Dane Hall
Address22, Everett Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number565
Building Root Number
02575
Architect (Original)
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius
Architect (Original)
The Architects Collaborative, Inc.
Land Acquired
1869
Building Acquired 1950
Constructed 1950
Building Acquired 1950
Constructed 1950
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for Nathan Dane (1752-1835), an American lawyer and statesmen who was an early benefactor of the Law School.Historical NotesDane Hall is a Harvard Law School dormitory completed in 1950. It is part of a complex known as the "Gropius dorms" and was designed by The Architects Collaborative, one of whose founders was noted International Style architect and Harvard architecture professor Walter Gropius.Additional Information
"Harvard Builds a Graduate Yard." Architectural Forum, December 1950, p. 62-70 illus., maps, plans. HOLLIS number 002894056.
Gropius, Walter. "Tradition and the [Harvard Graduate] Center." Harvard Alumni Bulletin, vol. 53:2, Oct. 14, 1950, pp. 68-71, HOLLIS number 003157036.
Graduate Center Group. General Information by and about the Graduate Center Group, Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1434.2.
Gropius, Walter. The Graduate Center [unpublished manuscript], Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1434.35.
“Harvard Reaffirms an Old Tradition.” Architectural Record, vol. 104, no. 5, 1948, pp. 118–19, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1948-11.pdf.
The Architects Collaborative. Graduate Commons Project, Harvard University: Site Improvement Plan, Harvard Map Collection call number MAP-LC G3764.C2:2H3 1950 .A7.
Harvard Foundation for Advanced Study and Research. Tradition and Tomorrow: Harvard Graduate Student Center, 1950. HOLLIS number 000002117.
“University Dedicates New Graduate Dorms, Commons This Afternoon.” The Harvard Crimson, 6 Oct. 1950, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1950/10/6/university-dedicates-new-graduate-dormscommons/.
“Dormitories for Harvard University, U.S.A.” Architects’ Journal, vol. 109, Feb. 1949, pp. 125–26.
“Harvard to Build Housing for 600 Grad Students.” Cambridge Chronicle, 14 Oct. 1948, p. 1.
“Harvard to Build 7 Dormitories at Cost of $3,000,000: Quarters for 600 Men to Rise Near the Square; Work Begins in Spring.” Daily Boston Globe, 14 Oct. 1948, pp. 1–2.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
