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83 Brattle Street

Address83, Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number533
Alternate Names Wadsworth Chambers
Building Root Number 03097
Architect (Original)
Constructed 1908
Building Acquired 1961
Land Acquired 1961
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its address.Historical Notes83 Brattle Street was designed by the local firm of Newhall and Blevins and built in 1908. It was acquired by Radcliffe College in 1965 and is used as a residential building for Harvard affiliates.
Additional Information
Radcliffe College Architectural Drawings, 1885-2006. (1885). Schlesinger Library call number RGXXXIII
Radcliffe College. Central Administration. Records of the Central Administration, 1883-1985. Radcliffe College Archives, call number RG III, Series 4.1, Series 9 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch01156.
Radcliffe College. Office of the Administrative Vice-President. Records of the Office of the Administrative Vice-President, 1959-1972. Radcliffe College Archives, call number RG IIA, Series 1 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch01126
Radcliffe College. Office of the Graduate Dean. Records of the Radcliffe College Office of the Graduate Dean, 1879-1971. Schlesinger Library, call number GR IV, http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch01127.
Horner, Matina. Records of the President of Radcliffe College: Series 5, 1972-1989. Schlesinger Library, call number RG II, Series 5, http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch01195.
Ettinger, Elzbieta. Papers of Elżbieta Ettinger, 1922-2001. Schlesinger Library, call number MC 579 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch01225.
Bunting-Smith, Mary Ingraham. Records of Radcliffe College President Mary Ingraham Bunting-Smith, 1960-1972. Schlesinger Library, call number RG II, Series 4, http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00394.
“Wadsworth Chambers.” Cambridge Chronicle, 3 Oct. 1908, p. 15.
“Wadsworth Chambers, on Brattle Street.” Cambridge Tribune, 16 May 1908, p. 12.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
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