Dana-Palmer House to Move Across Quincy Street And Serve as Official Guest House After Refitting

After weeks of controversy and worry, the fate of the Dana-Palmer House was settled this week with the announcement that that it will be moved across Quincy Street into the area between the Union and Faculty Club and set up as a University guest-house.

A flurry of speculation and objection directed mainly against the destruction of the historic structure greeted the first reports that the 120 year-old homestead was to be replaced by the new undergraduate library. Its preservation is insured by the present plans, which call for a complete renovation and subsequent use as temporary quarters for such guests as visiting professors and lecturers. The service wing will be removed, and the building will be turned so that the colonnade will face on Quincy Street.

The work of moving and remodeling will be directed by Coolidge Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbott, Boston architects.