Bradstreet Gate
AddressHarvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Site Number2007
Alternate Names
1997 Gate
Building Root Number
N/A
PIRC Site Number 2007
Historic CAPS Identifier 107
PIRC Site Number 2007
Historic CAPS Identifier 107
Architect (Original)
Michael S. Teller
Honoree
Anne Dudley Bradstreet
Constructed
1995
Building Acquired 1995
Dedicated 1997
Building Acquired 1995
Dedicated 1997
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe Bradstreet Gate was named for Anne Dudley Bradstreet, the first published poet of the American colonies and one of the first European settlers in Cambridge (then called Newtowne). Bradstreet was the daughter of Thomas Dudley who served four terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her husband, Simon Bradstreet, also served as governor. Anne Bradstreet's father was one of the founders of Harvard College, and her husband served on its board of overseers.Historical NotesThe Bradstreet Gate was erected in 1995 and dedicated in 1997. It is inscribed with the following: 1997
Additional Information
Kamin, Blair. Gates of Harvard Yard. New York, Princeton Architectural Press, 2016.