Word: swedenborgianism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Nestled between towering William James Hall and boxy Gund Hall sits a diminutive Gothic chapel of the tiny Swedenborgian faith...
When Harvard decided to focus their location search on the Swedenborgian block, a largely residential area in the vicinity of the Design School, administrators quickly recognized that the grand scale of the project would likely conflict with the desires of the Cambridge community to maintain the residential flavor of the neighborhood...
...primarily (not to say historically) domestic character of the neighborhood, but will destroy whatever green space is left in the rear of the beautiful early 19th century mansions (both under protection of Architectural Preservation) still standing on Kirkland Street. Moreover, it will completely dwarf and enshadow the charming little Swedenborgian Church, already diminished by the huge Gund Hall at its side...
...illustrate the scale and impact of such a building, I submit my drawing (see below) of a possible structure showing that it would not only overwhelm the two wooden Greek Revival mansions and the Swedenborgian Church, but would cast them in complete shadow most...
Friberg was born in Finland and came to the United States in 1906. He attended the Perkins Institute for the Blind and later received degrees from Boston University, Harvard University and the New Church Theological School (now named the Swedenborgian School of Religion...