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Wilder House

Address28, Harvard Way, Boston (Allston), MA, United States of America, 02163
Previous Address680, Soldiers Field Road, Boston (Allston), MA, United States of America, 02163
Site Number246
Alternate Names Doctoral House, Students' Club
Building Root Number 05100
Architect (Original)
Building Acquired 1926
Constructed 1926
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for William P. Wilder, prominent Canadian executive, financier, philanthropist and Harvard Business School benefactor.Historical NotesWilder House is one of the original buildings on the Harvard Business School campus. It was originally called the Students' Club and contained common rooms and a cafeteria. The building was a gift of George Fisher Baker and was designed by McKim Mead and White of New York City and completed in 1926. Today it contains offices for the school.
Additional Information
HBS Archives Photograph Collection: Buildings and Grounds, 1908-2006. (1908). Baker Business Library Historical Collections call number Arch P1
“George Fisher Baker Gives Five Million to University.” The Harvard Crimson, 2 June 1924, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1924/6/2/george-fisher-baker-gives-five-million/.
“Architectural Plans for the Harvard Business School Buildings to Be Erected Near the Harvard Stadium.” Cambridge Tribune, 17 Jan. 1925, p. 4.
“Harvard’s New Business School to Be a $5,000,000 Group: Winning Design, by McKim, Meade & White, Selected Out of Forty-Nine Submitted.” American Builder, vol. 39, no. 5, Aug. 1925, pp. 118–19.
“Architects for New Harvard Buildings: McKim, Mead & White Will Design $5,006,000 Group of Structures For Business School.” Boston Daily Globe, 12 Jan. 1925, p. A6.
“Architects Chosen for New Group of Harvard Buildings.” Cambridge Chronicle, 17 Jan. 1925, p. 17.
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