Swartz Hall update

Planning continues for a renewal of historic Andover Hall, the first comprehensive renovation since the building was constructed in 1911. The project will create new program space that will advance the HDS academic mission including new, inclusive...

New Name for Andover Hall As Harvard Divinity School prepares for the most significant renewal of the HDS campus in a century, Dean David N. Hempton announced on May 1 that Andover Hall will be renamed Swartz Hall in honor of Susan Shallcross Swartz, her...

After years of imagining, discussing, designing, and planning, the renewal of historic, century-old Swartz Hall took a big step forward this week. The relocation of departments and offices are a major milestone for the project as it will allow for the...

I’d like to start this update by thanking everyone who was involved with the move out of Swartz Hall and the relocation of offices. It was no small task. Everyone is now settling into their new offices. Thanks especially to those who organized the recent...

Prep work continues as we prepare for the Swartz Hall renewal. Crews are busy installing safety measures in and around the building, including lighting, signage, and fire alarms. Landscape work is also underway. While it may not have been as visible as...

Let’s start off this entry with some amazing statistics about the Swartz Hall renewal project: 715 boxes and 18,000 books. This is how many books faculty members and Andover-Harvard Theological Library donated to Better World Books. The social enterprise...

There’s been quite a lot of activity taking place this week around Swartz Hall. You may have noticed that the cloister link is now nearly gone. Demolition began this week with crews using an excavator to remove the structure so work preparing that area...

Here we are about to close out July and head into August. It’s hard to believe that new and returning students will be back on campus in just about four weeks. While there has been much work and activity taking place at Swartz Hall, there has also been...

We’re in the thick of summer and we’re in the thick of demolition as well. Inside and around Swartz Hall, crews continue to be busy with demolition and abatement work. Demolition work is not typically like what’s depicted on reality home-improvement shows...

Orientation takes place next week and that also means the fall semester is about to begin. With many physical changes happening on our campus over the summer, I wanted to share with you in this post several floor plans that can be helpful to illustrate...