Allston Burr Hall [Demolished]
Address14, Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address483, Broadway, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address40, Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number353
Building Root Number
N/A
Designer (Original)
Jean Paul Carlhian
Architect (Original)
Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbott
Land Acquired
1892
Building Acquired 1951
Constructed 1951
Demolished 1982
Building Acquired 1951
Constructed 1951
Demolished 1982
StatusInactive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for Allston Burr, class of 1889, who bequeathed funds to the University in 1949.Historical NotesAllston Burr Hall was constructed as a general education building and lecture hall in honor of the Harvard benefactor Allston Burr (A.B. 1889) who had previously funded the Varsity Club. The building was razed in 1983 to make room for the Sackler Building.Additional Information
“Harvard to Construct Two Buildings: New Classroom and Laboratory Space for Harvard.” The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 1951, p. 6.
Maycock, Susan E., and Charles Sullivan. Building old Cambridge: architecture and development. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2016. Print. Lamont Library call number NA735.C28 M39 2016; Loeb Design Library call number NA735.C28 M39 2016.
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"Brewster Wins Arts Festival Architects' Award." Daily Boston Globe, 1954 May 20, pp. 15.
Crawford, Christina E. "In an Extraordinary Space." Architecture Boston, 6 Nov. 2017, https://www.architects.org/stories/in-an-extraordinary-space.
Hickman, Roger W., et al. "Allston Burr Lecture Hall, Harvard University." American Journal of Physics, vol. 22, no. 7, 1954, pp. 486-489.
"Architects Pick Nazareth as Building Design of the Year." Daily Boston Globe, 1954 May 12, pp. 23.
"Boston's 'Most Beautiful Piece of Architecture' to be 'Elected'." Daily Boston Globe, 1953 Apr. 26, pp. B21.
"Construction of New Scientific Lab, GE Building Will Start This Spring | News | The Harvard Crimson." Construction of New Scientific Lab, GE Building Will Start This Spring | News | The Harvard Crimson. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Sept. 2016.
Harvard University. General Information by and about Allston Burr Lecture Hall. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1243.2.
“Allston Burr Hall Opens Next Week: Provides Needed G.E. Lecture Space.” The Harvard Crimson, 7 Apr. 1952, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1952/4/7/allston-burr-hall-opens-next-week/.
“Special-Purpose Buildings: Harvard’s Allston Burr Lecture Hall and Gordon McKay Laboratory Demonstrate the Impact of Science on the Science Building. Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott, Architects.” The Architectural Forum, vol. 98, no. 6, 1953, pp. 124-.
“Harvard to Open New Science Hall: Allston Burr Building to Be Used for Experiments Has Modernistic Decor.” New York Times, 1952, pp. 27-.
“Allston Burr Lecture Hall, Cambridge, Mass.” American Institute of Architects Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, American Institute of Architects, 1954, pp. 30-.
1953 winner of the Boston Society of Architects Harleston Parker Medal.
