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Chase Hall
Chase Hall

Chase Hall

Address34, Harvard Way, Boston (Allston), MA, United States of America, 02163
Site Number250
Building Root Number 05064
Architect (Original)
Building Acquired 1926
Constructed 1926
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for Salmon P. Chase, U.S. Treasury Secretary from 1861-1864Historical NotesChase Hall is one of the original buildings on the Harvard Business School campus. It was designed as a residence hall by McKim Mead and White of New York City and completed in 1926. It was a gift of George Fisher Baker.
Additional Information
HBS Archives Photograph Collection: Buildings and Grounds, 1908-2006. (1908). Baker Business Library Historical Collections call number Arch P1
“Architects Chosen for New Group of Harvard Buildings.” Cambridge Chronicle, 17 Jan. 1925, p. 17.
“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.
“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/.
“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.
“Architectural Plans for the Harvard Business School Buildings to Be Erected Near the Harvard Stadium.” Cambridge Tribune, 17 Jan. 1925, p. 4.
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
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