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List of new furnishings for Evans Hall.

Little Shop on Wheels, with three alumnae holding up the Simmons sign, parked in front of the Salvage Shop on Newbury Street, during the Endowment Campaign. The woman in the left-hand corner wearing a hat is Ruth Klein, Class of 1914, grandmother of…

During the First Endowment Campaign (1920-1924), Simmons purchased Longwood House (1920) on Pilgrim Road, with single, double, and triple rooms. Many rooms were wedged under the eaves, necessitating creative closets and furniture arrangement.…

Construction for the original Main College Building (MCB) was completed in September 1904. The West Wing was added in 1909, and the East Wing was added in 1929.

During the PRIDE program, renovations were carried out at the MCB from 1975-1980,…

Named in honor of Jane Louise Mesick (1884-1967), the College's fourth dean (1925-1949), Mesick Hall (1961) could house 129 students. It received cosmetic upgrades in the early 2000s.

Located on the Residence Campus, Mesick Hall will be removed…

Mimi Ho, Class of 1955, posed seated at a patio table with her friends during the Class Day Garden Party outside of Pilgrim House.

Morse Hall was completed in 1953 and was designed by the architectural firm the Austin Company. Morse Hall could house 120 students and was named after Frances Rollins Morse (1850–1928), a charter member of the Corporation (1901-1922).

Located on…

To make way for its second permanent dormitory, North Hall, the College physically moved Students’ House (Hastings) from No. 86 Bellevue Street to No. 4 Short Street in 1906. Construction for North Hall was completed in 1907, just before the lease of…

The College began construction of One Palace Road, and an accompanying underground parking lot, in 2001. The new building was, in part, driven by the pressing need to integrate the Graduate School of Social Work on the Academic Campus, which had been…

The Park Science Center was built in 1972 as part of Simmons’ 25-year expansion plan.

The Center became representative of the College's larger goals: a commitment to advancing careers in science for women; accommodation for enrollment increases;…