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Dudley Gate [Demolished]
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Dudley Gate [Demolished]

AddressHarvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Site Number2015
PIRC Site Number 2015
Building Root Number N/A
Historic CAPS Identifier 107
Architect (Original) Howells and Stokes
Sponsor / Donor (Original) Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes
Sponsor / Donor (Original) Caroline Phelps Stokes
Honoree Thomas Dudley
Constructed 1915
Building Acquired 1915
Demolished 1947
StatusInactive
Site Name HistoryThe Dudley Gate was named for Thomas Dudley who was the founder of Newtowne (Cambridge) and signed the charter for Harvard College while he was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1650-1651.Historical NotesThe Dudley Gate was erected in 1915 from funds bequeathed by Caroline Phelps Stokes to her nephew Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes. The gate, which stood over thirty feet in height, had a large clock tower connected to it and was decorated with a life-sized bas relief representing Thomas Dudley.

The gate was razed in 1947 for the construction of the Lamont Library however the benches which flanked the gate were recreated and inscribed with the same inscriptions from the original benches. These reproductions were placed in the adjacent Dudley Garden.

The benches are inscribed with the following: One of thy founders him New England know who staid by thy feeble sides when thou was low; Who spent his state his strength and years with care that after comes in them might have shareAdditional Information
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“Work Begins on Memorial Near Lamont.” The Harvard Crimson, 31 May 1949, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1949/5/31/work-begins-on-memorial-near-lamont/.
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“Harvard Tower Has Graven Error: Memorial Inscription Calls Thomas Dudley First Governor of the State.” New York Tribune, 21 June 1915, p. 9.
“Dedicate Memorial Gateway: Exercises at Harvard Principla Feature of Annual Gathering of Descendants of Gov Dudley.” Boston Daily Globe, 20 June 1915, p. 8.
“The New Dudley Memorial Gate and Clock Tower for Harvard.” Boston Evening Transcript, 19 Sept. 1914, p. 33.
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Stokes, Caroline Phelps. Correspondence Relating to the Construction of the Dudley Gate, 1912-1916. 1912. Huarvard University Archives number UAI 20.912
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Harvard University. Thomas Dudley Memorial. General Information about the Thomas Dudley Memorial. 1949. Harvard University Archives number HUB 3340.
“New Gate for Yard Begun.” The Harvard Crimson, 16 Mar. 1915, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1915/3/16/new-gate-for-yard-begun-pwork/.