Brattle Hall
Brattle Hall is a building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1982.
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Last checked October 31, 2026 - Location
- Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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History
Brattle Hall is a historic building along Brattle Street near Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was constructed in 1889 for the Cambridge Social Union – established in 1871 – when that organization moved into the adjacent William Brattle House that year. Brattle Hall was built to house the organization's library, and to provide a space for larger meetings and social functions. Brattle Hall was designed by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, originally in the Dutch Colonial Revival style, but it acquired more of a Colonial Revival feel with the 1907 addition of brick ends, designed by Charles Cogswell.
The building continues to serve as a social center today. It houses the Brattle Theatre, a repertory movie house operated by a local non-profit since 1953, a restaurant in its basement, and a coffee shop on its first level.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and included in an expansion of the Harvard Square Historic District in 1988.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The official nomination form is linked under Sources.
Other listings in Cambridge
- Birkhoff, George D., House Building · listed 1975
- Bridgman, Percy, House Building · listed 1975
- Cambridge Common Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease) District · listed 1987
- Cambridge Public Library Building · listed 1982
- City Hall Historic District District · listed 1982
- Cooper-Frost-Austin House Building · listed 1972
- Daly, Reginald A., House Building · listed 1976
- Divinity Hall Building · listed 1986
- Dunvegan, The Building · listed 1986
- Elmwood District · listed 1966
- Fogg Art Museum Building · listed 1986
- Follen Street Historic District District · listed 1986
- Gray Gardens East and West Historic District District · listed 1986
- Harvard Houses Historic District District · listed 1986
- Harvard Square Historic District (Boundary Increase) District · listed 1988
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