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Climate also should figure into it: cloudy and cold, preferably. The lake effect at UChicago meant fog during the dark winter, created by the temperature differential between lake and land. Combine that with the 4PM winter sunsets, the yellowish haze from the reflected streetlights, and the Gothic stone architecture, and it's a good setting for ghost stories.
Washington University in St. Louis and Michigan State are also Gothic, but the lower density doesn't really lend itself to a "dark" vibe. Duke and University of Richmond are both Gothic, but the South is just too sunny.
Some of those really small liberal arts colleges in small-town New England have the vibes but not necessarily the architecture -- Bennington is along those lines.
No. Harvard's core look is Georgian/Federal (other than the Divinity School and Memorial Hall) - the same is true many old New England colleges - and MIT is Beaux-Arts/Modern; neither Gothic. Yale and Boston College have that Collegiate Gothic look of early 20th century campus expanders.
"Gothic" is a much better and more known way to describe this...
That doesn't encompass all of what Dark Academia is though. Gothic, particularly when referring to architecture, is just one common element of the aesthetic.
"Dark academia" describes an aesthetic that includes things like Gothic architecture, autumn vibes, vintage bookshops, intellectualism, cobblestone streets, etc.
University of Washington in Seattle isn't that far off. Check out the Suzallo Library:
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