Converse Chemistry Laboratory
Address12, Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number313A
Alternate Names
Converse Memorial Laboratory
Building Root Number
04132
Architect (Original)
Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbott
Building Acquired
1928
Constructed 1928
Constructed 1928
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Edmund Coggswell Converse (1849-1921), a New York financier and a founder of the United States Steel Corporation.Historical NotesConverse Lab was designed in 1928 by Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott of Boston to serve as a Harvard chemistry laboratory. The building was funded by the family of Edmund Cogswell Converse.Additional Information
Frederic Saltonstall Gould Library
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
General Information By and About Converse Memorial Laboratory. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1297.2.
Records of the Association of Harvard Chemists. Harvard University Archives call number HUD 3276 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:hua25008.
Chemical Laboratories Correspondence Files, 1894-1949. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 274.10.5 and UAV 274.20.2
“Harvard Buildings to Be Opened Today: Mallinckrodt and Converse Laboratories Ready Many Donors of New Chemical Structures Will Be Present.” Daily Boston Globe, 8 Apr. 1929, p. 5.
“New Laboratories at Harvard Opened: Mallinckrodt, Converse Chemical Buildings Distinglished Company at Reception--Dinner Served for Donors.” Daily Boston Globe, 9 Apr. 1929, p. 2.
Weber, Paul J. Photographs of Harvard University Buildings and Grounds Taken by Paul J. Weber, Ca. 1929-1931 and 1939. Harvard University Archives call number HUV 2329
“New Harvard Chemical Laboratories Opened.” Cambridge Tribune, 13 Apr. 1929, p. 4.
