Aldrich Hall
Address35, Harvard Way, Boston (Allston), MA, United States of America, 02163
Site Number240
Building Root Number
05040
Architect (Original)
Perry Shaw Hepburn Kehoe & Dean
Designer (Original)
McKim, Mead & White
Land Acquired
1918
Dedicated 1953
Constructed 1953
Building Acquired 1953
Dedicated 1953
Constructed 1953
Building Acquired 1953
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Nelson W. Aldrich, a United States senator from Rhode Island whose son-in-law, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., contributed funds to construct the building.Historical NotesAldrich Hall was designed as a classroom building by the Boston architecture firm of Perry Shaw Hepburn Kehoe and Dean in consultation with the firm McKim, Mead, and White. It was completed in 1953.Additional InformationHarvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
HBS Archives Photograph Collection: Buildings and Grounds, 1908-2006. (1908). Baker Business Library Historical Collections call number Arch P1
"Harvard to Build U-Shaped Classrooms in New Aldrich Hall." Daily Boston Globe, 27 Apr. 1951, p. 2.
"New Classrooms at Harvard have Video Facilities." Daily Boston Globe, 2 Oct. 1952, p. 17.
"Kresge, Aldrich Halls to Be Dedicated at Harvard Business School Friday." Daily Boston Globe, 1953 Jun 7, p. C31.
"Harvard Welcomes Cleaner, Healthier Air." Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News [Troy, NY], 27 Aug 2012, p. 19.
Bunting, Bainbridge. Harvard: An Architectural History. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985.
Stern, Robert A. M. Robert A. M. Stern on Campus: Architecture, Identity, and Community, edited by Peter Morris Dixon, Alexander Newman-Wise and Jonathan Grzywacz, Monacelli Press, 2010.