Hunt Hall [Demolished]
Address1800, Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number1524
Alternate Names
Fogg Art Museum,
Robinson Hall Annex,
William Hayes Fogg Art Museum,
Previous Building Number
375
Building Root Number N/A
PIRC Site Number 1524
Building Root Number N/A
PIRC Site Number 1524
Architect (Original)
Richard Morris Hunt
Constructed
1895
Building Acquired 1895
Demolished 1973
Building Acquired 1895
Demolished 1973
StatusInactive
Materials for this building in our collection are not fully processed at this time.
Site Name HistoryThe site was named after its architect, Richard Morris Hunt (LL.D. 1892) in 1935. Previously named the Fogg Art Museum, the name changed to Hunt Hall to avoid confusion with the new Fogg Art Museum that was later built on Quincy Street. Historical NotesHunt Hall was built in 1895 to house the Fogg Art Museum as a gift from Elizabeth Fogg in memory of her husband, William Hayes.The building was considered a failure and criticized by the first faculty to use it. It later housed lecture halls, exhibition rooms and office for the Graduate School of Design. It was demolished in 1973 to make way for Canaday Hall.Additional Information
Harvard University. Art Museums. Photographs of the Harvard Art Museum. 1927-2001. (1927). Harvard University Art Museum Archives call number HC 22
“The Works of the Late Richard M. Hunt.” Architectural Record, vol. 5, no. 1, 1895, pp. 123–25, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1895-1896-07-06.pdf.
“Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge.” Architectural Record, 1896, p. 117, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1896-07-GAAS.pdf.
"Fogg Art Museum." Boston Daily Globe, 12 Dec 1893, p. 7.
“Fogg Museum of Art. A View of the Interior Arrangements of the New Harvard Art Museum.” Cambridge Tribune, 5 Oct. 1895, p. 3.
“Hunt Hall Demolition Planned for June 15; Freshman Dorm Complex to Be Ready in ’74.” The Harvard Crimson, 19 Apr. 1973, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1973/4/19/hunt-hall-demolition-planned-for-june/.
