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Cabot House - Eliot Hall

Address51, Shepard Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address90, Walker Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number510E
Alternate Names Grace Hopkinson Eliot Hall
Building Root Number 03227
Architect (Original) Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr.
Land Acquired 1900
Constructed 1906
Building Acquired 1906
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Virginia Wellington Cabot, Thomas Dudley Cabot (A.B. 1919), and Grace Hopkinson Eliot, wife of Harvard President Charles William Eliot. Eliot Hall was built using funds that were a gift from Clara Bertam Kimball, Harvard benefactor.Historical NotesEliot Hall was built in 1906, designed by A. W. Longfellow Jr. as a residence hall for Radcliffe College. Today it is part of Cabot House, one of Harvard's twelve undergraduate residential communities.Additional Information
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places May 19, 1986. National Register Information System ID: 86001280
Records of Cabot House 1971-1983, Harvard University Archives call number UAV 255.10.
“New Dormitory for Radcliffe.” Cambridge Chronicle, 26 Jan. 1907, p. 7.
“College Begins Eliot Hall Renovations.” The Harvard Crimson, 22 July 1986, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1986/7/22/college-begins-eliot-hall-renovations-pfollowing/.
“Grace Hopkinson Eliot Hall.” Cambridge Chronicle, 13 Apr. 1907, p. 14.
“Radcliffe’s New Building.” Cambridge Chronicle, 27 July 1907, p. 31.
“Grace Hopkinson Eliot Hall.” Cambridge Tribune, 30 Nov. 1907, p. 12.
“Grace Hopkinson Eliot Hall: New Residence Hall at Radcliffe Named for the Wife of Pres Eliot of Harvard--Is the Gift of Mrs David P. Kimball of Boston.” Boston Daily Globe, 24 Nov. 1907, p. 40.
“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/.
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