Founded in 1879 for the education of women, then barred from Harvard, Radcliffe College held its first classes in rented space. Although independent, the college was supported by the Harvard community, including faculty members who taught at Radcliffe and served as advisors.
In 1885, the college bought its first building, Fay House, a red brick residence dating from 1806. Alice Longfellow, a college founder, subsequently donated funds that enabled her
Maureen Meister, "Fay House, Radcliffe Yard", [Cambridge, Massachusetts], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MA-01-RA11.
Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston, Keith N. Morgan, with Richard M. Candee, Naomi Miller, Roger G. Reed, and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, 343-344.
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