Baker Library/Bloomberg Center
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| File:Harvard Business School - Baker Library (54939977732).jpg Baker Library/Bloomberg Center at Harvard Business School in November 2025 | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Georgian Revival style |
| Location | Harvard Business School, 25 Harvard Way, Allston, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Named for | George Fisher Baker William Henry Bloomberg |
| Completed | 1927 |
| Renovated | 2005 |
| Renovation cost | $53.4 million |
| Owner | Harvard University |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 168,000 square feet (15,600 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | McKim, Mead & White |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect | Robert A. M. Stern Architects |
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The Baker Library/Bloomberg Center is a building complex at Harvard Business School on the campus of Harvard University in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It includes the Baker Library, built in 1927, and the Bloomberg Center, completed in 2005.
History
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The construction of the Baker Library was completed in 1927.[1] It was named for philanthropist George Fisher Baker.[1] From 1930 to 2007, the bell in the tower came from the Danilov Monastery in Moscow, Russia; it had been donated by Charles Richard Crane.[1]
The Bloomberg Center was built in 2003–2005.[1] It was named for billionaire alumnus Michael R. Bloomberg's father, William Henry Bloomberg.[1]
Architecture
[edit | edit source]The 1927 building was designed in the Georgian Revival style by McKim, Mead & White.[1][2] The 2005 expansion was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and cost $53.4 million.[3][4] The complex includes 67 faculty offices, the de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room, named for alumnus Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien,[5] the Stamps Reading Room and the Frist Faculty Commons, named for philanthropist Thomas F. Frist Jr.[1][6]
Library collections
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The library collections contain many rare books and documents of business history.[7][8][9]
See also
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- Robert A. M. Stern buildings
- Harvard Business School
- Library buildings completed in 1927
- McKim, Mead & White buildings
- Georgian Revival architecture in Massachusetts
- Libraries in Boston
- Harvard University buildings and structures
- Business libraries
- University and college buildings completed in 1927
- 1927 establishments in Massachusetts
- 1920s architecture in the United States
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