The architectural conversation piece that has connected Harvard University’s Widener and Houghton libraries for over 60 years will be torn down in spring 2004.
The covered bridge was constructed in 1942, in compliance with a 1912 stipulation by Widener Library’s benefactor that no “additions or alterations” could be made to the facade of the building. Thus, in order to connect Widener to Houghton, the bridge had to be constructed through a preexisting window in the stacks.
Aside from feeling the loss of a sentimental landmark, librarians say they will miss the protection the bridge provided against the Cambridge winter as they passed between the buildings.
Read more about the Widener-Houghton bridge and its history at The Harvard Crimson Online.
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