Smith Center Health Services
Address75, Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number973
Alternate Names
Holyoke Center Health Services,
Health Services
Building Root Number
01130
Architect (Original)
Sert, Jackson & Gourley
Building Acquired
1963
Constructed 1963
Constructed 1963
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Richard A. and Susan F. Smith, who donated funds in 2013 for the renovation of the building into a campus center. It was initially called Holyoke Center after Edward Holyoke (1689 –1769), minister and ninth president of Harvard College (1737-1769).Historical NotesThe Smith Campus Center was originally constructed in two phases: the southern half of the building was completed in 1964, and the northern half was completed in 1967. The building was designed by noted architect and Harvard professor Josep Lluis Sert working with his Cambridge-based firm, Sert Jackson Gourley. The building was designed to include Harvard's health services, administrative offices, ground floor retail space and a parking garage. It received the Harleston Parker Medal from the Boston Society of Architects in 1967 for being "the most beautiful piece of architecture, building, monument or structure within the limits of the City of Boston or of the Metropolitan Parks District". The building is constructed on the former site of Dudley House, Holyoke House, and Little Hall.Additional Information
General Information by and about the University Health Center in Holyoke Center. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1447.449.
Photograph of Model of Harvard Health Center, Designed by Sert, Jackson, and Gourley. Loeb Design Library call number VF NA 6765 H.
Harvard University Office and Health Center Building. Memorandum. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1453.100.10.
Sert, José Luis, and Frances L. Loeb Library. The Josep Lluis Sert Collection. (1952). Print. Harvard Loeb Design Library Special Collections.
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
