34 Kirkland Street
Address34, Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number327
Alternate Names
Luther Brooks House,
Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Building Root Number
04275
Architect (Original)
Oliver Hastings
Constructed
1840
Building Acquired 1969
Land Acquired 1969
Building Acquired 1969
Land Acquired 1969
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its address.Historical Notes34 Kirkland Street was built in 1840 as the Luther Brooks house. It is the second house on the parcel of land that had been purchased in 1804 from the heirs of John Foxcroft by William Hyslop Sumner. The building has been owned by Harvard since 1969.Additional InformationPlaced on the National Register of Historic Places September 12, 1986. National Register Information System ID: 86002068
Clapboards from Luther Brooks House, Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1535.
“Mid-Cambridge Balks at Proposed Harvard Expansion.” Cambridge Chronicle, 6 Nov. 1997, p. 5.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.