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View of the first dormitory at 38 St. Botolph Street.

Simmons leased St. Botolph Hall for five years as the College’s first dormitory, located on Harcourt Street and No. 38 St. Botolph Street. The four-story St. Botolph Hall was renamed Simmons Hall shortly after the start of the lease.

The Dean's…

Simmons began using the Nos. 45 and 47 St. Botolph Street houses, located right across from Simmons Hall, as dorms in 1903.

Students who lived on St. Botolph Street frequently complained of the long journey from the Back Bay dorms to the MCB on…

Courses were moved in June 1903 to a leased building at 739 Boylston Street (Boylston Chambers), just above Exeter Street, providing laboratories for elementary chemistry and biology, the library, an assembly hall, a students’ room, and general…

View of Brick House covered with snow. Photo caption reads: "The morning after the big storm."

The “old brick garage” called Brick House was renovated and furnished for use as a dorm, beginning in the 1925-1926 academic year.

Brick House was popular among students and considered one of the “most attractive” of the Simmons dormitories.…

The College began leasing Brookline House in 1910 as a dormitory, providing rooms for 30 students. It was demolished in 1960 to make way for the construction of Mesick Hall.

Construction work on Bartol Hall.

Corner view of West House with North Hall in the background.

Correspondence between Simmons College Dean Eleanor Clifton and Yale University Associate Dean John W. Powell about a stolen jardiniere.