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Griswold Hall

Address1525, Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number571
Alternate Names Faculty Office Building,
Building Root Number 02518
Architect (Original) Benjamin Thompson and Associates
Constructed 1967
Building Acquired 1967
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for Erwin Griswold (1904-1994), the sixth dean of Harvard Law School and former United States Solicitor General.Historical NotesGriswold Hall was designed by the noted Cambridge firm of Benjamin Thompson Associates and completed in 1967 as an administrative and academic office building for Harvard Law School.Additional Information
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
Harvard Law School. Program in Honor of Dean Erwin N. Griswold, Langdell Professor, Emeritus, and the Dedication of Griswold Hall, Harvard Law School, Holmes Field, September 19, 1979. Cambridge: Harvard Law School, 1979. Print. Harvard Law School Library Red Set.
“Two New Buildings to Provide Space for Law School’s Leadership Program.” Cambridge Chronicle, 27 July 1967, p. 14.
“Faculty Office Building and Classroom and Administrative Building for Harvard Law School.” Architectural Record, vol. 151, no. 1, 1972, pp. 124–29, https://www.usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1972-01.pdf.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
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