Putnam Square Apartments [Sold]
Address2, Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number178
Alternate Names
11 Putnam Avenue,
2 Mount Auburn Street,
5 Putnam Avenue,
Building Root Number
N/A
Architect (Original)
Stull Associates
Constructed
1970
Building Acquired 1992
Sold 2013
Building Acquired 1992
Sold 2013
StatusInactive
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Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its address.Historical NotesThe twelve-story building at 2 Mount Auburn Street was constructed originally as The Housing for the Elderly in 1970 and designed by Stull Associates. Later known as the Putnam Square Apartments, Harvard provided the site to the city for affordable senior housing for forty years until it was sold in 2013. Additional InformationConway, Madeline R. “University Finalizes Sale of Putnam Square Apartments Property.” The Harvard Crimson, 13 Aug. 2013, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/8/13/putnam-sale-mt-auburn-finalized/.
“Remembering Pioneering Black Architect Donald L. Stull (1937–2020).” Harvard Graduate School of Design, 7 Jan. 2021, https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/2021/01/remembering-pioneering-black-architect-donald-l-stull-1937-2020/.
“New Housing for Elderly.” Cambridge Chronicle, 5 Nov. 1970, p. 3.