Emerson College is a private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," Emerson is "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts context." Offering over three dozen degree programs in the area of Arts and Communication, the college is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. Located in the Boston Theatre District, the school also maintains buildings in Los Angeles. In recent years, Emerson College has completed its move from Boston's Back Bay neighborhood to the historic Theatre District of Boston abutting the southeast corner of the Boston Common. In addition to the buildings listed below, Emerson College owns and runs the Cutler Majestic Theatre. The College also owns a castle in Holland, the base for its European programs, and is constructing a major academic center on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood to house its long-standing Los Angeles programs.

In the fall of 2006, Emerson College was awarded a Getty Campus Heritage Grant to study the exterior facades of the following eight Emerson buildings and develop a prioritized maintenance and restoration plan for them:

• Cutler Majestic Theatre
• Ansin Building
• Little Building
• Union Warren Savings Bank
• Walker Buildings
• Adams House Annex
• Paramount Theatre
• Colonial Building and Colonial Theatre

Emerson College page with links to their report to the Getty Foundation.

The Boston Preservation Alliance is a nonprofit organization that protects and improves the quality of Boston's distinct architectural heritage. Through advocacy and education, we bring people and organizations together to influence the future of Boston's historic buildings, landscapes and communities.

This organization promotes the architecture of the Boston area colleges and universities though a program on Campus Heritage.

Boston’s colleges and universities play an invaluable role in the city’s economic development, cultural vitality, and quality of life. Nearly 400,000 students enroll in Boston’s institutions of higher education each year, and Boston is world-renown as an international leader in higher education.

The Alliance has taken a leadership role in fostering a dialogue about how Boston’s colleges and universities can grow and evolve while preserving and revitalizing the historic buildings on their campuses that define their identities. In October 2007, the Boston Preservation Alliance convened one-day Symposium at the Boston Architectural College entitled Campus Heritage Planning: The Urban Challenge. The event was principally sponsored by Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Boston Redevelopment Authority and drew over one hundred and fifty academic administrators, architects, planners, government officials, and preservation professionals.

The Alliance has used the Symposium as a launching point for an initiative to engage college and university administrators, professionals and residents of Boston in order to address some of the complex challenges in planning for and developing our historic college and university campuses.

This resource as well as others is available in our list of links to related organizations.