29 Garden Street Parking Garage
Address29, Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number01387
Building Root Number
01387
Building Acquired
1972
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its address and function.Historical NotesThe 29 Garden Street apartment building was completed in 1928 and acquired by Harvard in 1972. The building was originally named the Continental Hotel.Additional Information
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
Levinson, Nancy. “29 Garden Street Harvard Graduate Housing.” Architectural Record, vol. 192, no. 12, 2004, pp. 186–91, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-2004-12.pdf.
Kinsley, Susan F. and Shapiro, Peter. “Continental Price Set at $1.2 Million.” The Harvard Crimson, 4 Mar. 1972, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1972/3/4/continental-price-set-at-12-million/.
McDonald, Robert. “Continental Overcomes Delays Will Open as Scheduled Today.” The Harvard Crimson, 18 Sept. 1972, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1972/9/18/continental-overcomes-delays-will-open-as/.
“Harvard Buys Continental.” Cambridge Chronicle, 9 Mar. 1972, p. 1.
“Harvard Delays Opening of 29 Garden.” The Harvard Law Record, 2 Oct. 2003, http://hlrecord.org/harvard-delays-opening-of-29-garden/.
“The New Continental Hotel.” Cambridge Chronicle, 11 Oct. 1929, p. 15.
2007 winner of the ASLA General Design Honor Award by the American Society of Landscape Architects.