Conant Hall
Address36, Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number784
Building Root Number
04861
Architect (Original)
Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Land Acquired
1888
Constructed 1894
Building Acquired 1894
Constructed 1894
Building Acquired 1894
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for Edwin Conant (A.B. 1829), Harvard benefactor.Historical NotesConant Hall is a graduate student residence hall designed by Shepley Rutan and Coolidge of Boston and completed in 1894. During World War I the building housed the students and post office annex of the United States Naval Radio School. The building was a gift of Edwin Conant (A.B. 1829).Additional InformationHurlbut, Byron Satterlee. A Guide Book to the Grounds and Buildings of Harvard University. Cambridge: U, 1898. Print.
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
Weber, Paul J. Photographs of Harvard University Buildings and Grounds Taken by Paul J. Weber, Ca. 1929-1931 and 1939. Harvard University Archives call number HUV 2329
Hale, Herbert D. “Recent Buildings at Harvard University.” The Architectural Review, vol. 8:6, June 1901, pp. 65-75, illus.
General Information by and about Conant Hall. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1295.2.
Financial Records of the Conant Hall Common Room Association, 1917-1933. Harvard University Archives call number HUD 3295.4000.
“Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge.” Architectural Record, 1896, p. 14, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1896-07-GAAS.pdf.
"Mail Efficiencies for 'Radios'." Cambridge Sentinel. October 12, 1918.
“Harvard’s New Dormitories. Conant Hall Will Probably Be on Jarvis and Oxford Streets and Will Cost $90,000.” Boston Journal, 4 Mar. 1893, p. 5.
“Conant Hall, a New Dormitory for Harvard University.” Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 1893, p. 3.
“Three New Dormitories for Harvard Students.” Boston Daily Adverstiser, 25 Aug. 1894, p. 10.