641 Huntington Avenue
Address641, Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, United States of America, 02115
Alternate Address645, Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, United States of America, 02115
Site Number614
Alternate Names
The Elsie,
The Ormonde
Building Root Number
05540
Architect (Original)
Edwin K. Blaikie
Constructed
1888
Building Acquired 1959
Land Acquired 1959
Building Acquired 1959
Land Acquired 1959
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its address.Historical NotesBuilt as two apartment buildings in 1914, the site now called 641 Huntington Avenue as acquired by Harvard in 1959. Edwin K. Blaikie (1861-1928) was an architect in Boston, Massachusetts. Several of Edwin Blaikie's drawings for projects in Boston are held at the Boston Public Library; he died at Wakefield, Mass. on 22 October 1928 (obituary in the Evening Transcript [Boston], 23 Oct. 1928, 6).Related Projects