Dunster House Harvard University
by Kate Hannon
Title
Dunster House Harvard University
Artist
Kate Hannon
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Photograph - Digital
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Because this is one of my favorite photographs of one of my favorite buildings at Harvard, I recently decided to rework this image. This would make a treasured gift for the Harvard alum in your family or workplace.
Famous residents of Dunster House have included Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones, who were roommates in the late 1960s. Other notable Dunster alumni include Al Franken, Darren Aronofsky, Christopher Durang, Susan Faludi, Roger Ferguson, David Halberstam, Lindsay Hyde, Jean Kwok, Norman Mailer, Lisa Randall, Erich Segal, Caspar Weinberger, Ryan Fitzpatrick, and outgoing Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.
Dunster House, built in 1930, is one of the first two Harvard University dormitories constructed under President Abbott Lawrence Lowell's House Plan. In the early days, room rents varied based on the floor and the size of the room. Dunster is unique among Harvard dormitories for its sixth-story walk-up (it has no elevators). Norman Mailer is counted among the poorer students who once occupied these rooms. The House was named in honor of Henry Dunster, a "learned, conscionable and industrious man," who became the first President of Harvard University, and was appointed to the Harvard presidency at the age of 31, immediately after his arrival in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1640. He held the office during the early "troublous" years of the Colony, and left the College in 1654 after it had become a well-established institution. The tower of Dunster House is inspired by, but somewhat smaller than, the famous Tom Tower of Christ Church, Oxford. Above the east wing is the Dunster family coat of arms. Dunster is located on the banks of the Charles River, next to the John W. Weeks Footbridge, which links Harvard's Allston and Cambridge campuses.
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June 4th, 2011
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