Frederick H. Rindge - Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge, Massachusetts

In 1887, Mayor William Russell of Cambridge, a Harvard friend, requested Rindge's help in funding a new public library. Rindge responded in July 1887 with an offer of land and full funding for Cambridge's public library. Later that year he enlarged his offer to the three additional buildings: a new city hall (now the Cambridge City Hall), a Manual Training School (now Cambridge Rindge and Latin School), and a proposed high school (not built). He also paid the bulk of the costs for the Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church. Today Rindge is commemorated in Cambridge through the high school, Rindge Avenue, Rindgefield Street, and Rindge Towers, low-income apartment buildings.