Class of 1857 Gate
AddressHarvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Site Number2023
Alternate Names
Wadsworth Gate
Building Root Number
N/A
PIRC Site Number 2023
Historic CAPS Identifier 107
PIRC Site Number 2023
Historic CAPS Identifier 107
Architect (Original)
McKim, Mead & White
Sponsor / Donor (Original)
Harvard Class of 1857
Honoree
Harvard Class of 1857
Constructed
1901
Building Acquired 1901
Building Acquired 1901
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe gate is named for the Class of 1857 which donated the funds for its construction.Historical NotesThe Class of 1857 Gate was erected in 1901 from funds raised by the class which was earliest of the classes to sponsor a yard gate. It is the only yard gate with three archways.It is inscribed with the following: Felices ter et emplius quos inrupta tenet copula nec malis ; 1857 ; Divolsus querimoniis uprema ciius solvernt amor die (Thrice happy and more are they whom an unbroken band unites, and whom no sundering of love by wretched quarrels shall separate before life’s dying day)Additional Information
Kamin, Blair. Gates of Harvard Yard. New York, Princeton Architectural Press, 2016.
Olsson, Marie Louise. Harvard Views, Consisting of Yard Views, Buildings, Gates: a Guide . J. F. Olsson & Co., 1914.
Swan, Walter Dana. "The Harvard Memorial Gates." The Architectural Review, June 1901, p.61-65, plate XL.
Harvard University. "Official Guide to Harvard University, Edited by the Harvard Memorial Society." The University, 1907.
“A Review of Beautiful and Historic Cambridge: Outside Setting of Nation’s Rarest Educational Gem.” Cambridge Tribune, 28 Apr. 1923, p. 6.
