Kirkland House
AddressCambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address64, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address66, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address24, South Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number930
Building Root Number
03270
Architect (Original)
Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbott
Constructed
1933
Building Acquired 1933
Building Acquired 1933
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after John Thornton Kirkland (1770-1840), president of Harvard University from 1810 to 1828.Historical NotesSee entries for Smith Hall, Hicks House and Bryan Hall.Additional InformationWeber, 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
Photographic Views of Kirkland House, 1913-1963. (1913). Harvard University Archives call number HUV 664
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.
Heskel, Julia. Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott: Past to Present. Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott, 1999.
Kempf, Charles P. “Eliot-Kirkland Kitchen Begun.” The Harvard Crimson [Cambridge, MA], 6 April 1988, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1988/4/6/eliot-kirkland-kitchen-begun-pstudents-accustomed-to.
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“Recent Collegiate Architecture.” The Brickbuilder, Nov. 1914, p.259-268, https://books.google.com/books?id=AVhNAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA262&ots=sHZ8a31CFJ&dq.
“To Harvard Instead.” Daily Boston Globe, 16 Dec. 1904, p. 7.
“Harvard Regiment Put in Freshman Dormitories.” Daily Boston Globe, 26 Jun 1917, p. 3.
“Seven Harvard Colleges Where One Grew Before.” Daily Boston Globe, 27 Sep. 1931, p. B2.
“Getting Ready for New Addition at Harvard.” Daily Boston Globe, 30 Mar 1933, p. 12.
“Pres Lowell Leads Harvard Unit Survey.” Daily Boston Globe, 26 Sep. 1931, p. 13.
“Construction of Bryan Hall Will Start Saturday.” The Harvard Crimson [Cambridge, MA], 29 Mar. 1933, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1933/3/29/construction-of-bryan-hall-will-start.
“Gregory S. Bryan Hall Will be New Unit of Kirkland.” The Harvard Crimson [Cambridge, MA], 15 Mar. 1933, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1933/3/15/gregorys-bryan-hall-will-be-new.
“House Profiles.” The Harvard Crimson [Cambridge, MA], 20 Mar. 1963, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1963/3/20/house-profiles-pbia-foreword-to-freshmenib.
“Harvard to Build a New Dormitory.” Cambridge Tribune, 17 Mar. 1933, p. 4.
“Harvard’s 298th Academic Year to Start This Week.” Cambridge Tribune. 22 Sep. 1933, p. 7.
"New Dormitory Plans Revealed at Harvard." New York Times. 15 Mar 1933, p. 19.