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Pforzheimer House - Wolbach Hall
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Pforzheimer House - Wolbach Hall

Address124, Walker Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number520H
Building Root Number 03307
Architect (Original) Edward F. Heenan
Constructed 1938
Building Acquired 1962
Land Acquired 1962
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after benefactors Carol K. Pforzheimer (1909-2010) and Carl H. Pforzheimer Jr. (1907-1996) as well as Anna Wellington Wolbach, a Radcliffe College alumna and long-time member of the Radcliffe Council.Historical NotesWolbach Hall was designed by E.F. Hennan, built as a private apartment building in 1938 and acquired by Radcliffe College in 1962. Today it is part of Pforzheimer House, one of Harvard's twelve undergraduate residential communities.Additional Information
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.
“Radcliffe Buys Walker Street Apartment House.” Cambridge Chronicle, 12 Apr. 1962, p. 6.
Amatniek, Kathie. “124 Walker Street.” The Harvard Crimson, 12 Feb. 1963, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1963/2/12/124-walker-street-peven-before-radcliffe/.
“New Apt. House Overlooking Radcliffe Campus in Cambridge Nearing Completion.” Cambridge Tribune, 19 Aug. 1938, p. 5.
“New Apartment on Walker Street.” Cambridge Chronicle, 13 Jan. 1938, p. 6.
“A New Name in the Quadrangle.” The Radcliffe Quarterly, vol. 47, no. 3, Aug. 1963, p. 7.
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