Skip to main content
Menu
Access to material may be restricted.
View All Records View On Map
Dunster House Faculty Dean Residence
Access to material may be restricted.
Access to material may be restricted.

Dunster House Faculty Dean Residence

Address945, Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number920A
Alternate Names Dunster House, Master's Residence
Building Root Number 03252
Architect (Renewal)
Architect (Original)
Land Acquired 1928-1929
Constructed 1930
Building Acquired 1930
Renewed 2014
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for its function. The name was changed in 2016 to Dunster House Faculty Dean Residence.Historical NotesThe Dunster House Faculty Dean residence was built in 1930, designed by Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott of Boston.
Additional Information
"Harvard's New "House Plan" Buildings Unfold Their Portals." Daily Boston Globe, 14 Sep. 1930, p. C2.
"Harvard Begings a Notable Experiment." Daily Boston Globe, 30 Nov. 1930, p. SM7.
Photographic Views of Dunster House, 1929-1959. (1929). Harvard University Archives call number HUV 658
Harvard University. Descriptive pamphlets of the buildings included in the House Plan - Adams House, Dunster House, Eliot House, Kirkland House, Leverett House, Lowell House, John Winthrop House 1930-1931, [include sketches and plans]. HOLLIS number 003160105.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
Related Projects