38 Kirkland Street
Address38, Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number349
Alternate Names
Joseph Lovering House,
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Building Root Number
04280
Architect (Original)
Oliver Hastings
Constructed
1842
Building Acquired 1961
Land Acquired 1961
Building Acquired 1961
Land Acquired 1961
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its address.Historical Notes38 Kirkland Street was built in 1842 and became known as the Joseph Lovering house who resided there. It is the third house constructed on the parcel of land that had been purchased in 1804 from the heirs of John Foxcroft by William Hyslop Sumner and has been owned by Harvard since 1961.Additional InformationPlaced on the National Register of Historic Places September 12, 1986. National Register Information System ID: 86002076
“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.