A romnatic vision of Dunster House,
as rendered by an architect before its construction.
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| Eliot
House, Kirkland House, Winthrop House, Lowell House, Quincy House,
Leverett House, Dunster House, and Mather House |
| Date Built: |
1929
(Dunster House) - 1968 (Mather House). |
| Architect: |
Coolidge, Shepley,
Bulfinch, and Abbott. |
| Style: |
The River Houses represent
the largest grouping of Neo-Georgian buildings. Mather House is the
exception of course--it was built in the modern style. |
| Renovations Years: |
Unknown. |
| Demolition Year: |
None. |
| Stories: |
The House
System was instituted at the beginning of the century in an attempt
to minimize the social cleavages the student body suffered. Wealthy
students resided in private apartments off campus, while poor students
were clustered in the aging Yard dormitories, which were without running
water or adequate heat until the late 1890s. Intitially a few freshman
dormitories were constructed along the water in 1913, followed by
one other in 1925. These did not solve the problem, of course. But
by 1930 the construction of the River Houses was in full swing. |
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