Brattle Hall
Brattle Hall | |
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Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°22′24.7″N 71°7′17.5″W / 42.373528°N 71.121528°W |
Built | 1889 |
Architect | Longfellow, Alden & Harlow |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Other |
Part of | Harvard Square Historic District (ID86003654) |
MPS | Cambridge MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 82001925 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 13, 1982 |
Designated CP | July 28, 1988 |
Brattle Hall is a historic building at 40 Brattle Street in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Colonial Revival building was constructed in 1889 for the Cambridge Social Union to a design by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow. The Union was established as a social club in 1871, and moved into the adjacent William Brattle House in 1889. The hall was built to house the organization's library, and to provide a space for larger meetings and social functions. Original Dutch Colonial in character, the building acquired more of a Colonial Revival styling with the addition in 1907 of the brick ends, as designed by architect Charles Cogswell.[2]
The building continues to serve as a social center today. It houses the Brattle Theatre, a repertory movie house operated by a local non-profit, a restaurant in its basement, and a coffee shop on its first level.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982,[1] and included in an expansion of the Harvard Square Historic District in 1988.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "MACRIS inventory record for Brattle Hall". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- Buildings and structures completed in 1889
- Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Buildings and structures in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Harvard Square
- National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Historic district contributing properties in Massachusetts
- Cambridge, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs