 Gore was granted an honorary law degree from Harvard in 1809 . He served on the college 's Board of Overseers from 1810 to 1815 and as a Fellow from 1816 to 1820 . Harvard 's first library building , a Gothic structure built in 1838 of Quincy granite , was named in his honor , but was demolished when Widener Library was built in its place in 1915 . ( This structure is found on the seal of the city of Cambridge . ) One of the residential Winthrop House 's buildings is called Gore Hall in his honor . 
 Gore was granted an honorary law degree from Harvard in 1809 . He served on the college <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>Board of Overseers from 1810 to 1815 and as a Fellow from 1816 to 1820 . Harvard <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>first library building , a Gothic structure built in 1838 of Quincy granite , was named in his honor , but was demolished when Widener Library was built in its place in 1915 . ( This structure is found on the seal of the city of Cambridge . ) One of the residential Winthrop House <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>buildings is called Gore Hall in his honor . 
Gore was granted an honorary law degree from Harvard in 1809 . He served on da college  Board of Overseers from 1810 to 1815 and as a Fellow from 1816 to 1820 . Harvard  first library building , a Gothic structure built in 1838 of Quincy granite , was named in his honor , but was demolished when Widener Library was built in its place in 1915 . ( This structure is found on tdaseal of the city of Cambridge . ) One of the residential Winthrop krib  buildings is called Gore Hall in his honor .