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Currier House - Gilbert Hall

Address64, Linnaean Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number500E
Building Root Number 03245
Architect (Original)
Dedicated 1970
Building Acquired 1970
Constructed 1970
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Radcliffe alumna Audrey Bruce Currier (A.B. 1956) and Helen Homans Gilbert (1913-1989), trustee of Radcliffe College. The donation for the building, Radcliffe's fourth house, was given by Currier's mother, Ailsa Mellon Bruce.Historical NotesGilbert Hall opened in 1970 as a residence hall for Radcliffe College. It was designed by the New York architecture firm Harrison and Abramovitz. Today it is part of Currier House, one of Harvard's twelve undergraduate residential communities.
Additional Information
“Officials Dedicate Currier House.” The Harvard Crimson, 19 Nov. 1970, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1970/11/19/officials-dedicate-currier-house-pradcliffe-college/.
“New Radcliffe Dorm Named for Alumna.” Cambridge Chronicle, 26 Sept. 1968, p. 11.
“Audrey Bruce Currier House.” Cambridge Chronicle, 19 Nov. 1970, p. 13.
Currier House (Cambridge, Mass.), Development Office call number LD2159.C87 A83 1972x.
General information by and about Currier House, Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1310.
“Helen Homans Gilbert Hall.” The Radcliffe Quarterly, vol. 54, no. 1, Mar. 1970, p. 25.
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