Cabot House - Whitman Hall
Address98, Walker Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address90, Walker Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number510J
Alternate Names
Sarah Whitman Hall
Building Root Number
03229
Architect (Original)
Kilham & Hopkins
Land Acquired
1900
Constructed 1911
Building Acquired 1911
Constructed 1911
Building Acquired 1911
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Thomas Dudley Cabot (A.B. 1919) and Virginia Wellington Cabot and for Sarah Wyman Whitman (1842–1904), an artist who created two of the stained glass windows in Memorial Hall and was a member of the Radcliffe Governing Board.Historical NotesWhitman Hall was built in 1911, designed by the Boston firm of Kilham and Hopkins as a residence hall for Radcliffe College. Today it is part of Cabot House, one of Harvard's twelve undergraduate residential communities.Additional Information
Records of Whitman Hall, 1910, Schlesinger Library call number RA.A/W615.
Records of Cabot House 1971-1983, Harvard University Archives call number UAV 255.10.
“Whitman Hall.” Cambridge Tribune, 2 Dec. 1911, p. 10.
“New Radcliffe Dormitory.” Cambridge Chronicle, 2 Dec. 1911, p. 13.
“Plan of Radcliffe’s Sarah Whitman Hall Finally Announced.” The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 1911, pp. 1–2.
“New Hall at Radcliffe: Will Accommodate Fifty More Students When It Opens In September.” New York Times, 1912, p. X7.
“Radcliffe’s New Dormitory.” Boston Evening Transcript, 21 Nov. 1911, p. 12.
“New Radcliffe Dormitory.” Boston Globe, 23 Nov. 1911, p. 13.
“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.
