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Mather House

Address45, Flagg Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address73, Banks Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address41-43, Flagg Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number991
Building Root Number 03364
Architect (Original) Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott
Land Acquired 1947-1965
Constructed 1970
Building Acquired 1970
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThis site is named for someone who participated in, benefited from, and supported the practice of human enslavement. Increase Mather (1639-1723), was a Puritan minister who was influential in the political life of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and who served as president of Harvard College from 1692 to 1701.Historical NotesMather House opened in 1970 as Harvard's twelfth residential house. It was designed by Boston-based Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott.Additional Information
General Information by and about Mather House. Harvard University Archives HUB 1553
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
Heskel, Julia. Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott: Past to Present. Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott, 1999.
“Buildings in the News.” Architectural Record, vol. 142, no. 1, 1967, p. 42, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1967-07.pdf.
“Harvard Names 10th House for Its Sixth President, the Rev. Increase Mather.” Cambridge Chronicle, 18 May 1967, p. 15.
Sheehan, Carolyn A. “Mather Details Plans To Renovate Dining ‘Barracks.’” The Harvard Crimson, 24 Feb. 2005, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2005/2/24/mather-details-plans-to-renovate-dining/.
“Harvard’s Mather House to Change City Skyline.” Cambridge Chronicle, 26 Sept. 1968, p. 37.
“Harvard to Start Building Mather House in the Fall.” New York Times (1923-Current File), New York Times Company, 1967, pp. 34-.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
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