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Quincy House - New Residence Hall

Address58, Plympton Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address7, DeWolfe Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address9, DeWolfe Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address9A, DeWolfe Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address19, DeWolfe Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address17, DeWolfe Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number969B
Building Root Number 03315
Architect (Original)
Constructed 1958
Building Acquired 1958
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Josiah Quincy III (1772-1864), who was President of Harvard from 1829 to 1845. The site is also named after its function.Historical NotesThe New Quincy House residence hall opened for students in the autumn of 1959. The building, which was a modern approach addition to the neo-Georgian Riverhouses, was designed and constructed by the same firm who started the complex in the early 1900s. New Quincy featured a skip-stop internal arrangement which results in a three-floor "sandwich", with the shared living rooms in the middle and bedrooms on the above and below floors.

The Quincy House Faculty Dean residence is located on the top level of the building.
Additional Information
Photographic Views of Quincy House, 1957-1970s. (1957). Harvard University Archives call number HUV 563
"New dormitory designs: [a new kind of residence hall for students of Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.]" Magazine of Cambridge, vol. 18:1 Nov. 1957, pp. 20-23.
Carr, Wendell Robert. Quincy House: Its Art and Architecture. Compiled for the Tenth Anniversary of the House. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1724.7;
General information by and about Quincy House. Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1724.2.
Records of Quincy House, 1967, Harvard University Archives call numbers UAV 721.380, UAV 721.367.
Harvard University. Quincy House (blueprints) 1958. Loeb Design Library call number PN 9.136 CC.
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
"Eighth House Will Honor President Quincy; Groundbreaking Planned for Early March | News | The Harvard Crimson." Eighth House Will Honor President Quincy; Groundbreaking Planned for Early March | News | The Harvard Crimson. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Sept. 2016.
1960 winner of the Boston Society of Architects Harleston Parker Medal.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
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