Winthrop House - Gore Hall
Address32, Mill Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number960A
Building Root Number
03332
Architect (Renewal)
Beyer Blinder Belle
Architect (Original)
Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Constructed
1916
Building Acquired 1916
Renewed 2016
Building Acquired 1916
Renewed 2016
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryGore Hall is named after Christopher Gore (A. B. 1776), a successful Boston lawyer and businessman, Massachusetts Governor, U.S. Senator and Harvard benefactor. A five story addition added during the Riverhouse Renewal program was named Beren Hall after Robert M. Beren (A.B. 1947, M.B.A. 1970) who provided funds for the construction.
Gore Hall is a part of Winthrop House which is named after two John Winthrops, who participated in, benefited from, and supported the practice of human enslavement. The elder John Winthrop served as the first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the younger, a descendent of Governor Winthrop, was the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard and served as the President of the College from 1773-1774.Historical NotesGore Hall was built as a Harvard residence hall in 1916. It was designed by Shepley Rutan and Coolidge of Boston. Today it is part of Winthrop House, one of Harvard's twelve undergraduate residential communities. The original construction of the building was funded by a subscription of alumni and others. In 2016 it was completely renovated and a five story addition was added as a part of the Riverhouse Renewal program.Additional Information
Davis Courtyard
John A. Kaneb Courtyard
JFK Suite
Owen Room
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
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Photographic Views of Gore Hall, Standish Hall, and Winthrop House, 1913-1957. (1913). Harvard University Archives call number HUV 660
"Harvard Names Five New House Units." Daily Boston Globe, 13 May 1930, p. 9.
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, HOLLIS number 003160105.
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
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“House Profiles.” The Harvard Crimson [Cambridge, MA], 20 Mar. 1963, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1963/3/20/house-profiles-pbia-foreword-to-freshmenib.
“New Harvard Dormitories on the Banks of the Charles.” Boston Globe, 26 Nov. 1913, p. 18.
“First Home for Freshman Soon.” Boston Globe, 18 Mar. 1912, p. 8.
“Arrangement of Rooms in New Harvard Freshman Dormitories.” Boston Evening Transcript, 11 Dec. 1913, p. 16.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
