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Entertainment and the upkeep of the house are "inseparable functions," Kiely added, noting that he gives an average of one to two receptions or dinners a week at Apthorp House, the master's residence...
Chanting loudly, they trailed May until he entered Apthorp House, the Adams House Master's Residence. They then dispersed...
...Liller will move from Belmont this summer into 18th-century Apthorp House, the Adams Master's residence. Liller replaces Reuben Brower, professor of English, who served as Master for 13 years...
...design of Apthorp House was probably the work of Charles Ward Apthorp, the minister's brother and a relatively competent gentleman builders. Like most educated men of his time. Apthorp considered a knowledge of the orders of architecture an essential part of learning and had mastered the subject well. He was part of the tradition of gentleman architects, who provided Harvard with the schemes for all its earliest buildings...
Elmwood, a majestic wooden house which is now the official home of the Dean of the Faculty, is an achievement of another good but unknown 18th century amateur and it is almost as find a place as Apthorp House. Harvard Hall was built in 1766 after plan sketched by Sir Francis Bernard, the colonial governor of Massachusetts which fancied himself a most proper builder. He was rather successful with his Harvard construction which, until it was badly altered in the 19th century, had been a pleasantly attractive edifice; it could be attractive again, and ought to be restored...