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Center for the Study of World Religions
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Center for the Study of World Religions

Address42, Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number396
Alternate Names World Religions Center
Building Root Number 02321
Architect (Original)
Constructed 1960
Building Acquired 1960
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its function.Historical NotesThe Center for the Study of World Religions was designed in 1959 by Jose Luis Sert, at the time dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Design. The center has served as an academic and residential building for the Harvard Divinity School.
Additional Information
Harvard University Archives. Records for the Center for the Study of World Religions, ca. 1964-1973. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 880.10.
Harvard University Archives. General Information by and about the Center for the Study of World Religions. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1882.2, HUF 880.1, HUF 880.1 pf [Oversized materials].
“World Religious Center, Harvard University.” Architectural Record, vol. 131, no. 5, May 1962, pp. 138–39, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1962-05.pdf.
Sert, José Luis, and Frances L. Loeb Library. The Josep Lluis Sert Collection. (1952). Print. Harvard Loeb Design Library Special Collections.
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
Harvard University World Religious Center. 6 Blueprints. Francis Loeb Library PN 9.136 EE
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