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Cabot House - Briggs Hall

Address60, Linnaean Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number510C
Alternate Names LeBaron R. Briggs Hall,
Building Root Number 03225
Architect (Original) Elwell & Blackall
Land Acquired 1900
Constructed 1923
Building Acquired 1923
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Thomas Dudley Cabot (A.B. 1919) and Virginia Wellington Cabot and for LeBaron Russell Briggs (1855-1934), Radcliffe College’s second president.Historical NotesBriggs Hall was built in 1923, designed by Elwell and Blackall as a residence hall for Radcliffe College. Today it is part of Cabot House, one of Harvard's twelve undergraduate residential communities.Additional Information
Radcliffe College Architectural Drawings, 1885-2006. (1885). Schlesinger Library call number RGXXXIII.
Records of Cabot House 1971-1983, Harvard University Archives call number UAV 255.10.
“LeBaron R. Briggs Hall, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts : Blackall & Elwell, Architects.” Architectural Record, vol. 57, Jan. 1925, pp. 55–60.
“Radcliffe College Plans to Erect a New Dormitory.” Cambridge Tribune, 30 June 1923, p. 1.
Sonenberg, Nina E. “Cabot’s Briggs Hall Opens After Facelift.” The Harvard Crimson, 3 Feb. 1986, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1986/2/3/cabots-briggs-hall-opens-after-facelift/.
“Cornerstone Laid Monday for New Radcliffe Dormitory.” Cambridge Chronicle, 25 Oct. 1924, p. 12.
General information by and about Briggs Hall, Harvard University Archives call number HUB1236.2.
“New Dormitory at Radcliffe Opened for First Time This Week.” Cambridge Chronicle, 20 Sept. 1924, p. 9.
“Briggs Hall.” The Radcliffe Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 1, Jan. 1924.
“Radcliffe Names South House for the Cabots.” Harvard Gazette, 10 Feb. 1984.
Cliff, Mary F. “So Long, SoHo: South House Gets New Name, Large Gift.” The Harvard Crimson, 9 Feb. 1984, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1984/2/9/so-long-soho-south-house-gets/.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
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