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Cabot House - Barnard Hall

Address62, Linnaean Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number510A
Alternate Names James and Augusta Barnard Hall
Building Root Number 03223
Architect (Original)
Land Acquired 1900
Building Acquired 1912
Constructed 1912
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Thomas Dudley Cabot (A.B. 1919) and Virginia Wellington Cabot and for James Munson Barnard and Lydia Augusta Barnard.Historical NotesBarnard Hall was built in 1912, designed by the Boston firm of Kilham and Hopkins as a residence hall for Radcliffe College. Today it is part of Cabot House, one of Harvard's twelve undergraduate residential communities.
Additional Information
“A New Dormitory. Radcliffe Structure to Be Erected on Walker & Shepard Streets-Barnard Hall.” Cambridge Tribune, 7 Dec. 1912, p. 10.
“Radcliffe Names South House for the Cabots.” Harvard Gazette, 10 Feb. 1984.
Records of Cabot House 1971-1983, Harvard University Archives call number UAV 255.10.
Letters Concerning the Bequest of Barnard Hall, Schlesinger Library call number RA.A/B259.
“New Radcliffe Dormitory.” Cambridge Tribune, 13 Sept. 1913, p. 7.
“Barnard Hall. Description of the Proposed Radcliffe Dormitory to Be Erected at a Cost of $125,000.” Cambridge Tribune, 14 Dec. 1912, p. 20.
“New Radcliffe Dormitory Ready for Fall Term.” Cambridge Chronicle, 27 Sept. 1913, p. 20.
Cliff, Mary F. “So Long, SoHo: South House Gets New Name, Large Gift.” The Harvard Crimson, 9 Feb. 1984, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1984/2/9/so-long-soho-south-house-gets/.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
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