Tag: Adams House

  • Here, There and Back Again: A Tale of A Sign

    Here, There and Back Again: A Tale of A Sign

    A couple months ago, I received a call from a very courteous gentleman in Santa Fe, inquiring whether or not I might want to buy an old, wooden sign. But…

  • New Views of the Suite, November 2012

    New Views of the Suite, November 2012

    I was at the Suite yesterday, the day after Thanksgiving, beginning what’s going to be a three-month intensive effort to catalog the objects in the collection for inclusion in our…

  • Six Buildings

    Six Buildings

    Ladies and Gentlemen: As you know, we have been working madly away on a joint project with the HAA, Six Buildings That Shaped Harvard History. Well, our work is finally…

  • Original Suite Plans Discovered, Plus A Progress Update

    Original Suite Plans Discovered, Plus A Progress Update

    Due to some persistent sleuthing on the part of Carl Jay, Chief Preservationist for Shawmut construction, the original plans for FDR suite were discovered this past May at the offices…