T. Jefferson Coolidge Laboratories [Demolished]
AddressCambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number1002
Alternate Names
Coolidge Lab
Building Root Number
N/A
PIRC Site Number 1002
PIRC Site Number 1002
Architect (Original)
Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr.
Constructed
1912
Building Acquired 1912
Demolished 1979
Building Acquired 1912
Demolished 1979
StatusInactive
Materials for this building in our collection are not fully processed at this time.
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, class of 1884. His father, also T. Jefferson Coolidge, class of 1850, and great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson, donated the funds to construct the building as a memorial to his son who died in 1912.Historical NotesThe T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr. Memorial Laboratory, built in 1912 of brick and Indiana limestone in the same style as the Gibbs Laboratory, was located on the corner of Divinity Avenue and Frisbee Place approximately to the west of the Semitic Museum. It was constructed as the second building in a planned science complex for the Department of Chemistry that was never completed. The building was used for courses in quantitative analysis and research in organic and physical chemistry.
The Coolidge Laboratory was razed in 1979 to make room for the construction of the Sherman Fairchild Biochemistry building.
Additional Information
"The Coolidge Memorial Laboratory." Harvard Alumni Bulletin XVI.4 (1913): 55. Web. 23 May 2016.
Harvard University. Chemical Laboratories. Records Relating to New Buildings, 1907-1926 (inclusive). (1907). Harvard University Archives call number UAV 274.407.4 pf, UAV 274.407, UAV 274.407.2, UAV 274.407.3, UAV 274.425, UAV 274.425.5.
General information by and About T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr., Memorial Laboratory. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1299.2.
“Coolidge Gives Laboratory.” Cambridge Tribune, 23 Nov. 1912, p. 4.
