Mather House (Harvard College)

Mather House
Harvard University
Mather House viewed from across the Charles River
Shield
Location	10 Cowperthwaite Street
Coordinates	42°22′06″N 71°06′55″W / 42.3682°N 71.1154°W / 42.3682; -71.1154
Established	1970
Named for	Increase Mather
Sister college	Morse College
Faculty Deans	Lakshminarayanan and Amala Mahadevan
Dean	Luke Leafgren
Website	mather.harvard.edu

Mather House is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University. Opened in 1970, it is named after Increase Mather, a Puritan in the Massachusetts Bay Colony who served as President of Harvard University from 1681 to 1701. Mather's Faculty Deans are Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan and Amala Mahadevan.^[1]

Mather is known for its nineteen-story concrete tower built in a Brutalist style. Mather's blocky concrete architecture reflects the anti-uprising style of the day of its construction.

Mather residents are guaranteed single bedrooms for all three years of their residency. Mather's second building, a low-rise surrounding a courtyard, has suites with large common rooms and small bedrooms, whereas suites in the high-rise have large bedrooms and no common rooms. Other than houses in the Radcliffe Quadrangle, Mather is the house farthest from Harvard Yard, but the school provides regular shuttle service between the Yard and Mather's courtyard.

Mather House was a favorite choice for hard-partying varsity athletes before housing assignments were randomized by the school. The house is known among students for its social life and a spacious, newly remodeled dining hall with a view of the Charles River.

Mather's sister college is Morse College at Yale University.