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Longfellow Hall

Address13, Appian Way, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number417
Building Root Number 02403
Architect (Original)
Constructed 1929
Dedicated 1932
Building Acquired 1962
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Alice Longfellow (1850-1928), a founder, benefactor, and key figure in the early history of Radcliffe College.Historical NotesLongfellow Hall was designed for Radcliffe College in 1929 by the Boston firm of Perry Shaw and Hepburn. It received the Harleston Parker Medal from the Boston Society of Architects in 1934 for being "the most beautiful piece of architecture, building, monument or structure within the limits of the City of Boston or of the Metropolitan Parks District". Longfellow was transferred to Harvard's Graduate School of Education in 1962 and serves as an academic office and classroom building.
Additional Information
Conroy Commons
Eliot-Lyman Room
Askwith Lecture Room
Hale, Herbert D. “Recent Buildings at Harvard University.” The Architectural Review, vol. 8:6, June 1901, pp. 65-75, illus.
Lutz, Kathryn Edith, 1916-1975. Photograph album, 1934-1940, Radcliffe College Archives call number RA.A/L975, http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00817.
Crawford, Christina E. "In an Extraordinary Space." Architecture Boston, 6 Nov. 2017, https://www.architects.org/stories/in-an-extraordinary-space.
“The New Radcliffe Lecture Building Now in Operation.” Cambridge Tribune, 11 Oct. 1930, p. 1.
“Radcliff College Lecture Hall, Cambridge, Mass.” Architectural Record, vol. 70, Oct. 1931, pp. 239–48.
“Radcliffe College to Begin to Erect Lecture Building.” Cambridge Tribune, 10 Aug. 1929, p. 2.
Gale, Mary Ellen. “Radcliffe Sells Longfellow Hall To Graduate School of Education.” The Harvard Crimson, 25 Sept. 1961, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1961/9/25/radcliffe-sells-longfellow-hall-to-graduate/.
“Radcliffe Students Use the New Lecture Building: In Addition to Large Halls, Rooms and Offices, It Has an Outdoor Study For Use During Warm Days.” Daily Boston Globe, 19 Oct. 1930, p. A15.
“New Literature Building for Radcliffe, College.” Cambridge Chronicle, 15 Nov. 1929, p. 12.
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
1934 winner of the Boston Society of Architects Harleston Parker Medal.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
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