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Holmes Hall

Address18, Everett Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number566
Building Root Number 02580
Architect (Original)
Architect (Original)
Land Acquired 1869
Constructed 1950
Building Acquired 1950
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, (1841-1935), U.S. Supreme Court Justice from 1902 to 1932 and law professor.Historical NotesHolmes 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 Foundation for Advanced Study and Research. Tradition and Tomorrow: Harvard Graduate Student Center, 1950.　HOLLIS number 000002117.
The Architects Collaborative. Graduate Commons Project, Harvard University: Site Improvement Plan, Harvard Map Collection call number MAP-LC G3764.C2:2H3 1950 .A7.
"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 The Graduate Center [unpublished manuscript], Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1434.35.
“Dormitories for Harvard University, U.S.A.” Architects’ Journal, vol. 109, Feb. 1949, pp. 125–26.
“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/.
“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.
“Harvard to Build Housing for 600 Grad Students.” Cambridge Chronicle, 14 Oct. 1948, p. 1.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
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