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29 Garden Street

Address29, Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number918
Alternate Names Hotel Continental
Previous Building Number 890
Building Root Number 06133
Architect (Original)
Constructed 1928
Land Acquired 1972
Building Acquired 1972
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its address.Historical NotesThe 29 Garden Street apartment building was completed in 1928 and acquired by Harvard in 1972. The building was originally named the Continental Hotel; the architect was C. R. Greco.
Additional Information
“The New Continental Hotel.” Cambridge Chronicle, 11 Oct. 1929, p. 15.
McDonald, Robert. “Continental Overcomes Delays Will Open as Scheduled Today.” The Harvard Crimson, 18 Sept. 1972, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1972/9/18/continental-overcomes-delays-will-open-as/.
“Harvard Buys Continental.” Cambridge Chronicle, 9 Mar. 1972, p. 1.
Kinsley, Susan F. and Shapiro, Peter. “Continental Price Set at $1.2 Million.” The Harvard Crimson, 4 Mar. 1972, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1972/3/4/continental-price-set-at-12-million/.
“Harvard Delays Opening of 29 Garden.” The Harvard Law Record, 2 Oct. 2003, http://hlrecord.org/harvard-delays-opening-of-29-garden/.
Levinson, Nancy. “29 Garden Street Harvard Graduate Housing.” Architectural Record, vol. 192, no. 12, 2004, pp. 186–91, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-2004-12.pdf.
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
2007 winner of the ASLA General Design Honor Award by the American Society of Landscape Architects.
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