Building Old Cambridge: Architecture and Development

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Susan E. Maycock (City of Cambridge) Charles M. Sullivan (Executive Director, The City of Cambridge)

Building Old Cambridge

Architecture and Development

Susan E. Maycock (City of Cambridge), Charles M. Sullivan (Executive Director, The City of Cambridge), Jill Lepore (Harvard University) , William B. King (Chair)

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English

MIT Press
04 November 2016

City & town planning - architectural aspects; History of architecture; History of the Americas

Series: The MIT Press

An extensively illustrated, comprehensive exploration of the architecture and development of Old Cambridge from colonial settlement to bustling intersection of town and gown.

Old Cambridge is the traditional name of the once-isolated community that grew up around the early settlement of Newtowne, which served briefly as the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and then became the site of Harvard College. This abundantly illustrated volume from the Cambridge Historical Commission traces the development of the neighborhood as it became a suburban community and bustling intersection of town and gown. Based on the city's comprehensive architectural inventory and drawing extensively on primary sources, Building Old Cambridge considers how the social, economic, and political history of Old Cambridge influenced its architecture and urban development.

Old Cambridge was famously home to such figures as the proscribed Tories William Brattle and John Vassall; authors Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and William Dean Howells; publishers Charles C. Little, James Brown, and Henry O. Houghton; developer Gardiner Greene Hubbard, a founder of Bell Telephone; and Charles Eliot, the landscape architect. Throughout its history, Old Cambridge property owners have engaged some of the country's most talented architects, including Peter Harrison, H. H. Richardson, Eleanor Raymond, Carl Koch, and Benjamin Thompson.

The authors explore Old Cambridge's architecture and development in the context of its social and economic history; the development of Harvard Square as a commercial center and regional mass transit hub; the creation of parks and open spaces designed by Charles Eliot and the Olmsted Brothers; and the formation of a thriving nineteenth-century community of booksellers, authors, printers, and publishers that made Cambridge a national center of the book industry. Finally, they examine Harvard's relationship with Cambridge and the community's often impassioned response to the expansive policies of successive Harvard administrations.

By: Susan E. Maycock (City of Cambridge), Charles M. Sullivan (Executive Director, The City of Cambridge)
Preface by: William B. King (Chair)
Foreword by: Jill Lepore (Harvard University)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 254mm, Spine: 52mm
Weight: 3.311kg
ISBN: 9780262034807
ISBN 10: 0262034808
Series: The MIT Press
Pages: 968
Publication Date: 04 November 2016
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Susan E. Maycock is an architectural historian and Survey Director of the Cambridge Historical Commission. Charles M. Sullivan, a city planner, has been Executive Director of the Cambridge Historical Commission since 1974.

Reviews for Building Old Cambridge: Architecture and Development

From the Cambridge Historical Commission's survey director and executive director comes a massive, absorbing, and enthrallingly illustrated volume on the community's evolution-full of enlightenments. -Harvard Magazine Comprehensive look at the history and development of Cambridge, which offers historical treasures throughout. Richly illustrated, including many maps and photographs through time. -Boston Globe