Alterations to Holden Chapel, Harvard College, 1850 Digital
Dates
- Creation: 1850
Researcher Access
The Records of early Harvard buildings are open for research with the following exception: blueprints in this collection are restricted for 80 years from the date of creation.
Extent
2.05 cubic feet (3 flat boxes,1 legal document box, 1 bound volume, and 5 oversized folders)Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from Nathaniel L. Stickney and Sumner P. Shepherd, 27 June 1851. Stickney and Shepherd made the alterations in the summer of 1850.
Separated Materials
This fragile oversized bound volume contains sketches and floor plans of proposed alterations to Holden Chapel drawn by architect Gridley J.F. Bryant in 1850. Sketches include first and second story floor plans and front and side elevations of the existing Holden Chapel, and drawings of proposed renovations of the traverse and longitudinal sections and the first and second stories. Alterations included a laboratory and museum on the first story and a lecture room on the second story.
Creator
- From the Collection: Harvard University. Corporation (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository
Holding nearly four centuries of materials, the Harvard University Archives is the principal repository for the institutional records of Harvard University and the personal archives of Harvard faculty, as well as collections related to students, alumni, Harvard-affiliates and other associated topics. The collections document the intellectual, cultural, administrative and social life of Harvard and the influence of the University as it emerged across the globe.
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