Pforzheimer House - Jordan North
Address95, Walker Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number500F
Alternate Names
Pforzheimer House - Jordan K,
Jordan Cooperative Housing,
Building Root Number
03247
Architect (Original)
Edwin Carleton Granbery
Constructed
1960
Building Acquired 1960
Dedicated 1961
Building Acquired 1960
Dedicated 1961
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after benefactors Carol K. Pforzheimer (1909-2010) and Carl H. Pforzheimer Jr. (1907-1996) as well as Wilbur Kitchener Jordan (1902-1980), historian and fourth president of Radcliffe College.
Jordan North was previously called Jordan W and later as Jordan North. It was originally part of Currier House. The building name was officially changed in 2003 to Pforzheimer House – Jordan North after a renovation project.Historical NotesJordan North was designed for Radcliffe College by New Haven, Connecticut-based Edwin Carleton Granbery and opened in 1960. Today it is part of Pforzheimer House, one of Harvard's twelve undergraduate residential communities.Additional InformationRadcliffe College Architectural Drawings, 1885-2006. (1885). Schlesinger Library call number RGXXXIII
General information by and about Currier House, Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1310.
Currier House (Cambridge, Mass.), Development Office call number LD2159.C87 A83 1972x.
Records of North House, ca. 1966-May 10, 1995, Harvard University Archives call numbers HUD 3616.5059, HUD 3616.5036, HUD 3616.5000.
General information by and about North House, Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1615.2.
“’Cliffe Dedicates Jordan Co-Ops With Ceremony Held in Garden.” The Harvard Crimson, 19 Oct. 1961, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1961/10/19/cliffe-dedicates-jordan-co-ops-with-ceremony/.
