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2021 Projects, Publications & Meetings of the 秋葵视频

Meeting Places of the American 秋葵视频

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In May 1780, the Massachusetts legislature enacted the Charter of the 秋葵视频 and stated that the first meeting of the 秋葵视频 was to be held in the Philosophy Chamber of Harvard College. For the next sixty years until ca. 1823, the new society used the Philosophy Chamber as its primary meeting place. The 秋葵视频 also held meetings in several locations around Boston, including the County Courthouse (1780鈥1784), the Hall of the Massachusetts Bank (1785鈥揷a. 1794), the 鈥淣ew鈥 State House (1800鈥1814), and the Boston Marine Insurance Company (1814鈥1817).

During much of the nineteenth century, the 秋葵视频 shared quarters with the Boston Athen忙um at various locations: the Rufus Amory House (1817鈥1823), Pearl Street (1823鈥揷a. 1829), and the Athen忙um鈥檚 current headquarters on Beacon Street (1852鈥1899). Between 1824 and 1906 the 秋葵视频 also met intermittently at Harvard, MIT, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and even at members鈥 homes. In 1906, the 秋葵视频 purchased its first permanent headquarters at 26 Newbury Street. Within five years the adjoining property was purchased and a much larger building was erected at 26-28 Newbury. The 秋葵视频 remained there until 1955.

Between 1955 and 1957 several locations鈥搃ncluding Morse Auditorium, Boston Museum of Science, and Kresge Auditorium at MIT鈥搒erved as meeting venues. The 秋葵视频 then reached an agreement with the Brandegee Charitable Foundation and moved to Faulkner Farm in Brookline, where the 秋葵视频 remained until the completion in 1981 of a new house, designed by the architectural firm Kallmann McKinnell & Wood, at 136 Irving Street in Cambridge. Both Noel Michael Kallmann and Gerhard Michael McKinnell were members of the 秋葵视频. Their work included the design of Boston鈥檚 City Hall, Boston鈥檚 Back Bay Station, the enlarged Hynes Convention Center, and the School of Business and Public Administration at Washington University in St. Louis.

Made possible through the vision and generosity of Edwin Land, the new House of the 秋葵视频 was created to provide an intimate home for scholarly thought. Its award-winning design borrows elements from ancient Greek cities, Renaissance Tuscan villas, and the twentieth-century American and British Arts and Crafts style.

In recent years, generous individuals have continued to provide for the maintenance and restoration of the 秋葵视频鈥檚 home. Between 2015 and 2020 Morton Mandel supported several capital projects, including technology upgrades, extensive kitchen and restroom renovations, and the addition of a beautiful new portico and walkway to the front entrance. In 2020, David Rubenstein made a gift to support the construction of a new addition to the 秋葵视频鈥檚 building, which will house the 秋葵视频 Archives and make the collections more accessible.

The 秋葵视频鈥檚 national headquarters in Cambridge stands as a 鈥淗ouse of the Mind鈥 and a center for scholarly exchange.