| Joseph Lovering House | |
| Location: | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates: | 42.3767°N -71.1126°W |
| Built: | 1839 |
| Architect: | Hastings, Oliver; Brooks, Luther |
| Architecture: | Greek Revival |
| Added: | September 12, 1986 |
| Refnum: | 86002076 |
| Mpsub: | Cambridge MRA |
The Joseph Lovering House is an historic house located at 38 Kirkland Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The -story Greek Revival wood-frame house was built in 1839 by Oliver Hastings, a high-profile local builder (whose own mansion is now a National Historic Landmark), in conjunction with Luther Brooks, owner of the next-door house. It was purchased in 1843 by Joseph Lovering, a math professor at Harvard University, and remained in his family until 1941. After serving for a number of years as part of a nursing home, the house was acquired by Harvard in 1961.[1]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It currently houses Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies.