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Goldenson Building

Address220, Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, United States of America, 02115
Site Number602
Building Root Number 05534
Architect (Original) Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Constructed 1906
Building Acquired 1906
StatusActive
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Site Name HistoryThe site is named for Leonard H. Goldenson (1905-1999), president of the American Broadcasting Company, and his wife Isabelle Charlotte Weinstein Goldenson (1921-2005), co-founders of United Cerebral Palsy, the charitable organization.Historical NotesThe Goldenson Building was designed for Harvard Medical School by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge of Boston and opened in 1906.Additional Information
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
“The New Harvard Medical School Buildings, Cambridge, Mass.” American Architect and Building News, vol. 92, no. 2, Dec. 1907, pp. 203–10.
“Plans for New Medical School.” The Harvard Crimson, 9 Apr. 1903, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1903/4/9/plans-for-new-medical-school-pshepley/.
“Medical School Buildings.” The Harvard Crimson, 30 Nov. 1903, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1903/11/30/medical-school-buildings-pcontracts-have-recently/.
“Goldenson Building Dedicated At HMS.” The Harvard Crimson, 4 Oct. 1994, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1994/10/4/goldenson-building-dedicated-at-hms-pthe/.
“New Harvard Medical School.” Boston Post, 12 Dec. 1903, p. 39.
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