  We present UBV photometry of the eclipsing binary Harvard Variable 2274 in
the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The stellar parameters of this binary system
were calculated by Guinan et al. (1998a) who gave both a reddening towards HV
2274 of E(B-V) = 0.083 +/- 0.006 and a distance modulus to the LMC, mu_{LMC} =
18.42 +/- 0.007. The reddening of this system was also determined by Udalski et
al. (1998) who found E(B-V) = 0.149 +\- 0.015. With Udalski et al. (1998) B and
V photometry Guinan et al.(1998b) obtained E(B-V) = 0.120 +\- 0.009 and
mu_{LMC} = 18.30 +\- 0.07. Using our UBV photometry, we derive a reddening of
E(B-V)= 0.088 +\- 0.025, consistent with the original value of Guinan et al.
(1998a) and supporting a longer distance modulus to the LMC of about mu_{LMC} =
18.40 +\- 0.07. We stress the uncertainties inherent in ground-based UBV
photometry and the concomitant uncertainties in determining distances based
upon such photometry.
