Title: Records of early Harvard buildings,
Authors: Baldwin, Loammi, 1780-1838.; Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844.; Hedge, Levi, 1766-1844.; Kirkland, John Thornton, 1770-1840; Lee, George Gardner, 1774-1816.; Ware, William Rotch, 1848-1917; Harvard University.; Cambridge Humane Society.; Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbott.; Historic American Buildings Survey.; United States.
Year: 1710
Subjects: Harvard University.; Harvard University Buildings Designs and plans.; Harvard University Buildings History.; Harvard University Buildings Maintenance and repair.; Harvard University Presidents Dwellings.; Harvard University Student housing.; First Parish (Cambridge, Mass.); Goffe College (Cambridge, Mass.); Harvard Hall (Cambridge, Mass.); Holden Chapel (Cambridge, Mass.); Hollis Hall (Cambridge, Mass.); Holworthy Hall (Cambridge, Mass.); Massachusetts Hall (Cambridge, Mass.); Stoughton College (Cambridge, Mass.); Stoughton Hall (Cambridge, Mass.); University Hall (cambridge, Mass.); Wadsworth House (Cambridge, Mass); Architecture, Colonial New England.; Architecture Massachusetts Cambridge.; College buildings Massachusetts; College buildings Massachusetts; College buildings Massachusetts; Construction industry Massachusetts Cambridge.; Cost and standard of living New England sources.; Cost and standard of living New England sources.; Drowning Prevention; Student housing Massachusetts Cambridge; Student housing Massachusetts Cambridge; Student housing Massachusetts Cambridge; Charles River (Mass.); Harvard Yard (Cambridge, Mass.)
Abstract: The Records of early Harvard buildings consist of floor plans, drawings, receipts, estimates, and correspondence resulting from the construction and maintenance of Harvard College buildings in the Old Yard during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The records also include several drawings and floor plans of Massachusetts Hall, the oldest surviving building at Harvard, as well as correspondence, notes, and sketches from the construction of University Hall, designed by architect Charles Bulfinch. In addition to providing an overview of the expansion of Harvard Yard, the records also reveal the costs of construction, including labor and supplies, in colonial New England.