Pierce Hall
Address25, Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address19, Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number435
Building Root Number
03764
Architect (Original)
Shaw & Hunnewell Architects
Building Acquired
1901
Constructed 1901
Constructed 1901
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Henry Lillie Pierce (1825 -1896), owner of the Dorchester (Boston) based Baker Chocolate Company, former mayor of Boston, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Harvard benefactor.Historical NotesPierce Hall opened in 1901. It was built to a design by the Boston-based architecture firm Shaw and Hunnewell. During World War I the building housed the United States Naval Radio School. It is the administrative center of Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The building was funded by a bequest of Henry Lillie Pierce.Additional Information
General information by and About Pierce Hall. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1692.2.
Hollis, Ira N. "Pierce Hall" Harvard Engineering Journal, April 1902, v. 1:1, pp. 30-43: https://books.google.com/books?id=srVIAAAAMAAJ&dq=editions%3AVnPLQEXSxMYC&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q&f=false.
Weber, Paul J. Photographs of Harvard University Buildings and Grounds Taken by Paul J. Weber, Ca. 1929-1931 and 1939. Harvard University Archives call number HUV 2329
"Naval Radio School at Harvard Has 2,700 Students in Training.", Cambridge Tribune. December 22, 1917.
"Rising Walls of New College Buildings." Cambridge Chronicle. 18 Aug 1900, p.9-10.
"The New Buildings." The Harvard Crimson, 14 Oct. 1901, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1901/10/14/the-new-buildings-pthe-pierce-building/.
"The New Harvard Buildings." Cambridge Tribune, 23:44, 5 Jan. 1901.
"Inter-Lab Bridge Nears Completion." The Harvard Crimson, 15 Nov. 1952, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1952/11/15/inter-lab-bridge-nears-completion-pconstruction-on/.
"New Buildings." The Harvard Crimson, 8 May 1900, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1900/5/8/new-buildings-pthe-plans-and-specifications/.
"Opening of Pierce Building." The Harvard Crimson, 9 Oct. 1901, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1901/10/9/opening-of-pierce-building-pthe-pierce/.
"The New Buildings." The Harvard Crimson, 24 Sept. 1901, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1901/9/24/the-new-buildings-pnone-of-the/.
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
"Harvard Improvements." Boston Daily Globe. 17 Mar 1901, p.37.
Lawrence Scientific School. Records of Pierce Hall, 1899-1901 (inclusive). (1899). Harvard University Archives call number UAV 5133.399 pf