Land for Andover Theological School

The trustees of the Andover Theological Seminary have purchased 200,000 square feet of land from the Charles Eliot Norton estate in Cambridge and expect to erect upon this tract at least one large building for the use of the seminary. The land adjoins the property of the Harvard Divinity School and extends eastward toward Francis avenue, which will be extended to afford ready access to the new buildings of the seminary. Architects have already been employed to draw plans for one large hall, and it is expected that work on this building will proceed without delay. The land secured by the trustees is large enough to provide room for the erection of professors' houses, and such other buildings as will be needed.

The fund for the purchase of the land and for the erection of new buildings was acquired through the sale of the property belonging to the Andover Seminary while it was still at Andover. The school has a permanent endowment fund of about $1,000,000, but this will not be used in the proposed development.