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Matthews Hall

Address9, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number952
Building Root Number 03365
Architect (Original)
Constructed 1872
Building Acquired 1872
StatusActive
Materials for this building in our collection are not fully processed at this time.
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Nathan Matthews (A.B. 1875), a Boston merchant who donated $100,000 towards its construction.Historical NotesMatthews Hall was built in 1872, designed by Peabody and Stearns, a prolific and highly-regarded Boston architecture firm. Together with Weld Hall and Grays Hall, it completes the southern end of the Old Yard. Matthews Hall serves as a dormitory for first year students.
Additional Information
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
Peabody and Stearns Collection of Architectural Drawings (1870-1917). Boston Public Library Special Collections.
Matthews Hall, for dormitories, built in 1871-2. 1850-1920. Boston Public Library, Print Department., Boston. Web. Local Accession Number: 06_11_000906
“The Matthews Hall at Harvard College.” Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 1871, p. 4.
"Mathews Hall." The Harvard Register; an Illustrated Monthly, May 1881, Vol.3 (5), p.288: https://books.google.com/books?id=SwQXAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22matthews%20hall%22%20The%20Harvard%20Register%201881&pg=PA288#v=onepage&q&f=false.
General information by and about Matthews Hall, Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1554.2.
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution. Hannah Winthrop chapter, Cambridge. An Historic Guide to Cambridge. 2nd ed., rev. ed., Cambridge, Mass., 1907.
Hurlbut, Byron Satterlee. A Guide Book to the Grounds and Buildings of Harvard University. Cambridge: U, 1898. Print.
Harvard University Archives. Items Related to the History of Hollis, Mathews and Stoughton Halls. Harvard University Archives accession number 12678.
1994 winner for Best Accessible Designby the Architectural Access Board and Boston Society of Architects.
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