Harvard University Office and Health Center Building. Memorandum.

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Teele, John Whittemore

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Long-time resident of Concord, Mass., and member of the First Parish in Concord. On July 21, 1983, he presented a statement to Concord's Historic Districts Commission against proposed alterations to the church building of the First Parish. Having unsuccessfully tried to resolve the issue through channels within the church organization, Mr. Teele appealed to the Commission independently, as "a concerned private citizen." Although approved by vote of the Parish on May 26, 1983, the re...

Holyoke Center (Cambridge, Mass.)

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Sert, José Luis (1902-1983).

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Josep Lluis Sert received a degree in architecture in 1929 from Barcelona's ESA in the 1930s. Among the leading young Spanish architects in the 1930s, he gained an international reputation with his design for the Spanish Pavilion built for the 1937 Paris Exposition. Emigrating to the United states in 1941, he was from 1941-1958 a founding partner in Town Planning Associates and in 1955, he opened his own firm, Sert Jackson, & Associates, in Cambridge, MA. SJA's work included residences, muse...