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Pound Hall

Address1563, Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number573
Alternate Names Roscoe Pound Hall
Building Root Number 02520
Architect (Original) Benjamin Thompson and Associates
Constructed 1970
Building Acquired 1970
Dedicated 1970
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for Roscoe Pound (1870-1964), dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936.Historical NotesPound Hall opened in 1970 as a classroom and academic office building for Harvard Law School. It was designed by Cambridge-based Benjamin Thompson Associates.Additional Information
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
“Faculty Office Building and Classroom and Administrative Building for Harvard Law School.” Architectural Record, vol. 151, no. 1, 1972, pp. 124–29, 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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