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Oval (Stanford University)
Oval-shaped sunken lawn on the Stanford University campus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Oval is an oval-shaped sunken lawn on the Stanford University campus in Stanford, California, United States.[1]
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The lawn once had a statue called Faith. The Olmsted Brothers recommend removing the statue in 1914.[2]