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38 Kirkland Street
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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)
Constructed 1842
Land Acquired 1961
Building 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 Information
“Mid-Cambridge Balks at Proposed Harvard Expansion.” Cambridge Chronicle, 6 Nov. 1997, p. 5.
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places September 12, 1986. National Register Information System ID: 86002076
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
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