Graduate Commons Complex
AddressEverett Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site NumberC025
Building Root Number
N/A
Architect (Original)
The Architects Collaborative, Inc.
Constructed
1949
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its function.Historical NotesThe Graduate Commons Complex consists of the buildings designed by Walter Gropius for the Harvard Law School. The Complex included Harkness Commons, the main dining hall, as well as the seven dormitory buildings, Ames Hall, Child Hall, Dane Hall, Holmes Hall, Richards Hall, Shaw Hall, and Story Hall. Harkness Commons has now been incorporated into the Law School's Caspersen Student Center.Additional InformationArchitectural League of New York, Gold Medal,1951
“Harvard Reaffirms an Old Tradition.” Architectural Record, vol. 104, no. 5, 1948, pp. 118–19, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1948-11.pdf.
