Brattle Hall

Brattle Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°22′24.7″N 71°7′17.5″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
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.

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, and included in an expansion of the Harvard Square Historic District in 1988.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts