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Wolcott Gibbs Chemistry Laboratory [Demolished]
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Wolcott Gibbs Chemistry Laboratory [Demolished]

Address13, Frisbie Place, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number323
Alternate Names Wolcott Gibbs Memorial Laboratory
Building Root Number 04140
Architect (Original)
Constructed 1911
Building Acquired 1911
Demolished 1999
StatusInactive
Materials for this building in our collection are not fully processed at this time.
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for Professor Wolcott Gibbs, the chief chemist of the Lawrence Scientific School and Rumford Professor.Historical NotesThe Wolcott Gibbs Memorial Laboratory was built in 1911 and was planned to be one part of the science laboratory complex that was designed by A.W. Longfellow which was never completed. The complex would have occupied the entire area between Oxford Street and Divinity Avenue.

The Gibbs Laboratory was razed to allow for the construction of the Bauer Laboratory. The building was constructed through contributions made by Morris Loeb, James Loeb, Alexander Forbes and others with an original construction cost of $85,000.
Additional Information
“New $75,000 Laboratory at Harvard.” The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 1912, p. 1.
“Harvard Gets Laboratory: $100,000 Fund for the Wolcott Gibbs Memorial Laboratory Is Now Complete.” New York Times, 1911, p. 1.
Harvard University Planning and Real Estate. Documentation of Wolcott Gibbs Memorial Laboratory, 2000. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1424.3.
Harvard University. General Information by and about Wolcott Gibbs Memorial Laboratory, 1911. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1424.2.
“For Harvard Chemistry.” Boston Evening Transcript, 2 Feb. 1911, p. 1.
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
Harvard University. Chemical Laboratories. Records Relating to New Buildings, 1907-1926 (inclusive). (1907). Harvard University Archives call number UAV 274.407.4 pf, UAV 274.407, UAV 274.407.2, UAV 274.407.3, UAV 274.425, UAV 274.425.5.
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
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