House
Established1959
Named forJosiah Quincy III
Sister collegeBranford College
Freshman dormPennypacker Hall
Faculty DeansEric Beerbohm and Leslie Duhaylongsod
DeanNicole S. Simon
HoCo chairsJack "watch it, Nathan" Towers and Honor "Varun and Aidan" Pimentel
Tutors21
Websitequincy.harvard.edu

Quincy House (/ˈkwɪnzi/) is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University, located on Plympton Street between Harvard Yard and the Charles River. The second largest of the twelve undergraduate houses, Quincy House was named after Josiah Quincy III (1772–1864), president of Harvard from 1829 to 1845. Quincy House's official counterpart at Yale University is Branford College.

House colors are red, gold, white, and black, and the House's seal in those colors is emblazoned on a wall of the dining hall wing facing the House's main courtyard. In 2005, Quincy House adopted the penguin as its official mascot. Its residents, nicknamed "penguins" after the mascot, live in the house during their sophomore through senior years.