Arthur D. Little Inc., Building
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The Arthur D. Little Inc., Building is a National Historic Landmark
at 30 Memorial Drive
in Cambridge, Massachusetts
.
The building was constructed in 1917 for the Arthur D. Little
company alongside the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Before that, the company had been in Boston, where MIT was also located until 1916 when it moved to Cambridge. The founder of the company, Arthur Dehon Little
, who had studied Chemistry at MIT, collaborated with MIT and William Hultz Walker
of the MIT Chemistry department, forming a partnership, Little & Walker, which lasted from 1900 to 1905, while both MIT and Little's company were still located in Boston.
The building was added to the National Historic Register in 1976.
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
at 30 Memorial Drive
in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
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The building was constructed in 1917 for the Arthur D. Little
Arthur D. Little
Arthur D. Little is an international management consulting firm originally headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and formally incorporated by that name in 1909 by Arthur Dehon Little, an MIT chemist who had discovered acetate. Arthur D. Little pioneered the concept of contracted...
company alongside the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
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Before that, the company had been in Boston, where MIT was also located until 1916 when it moved to Cambridge. The founder of the company, Arthur Dehon Little
Arthur Dehon Little
Arthur Dehon Little was an American chemist and chemical engineer. He founded the consulting company Arthur D. Little and was instrumental in developing chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
, who had studied Chemistry at MIT, collaborated with MIT and William Hultz Walker
William Hultz Walker
William Hultz Walker April 7, 1869 – July 9, 1934 was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and graduated in 1890 at Penn State College and took his Ph.D. at Göttingen . In 1894 he accepted the chair of industrial chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where from 1908 he was also director of...
of the MIT Chemistry department, forming a partnership, Little & Walker, which lasted from 1900 to 1905, while both MIT and Little's company were still located in Boston.
The building was added to the National Historic Register in 1976.