University Hall Cambridge, MA 02138. In 1998, Diana Eck and Dorothy Austin became the first same-sex couple to be house masters (during their tenure, the term "master" was replaced with "faculty dean"). So far and still it is that, listening,I hear the flowers talking in the dawn;And where a sunken basin cuts the lawn,Cinctured with iris, pale and glistening,The sudden swishOf a waking fish.~Amy Lowell, 1914, Lowell House10 Holyoke PlaceCambridge, MA 02138, Facilities/night guard desk: 617-495-2282, Lock-outs/Securitas direct: 617-496-9370  Tutor On Call phone: 617-913-8899, Ops Control Center (overnight facility emergencies): 617-495-5560. Lowell House was built in 1930, and some of its notable alumni include Supreme Court Justice David Souter, novelist John Updike, actor Natalie Portman, journalist Frank Rich, and Japan’s Empress Masako. Lowell Park was established in 1899 as a memorial to James Russell Lowell. Classicist Zeph Stewart was the third Master, and William and Mary Lee Bossert served from 1975 to 1998. Lowell House is simultaneously close to the Yard, Harvard Square, and other Harvard "River" houses, and its blue-capped bell tower, visible for many miles, is a local landmark. Lowell was one of the first Houses built in the realization of President Lowell's long-held dream of providing on-campus accommodations for every Harvard College student throughout his career at the College. [1] Historian Elliott Perkins was the first to hold the position of Resident Dean (until recently known as the Allston Burr Senior Tutor) then was Master from 1942 to 1963. Copyright © 2021 The President and Fellows of Harvard College, My House –- Lowell Housing Day Video 2020, https://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/bacch-talk, http://www.facebook.com/LowellHouseOffice. It totally changed my life." Officially, it is named for the Lowell family, but an ornate ALL woven into the ironwork above the main gate discreetly alludes to Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Harvard's president at the time of construction. The house colors are blue and white. Lecturer in History and Literature Health/HUHS: 617-495-5711 Ops Control Center (overnight facility emergencies): 617-495-5560 At Harvard's June 2008 Commencement, they sounded for the last time at Lowell House, after which the bell tower was partially dismantled so that the bells could be withdrawn. It still houses portions of the Lowell library. [citation needed]. Lowell House is simultaneously close to the Yard, Harvard Square, and other Harvard "River" houses, and its blue-capped bell tower, visible for many miles, is a local landmark. 1414 Massachusetts Avenue 5th floor Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617-495-1592 Fax: 617-495-4756 Email: fashr@fas.harvard.edu The HoCo, as with the other student government organizations in the Houses, is funded by the UC. Above is a stag's head mounted behind the ear, and between its antlers is a barbed, broad arrowhead in blue. In keeping with Harvard University’s directives regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19), Lowell House Opera must regretfully cancel this season’s production of Sweeney Todd. Lowell House 10 Holyoke Place Cambridge, MA 02138 Facilities/night guard desk: 617-495-2282 . (One of the eighteen bells did not harmonize with the others, so was hung in the Harvard Business School's Baker Library.). Select Demo performed the interior, selective demolition and asbestos abatement of this 200,000 Copy and paste this code to your website. House traditions include Masters' Tea on Thursday afternoons, a May Day Waltz at dawn on the Weeks Footbridge, high table,[1] and the annual Lowell House Opera mounted in the dining hall. Abbott Lawrence Lowell (December 13, 1856 – January 6, 1943) was a U.S. educator and legal scholar. Lowell House is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University, located at 10 Holyoke Place facing Mount Auburn Street between Harvard Yard and the Charles River. Lowell House dining hall was transformed into an opera house, complete with a stage, lights, and a makeshift orchestra pit for the production. Campus | Date October 27, 2011 April 12, 2019. Information on subscribing, unsubscribing, and modifying one's subscription here:  https://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/bacch-talk. Beth Terry email: lo-admin@fas.harvard.edu A Boston local and Harvard veteran, I'm happy to be starting my nineteenth year at Lowell House this fall. A look inside: Lowell House Defined by a Harvard family, creating a larger one. Harvard College Admissions Office and Griffin Financial Aid Office. David Laibson is the Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics and a Faculty Dean of Lowell House.He leads Harvard Universityʼs Foundations of Human Behavior Initiative. The bells sound Sunday afternoons during term time, and at special events such as commencement. Ninety-eight percent of all undergraduates live in one of the twelve residential Houses. The project, which reimagines the neo-Georgian building for the needs of its 21st-century community of students, tutors, and faculty, is expected to take two years. The Lowell House arms are those of the Lowell family,[1] blazoned: Shield: sable, a dexter hand couped at the wrist grasping three darts, one in pale and two in saltire, all in argent. ", With the reopening of the Danilov Monastery, it was suggested that the bells be returned to their original home. By night my garden is o'erhung with gemsFixed in an onyx setting. As they prepared to assume the faculty deanship of the renovated Lowell House last summer, David Laibson and Nina Zipser announced they would relocate certain portraits—notably that of Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Harvard’s president from 1909 to 1933, whom they pointedly noted “was a person behind his times…responsible for intensifying racism, anti-Semitism, and homophobia” at the … Each House accommodates 350-500 students with its own dining hall, common rooms, and facilities for academic, recreational, and cultural activities. They were there to welcome us to Lowell House, one of the 12 upper-level student houses, and a house along the Charles River. The eighteen bells were bought in Russia around 1930 by Thomas Whittemore with the financial aid of millionaire Chicago plumbing magnate Charles R. Crane‍—‌who reportedly paid merely their value as scrap‍—‌just as they were to be melted down by Soviet authorities. Prior to the 1996 transition to randomized House assignments, Lowell's central location, picturesque courtyard, elegant dining hall, and charming traditions made it a popular housing choice. I own a solace shut within my heart,A garden full of many a quaint delightAnd warm with drowsy, poppied sunshine; bright,Flaming with lilies out of whose cups dartShining thingsWith powdered wings. Officially, it is named for the Lowell family, but an ornate ALL woven into the ironwork above the main gate discreetly alludes to Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Harvard's president at the time of construction. This year was the 75th anniversary of the Lowell House Opera, and they put on a Midsummer Night’s Dream . Here terrace sinks to terrace, arbors closeThe ends of dreaming paths; a wanton windJostles the half-ripe pears, and then, unkind,Tumbles a-slumber in a pillar rose,With contentGrown indolent. Whether it's housing concerns, financial questions, Lowell event planning, or you just want answers to all things Lowell, check in with me. In their places were hung newly cast near-replica bells obtained with the financial assistance of the Link of Times Foundation, created by Russian industrialist Viktor Vekselberg.[9]. For three-quarters of a century, Lowell House's bell tower was home to a set of authentic Russian zvon, one of the few complete sets of pre-revolutionary Russian bells surviving anywhere. The Harvard-owned property and the adjacent state-owned Lowell Park were declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1966. Designed by the firm of Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott and constructed in 1930 for $3.62 million,[7] Lock-outs/Securitas direct: 617-496-9370 Tutor On Call phone: 617-913-8899 . The bells originally hung in Moscow's Danilov Monastery (now the seat of the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church) and were installed with the help, at first, of musician Konstantin Konstantinovich Saradzhev, and Vsevolod Andronoff, a former resident of the monastery[8] They range in weight from 22 pounds (10 kg) to 26,700 pounds (12,100 kg, and known to Lowell House students as "Mother Earth"). Language tables and special-interest tables are common features of everyday lunches and dinners. For each Arts First event, the first weekend in May, there is a courtyard performance of the 1812 Overture, during which those not part of the official orchestral ensemble are encouraged to assist on kazoos; in lieu of cannon, hydrogen-filled balloons are ignited by the House chemistry tutor; and until recently (see below) the performance would climax with the role originally scored by Tchaikovsky for authentic Russian zvon (a "bell" in the Slovakina language or "bell sound" in Russian), being played (appropriately enough) by Lowell's own authentic Russian zvon. Students:  if you are not already subscribed to the Lowell open list serv, bacch-talk, set it up. Harvard College. Project Value: $12 Million Demolition & Environmental Select Demo was contracted to perform the demolition and asbestos abatement of Harvard University’s Lowell House located in the heart of Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA. Additionally, Dudley Communityserves non-residential students who live off-campus and those living in the Dudley Cooperative. Springtime brings the Bacchanalia Formal, often with a live swing band in the courtyard. FirefliesFlicker their lanterns in my dazzled eyes.In serried rows I guess the straight, stiff stemsOf hollyhocksAgainst the rocks. Renewal will begin this spring for Lowell House, built in 1930 and later named for the family of Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell, who created the College’s House-based residential system.. A(bbott) Lawrence Lowell President of Harvard University 1909-1933. Lowell House was the residence of Silas (Method Man) and Jamal (Redman) in the 2001 comedy How High. the House was named for the prominent Lowell family, closely identified with Harvard since John Lowell graduated in 1721. Its first Master,[1] was Mathematics Department chairman Julian Lowell Coolidge, who also instituted Monday-night high table. In the Dining Hall are portraits of Lowell and his wife Anna Parker Lowell; his sister, poet Amy Lowell; his brother, astronomer Percival Lowell; and his grandfather John Amory Lowell. Date October 27, 2011 Constructed in 1930, Lowell House was named for the Lowell family, closely identified with Harvard since John Lowell graduated in 1721. Floorplans of Lowell House are available to assist you with housing decisions: • Lowell House 1st Floor • Lowell House 2nd Floor • Lowell House 3rd Floor • Lowell House 4th Floor • Lowell House 5th Floor. Lowell House's wood-paneled library is on the second floor. Its majestic neo-Georgian design, centered on two landscaped courtyards, received the 1938 Harleston Parker Medal and might be considered the model for later Harvard houses nearby. Lowell House Resident Dean. From 1975 to 1998 Dudley Communityserves non-residential students who live off-campus and those living in the neo-Georgian.... 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