Category Archives: Massachusetts

Nestled in Cambridge close to Harvard is the Brattle Campus, a historic complex created for Episcopal Divinity School and now shared with Lesley University. The site includes two mid-century structures one being Lesley’s dining commons, the low-slung Washburn Hall. It dates … Continue reading →

Roy Edward Larsen Hall was built in 1963-65 for Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and named for a Harvard donor and former chairman of Time Magazine. It is located on a narrow little street called Appian Way, which due to … Continue reading →

Harvard University’s Loeb Drama Center is sited on Brattle Street in Cambridge surrounded by historic residences as well as several other mid-century structures, most owned by Harvard. The complex houses the prominent American Repertory Theater and was designed by Hugh … Continue reading →

 This church is located in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, at the corner of Marlborough and Berkeley Streets, across the street from Paul Rudolph’s interventions at the First and Second Church, which we will address another time. First Lutheran … Continue reading →

Sabin-Reed and McConnell Halls were both built in 1967 by the firm Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott. The firm designed buildings all across the Northeast and beyond and are most well-known in some circles for being the successor firm to H. … Continue reading →

Wright Hall is a two-story academic building on the Smith campus. It was built in 1961 by architects William and Geoffrey Platt, whose father Charles Platt was a well-known country house architect. Geoffrey Platt was also the first chair of … Continue reading →

This church sits at the prominent intersection of State, Main  and New South Streets. This is the third building and the second on this site for Edwards Church, a congregation that has existed since 1833. The previous Victorian-era church was the … Continue reading →

There is not a lot to the town of Washington, MA, a rural area near Pittsfield with a population of around 500. However, the town does count folk legend Arlo Guthrie among its prominent citizens. This town hall features many … Continue reading →