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Lavietes Pavilion

Lavietes Pavilion

Address45, North Harvard Street, Boston (Allston), MA, United States of America, 02134
Site Number850
Alternate Names Briggs Cage,
Building Root Number 03845
Architect (Original) Guy Lowell
Constructed 1926
Building Acquired 1926
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for Raymond Lavietes '36 (1915-2003), Connecticut businessman and Harvard benefactor.Historical NotesLavietes Pavilion opened in 1926 as the Briggs Athletic Center, or the Briggs Cage. It was named after Le Baron Russel Briggs, former dean of Harvard College and president of the National Collegiate Athletics Association. It was designed by Boston architect Guy Lowell and is the home of men's and women's basketball at Harvard.Additional Information
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
“Briggs Athletic Center: A Cage They Call Home.” The Harvard Crimson, 31 Oct. 1986, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1986/10/31/briggs-athletic-center-a-cage-they/.
“New Baseball Cage to Be Built by Anonymous Gift.” The Harvard Crimson, 21 Sept. 1923, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1923/9/21/new-baseball-cage-to-be-built/.
“Plans for New Baseball Cage Take Definite Shape.” The Harvard Crimson, 21 Dec. 1923, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1923/12/21/plans-for-new-baseball-cage-take/.
“New Cage Not Finished Until Early in Spring.” The Harvard Crimson, 2 Oct. 1926, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1926/10/2/new-cage-not-finished-until-early/.
“Work on Baseball Cage Will Begin Next Fall.” The Harvard Crimson, 25 Mar. 1924, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1924/3/25/work-on-baseball-cage-will-begin/.
“Work Will Begin on New Cage in Spring.” The Harvard Crimson, 9 Oct. 1925, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1925/10/9/work-will-begin-on-new-cage/.
“Anonymous Donor Gives Harvard Basebal Cage: New Building, Making Provision For Diamond And Track Practice, to Cost $150,000 And to Be Named For Dean Briggs.” Boston Daily Globe, 10 July 1923, p. 8.
“Harvard Baseball Cage Digging Begun: New Building to Be Ready for Use in the Spring.” Boston Daily Globe, 17 Sept. 1926, p. 21.
“Site for Baseball Cage at Harvard Is Approved: New Structure, to Be Erected at Easterly End Of Tennis Courts on Soldiers Field, to Be Ready For Use Next Season.” Boston Daily Globe, 22 May 1926, p. 5.
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