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TO THE BOSTON COLLEGE "T" STOP MBTA GREEN LINE A DEVLIN HALL University radio station. CAMPANELLA WAY Nestled among the buildings of Middle Campus, Devlin Hall The Eagle’s Nest on the is the location of the Office of Undergraduate Admission, second level and Carney’s which hosts thousands of on the third are two main L COMMONWEALTH AVE. CORCORAN visitors for Eagle Eye Campus dining facilities. COMMONS Visits throughout the year. ROBSHAM THEATER It is also home to the art, E STOKES HALL MAIN art history, film, and earth Upon opening in 2013, GATE and environmental sciences Stokes Hall received an departments. The Univer- award from the Institute of Classical Architecture. Today, sity’s largest academic Stokes Hall contains 36 state-of-the-art classrooms for teach- LOWER CAMPUS lecture hall is in Devlin Hall. ing sciences and the humanities. It is home to the classical I NORTH studies, English, history, philosophy, and theology depart- COMMONWEALTH BURNS ST. MARY’S AVENUE GARAGE M B HIGGINS HALL ments as well as to the Academic Advising Center. The LIBRARY
SOUTH As you exit the front door of Devlin Hall, Chocolate Bar coffee shop is located on the ground floor by H FLYNN STUDENT RECREATION COMPLEX turn right on the main path and head to the doorway to an outdoor amphitheater and garden—a pop- BAPST K your right. Ahead is a bronze statue of St. ular spot for study and socializing. LIBRARY J MALONEY Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556), by Pablo Eduardo. Boston College’s intellectual and F GASSON QUAD spiritual traditions are rooted in the life Gasson Quad is the epicen- MIDDLE YAWKEY CAMPUS O’NEILL ATHLETICS CENTER and teachings of the founder of the ter of campus and a popular G LIBRARY Society of Jesus (Jesuit) order. On your area for students to partici- GABELLI N left is Higgins Hall, home of the biology pate in everything from PLAZA and physics departments. Cushing Hall and the Lynch School political activism to relaxing GASSON HIGGINS A STAIRCASE of Education in Campion Hall (P) are located further down the with friends. B path past Higgins Hall. OLD COLONY RD. G GASSON HALL DEVLIN BEACON C CONTE ALUMNI STREET FORUM STADIUM C FULTON HALL AND LYONS HALL Built in 1913 in the English F HIGGINS GARAGE As you walk through the campus, you will notice the Gasson Collegiate Gothic style, this LYONS MAYFLOWER RD. Quad. Two key buildings on the Gasson Quad are Fulton Hall, iconic building is named for Thomas I. Gasson, S.J., 13th presi- COLLEGE RD. C home to the Carroll School of dent of Boston College, under whose leadership the University HAMMOND ST. STOKES Management, and Lyons Hall, moved from Boston’s South End to its current location. NORTH QUINCY RD. FULTON which houses the Office of Gasson Hall was the first building at the new site. Today, the E Student Services, the Welch offices of the dean of the Morrissey College of Arts and CUSHING Dining Room, and the music Sciences and the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences UPPER CAMPUS O and foreign language depart- graduate programs are in Gasson Hall. The building’s first- STOKES SOUTH P ments. There are soundproof floor rotunda has a statue of St. MERKERT practice rooms for student Michael the Archangel overcoming Q CAMPION CHEMISTRY CENTER MCGUINN musicians on the top floor. Lucifer. It adjoins the large D CARNEY wood-paneled Irish Room, once D MCELROY COMMONS TUDOR RD. the University’s assembly hall, now MCELROY VISITOR PARKING At the far corner of Middle Campus, between Stokes and used for a variety of social func- COMMONS BUS STOP BLUE LIGHT EMERGENCY PHONE Carney Halls, is McElroy Commons. This is a hub of student tions, concerts, lectures, and other BEACON ST. activity with the Boston College Bookstore, two dining halls, programs. Inside the Gothic bell WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PATH STONE AVE. ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE and the offices of many organizations, including Campus tower are four bells, each named ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE ELEVATOR ACCESS Ministry; the Heights, a student-run newspaper; and the for a prominent Jesuit. HAMMOND ST. LAWRENCE AVE. DINING
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TO THE BOSTON COLLEGE "T" STOP MBTA GREEN LINE H BAPST LIBRARY J O’NEILL LIBRARY CAMPANELLA WAY On the north side of Gasson Hall is a gilded bronze statue of Heading back toward Gasson Hall, to the left you will see an the Boston College Eagle. Further along tree-lined Linden open plaza with O’Neill Library on the far side. This is Boston Lane is Bapst Library on the left, regarded as one of the coun- College’s main research library, named for Thomas P. (“Tip”) L COMMONWEALTH AVE. CORCORAN try’s most beautiful O’Neill ’36, a beloved Massachusetts congressman and COMMONS campus libraries. speaker of the House of Representatives. The library is open ROBSHAM THEATER Named after Boston 24 hours on weekdays during the school year and houses MAIN College’s second 2.3 million volumes on GATE president, Bapst its five floors. It also Library was the houses the Connors University’s main Family Learning LOWER CAMPUS library for nearly 60 Center, which provides I NORTH years. Today, it is used instructional support COMMONWEALTH BURNS ST. MARY’S AVENUE GARAGE M as a study space and for faculty and gradu- LIBRARY
SOUTH supports teaching and ate students, services H FLYNN STUDENT RECREATION COMPLEX research for art, architecture, museum studies, and photogra- to students with learn- BAPST K phy. The main reading room, Gargan Hall, has 14 alcoves of ing disabilities, and LIBRARY J MALONEY gorgeous stained glass windows that display scenes from a tutoring for all Boston variety of stories from Christian and Celtic history to William College students. If you follow the library stairs down to Shakespeare. The building also holds the University’s special Maloney Hall, you can continue on to the Connell School MIDDLE YAWKEY CAMPUS O’NEILL ATHLETICS CENTER collections, rare books, and archives in the John J. Burns of Nursing. G LIBRARY Library. On the grounds GABELLI N beyond Bapst is a sacred This completes the general tour of our Chestnut Hill Campus. PLAZA labyrinth honoring the lives We hope you enjoy the beautiful grounds of our campus and GASSON HIGGINS A STAIRCASE of the many Boston College thank you for taking the time to visit Boston College. If time B alumni lost on 9/11 as well as allows, you may want to visit these additional spots on campus. OLD COLONY RD. DEVLIN BEACON the main gate of Boston C CONTE ALUMNI STREET FORUM STADIUM College leading to Common- F HIGGINS GARAGE wealth Avenue. The gate K MALONEY HALL LYONS MAYFLOWER RD. stands at the 21-mile marker On the east side of O’Neill Library, perched on the steep hill COLLEGE RD. C of the Boston Marathon. separating Middle and Lower Campuses, Maloney Hall is HAMMOND ST. STOKES home to the Connell School of Nursing. It also houses the NORTH QUINCY RD. FULTON I ST. MARY’S HALL Disability Services Office, E Across Linden Lane is St. Mary’s Hall, the primary residence the economics and mathe- CUSHING of Boston College’s Jesuit community, which at 50 members matics departments, the UPPER CAMPUS O is one of the largest in the world. In the north section of St. Office of the Dean of STOKES SOUTH P Mary’s Hall is the beautiful St. Mary’s Chapel. The south wing Students, the Boston MERKERT holds the communication and computer College Police Department, Q CAMPION CHEMISTRY CENTER MCGUINN science departments as well as the the Office of Residential D CARNEY Woods College of Advancing Life, the Thea Bowman Studies. There is also a multi- TUDOR RD. AHANA and Intercultural MCELROY VISITOR PARKING faith chapel located down the Center, and the Women’s COMMONS BUS STOP BLUE LIGHT EMERGENCY PHONE hill from the main gate at 66 Center. The ground floor of BEACON ST. Commonwealth Avenue, where Maloney is the site of the Hillside Café and a satellite location WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PATH STONE AVE. ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE Protestant, Jewish, and Islamic of the Boston College Bookstore, which is very popular with ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE ELEVATOR ACCESS services are held. students, faculty, and staff. HAMMOND ST. LAWRENCE AVE. DINING
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TO THE BOSTON COLLEGE "T" STOP MBTA GREEN LINE L ROBSHAM THEATER ARTS CENTER on the Heights con- CAMPANELLA WAY AND CORCORAN COMMONS cert, featuring the From the entrance of Maloney Hall, turn left on Campanella Boston Pops Way toward the Robsham Theater Arts Center. With seating Orchestra, and ALC L COMMONWEALTH AVE. CORCORAN for nearly 600, this is the University’s largest performance Showdown, the stu- COMMONS venue and frequently features student theater, dance, and dent dance showcase. ROBSHAM THEATER musical performances. Many public lectures are held in Alumni Stadium is MAIN Robsham and it includes a smaller black box theater, scenery home to the Boston College Eagles football team. It has 44,500 GATE and costume shops, and a green room. Next to the theater is seats, and on game days you will witness a sea of students in Corcoran Commons, which holds the their gold “superfan” shirts cheering on our beloved Eagles. The largest dining hall on campus and stadium also hosts commencement exercises and intramural LOWER CAMPUS several conference spaces. It is a sports. Next to Alumni Stadium is the Yawkey Athletics Center, I NORTH great place for students to social- which showcases the 1984 Heisman Trophy, won by alumnus COMMONWEALTH BURNS ST. MARY’S AVENUE GARAGE M ize and enjoy a variety of food Doug Flutie ’85. LIBRARY
SOUTH stations on the ground and first H FLYNN STUDENT O MERKERT CHEMISTRY RECREATION COMPLEX floors. To the east of BAPST K Corcoran Commons are CENTER LIBRARY J MALONEY additional residence halls, At the far end of Middle Campus, including the St. Thomas between Conte Forum and Beacon More Apartments—the location Street, is the Merkert Chemistry MIDDLE YAWKEY CAMPUS O’NEILL ATHLETICS CENTER of University Health Services—and a T station, which offers Center, a nationally noted facility for G LIBRARY convenient public transportation to downtown Boston. research and teaching. It is the only GABELLI N building on campus dedicated to a PLAZA M FLYNN RECREATION COMPLEX single department. GASSON HIGGINS A STAIRCASE Across Campanella Way from Maloney Hall is the Flynn B Recreation Complex, also known as “the Plex.” The space has P CAMPION HALL, MCGUINN HALL, OLD COLONY RD. AND CUSHING HALL DEVLIN BEACON a track, swimming pool, diving well, cardiovascular and aero- C CONTE ALUMNI STREET FORUM STADIUM bic equipment areas, and courts for basketball, tennis, volley- Along Beacon Street to the west of the Merkert Chemistry Center F HIGGINS GARAGE ball, squash, and racquetball. Students can participate in is Campion Hall. Originally built to house the female undergrad- LYONS MAYFLOWER RD. group fitness activities throughout the year and there are uates of Boston College, now it is home to the Lynch School of COLLEGE RD. C rooms for dance, fencing, and yoga. In the spring of 2019, the Education, named for Peter ’65 and Carolyn A. Lynch, longtime HAMMOND ST. STOKES Connell Recreation Center will officially supporters of the University. The building is also the site of the NORTH QUINCY RD. FULTON open to replace the Plex. Campus School, a special education day school for students E ages 3–21, where many Boston College students volunteer. CUSHING N CONTE FORUM, Further west along Beacon Street is McGuinn Hall, home to the UPPER CAMPUS ALUMNI STADIUM, political science, psychology, and sociology departments as well O STOKES P AND YAWKEY SOUTH as to the Graduate School of Social Work. It contains a 260-seat MERKERT ATHLETICS CENTER auditorium that serves as both a lecture hall and venue for social Q CAMPION CHEMISTRY CENTER MCGUINN Looking across Campanella Way events. North of Campion is Cushing Hall, which houses a lec- D CARNEY from the Flynn Recreation ture hall and classrooms. Complex, from right to left are Conte TUDOR RD. Q CARNEY HALL MCELROY VISITOR PARKING Forum, Alumni Stadium, and the COMMONS BUS STOP BLUE LIGHT EMERGENCY PHONE Yawkey Athletics Center. Conte Forum is West of McGuinn, Carney Hall is home to the Office of Student BEACON ST. home to the Boston College basketball and hockey Involvement, which encompasses most registered student WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PATH STONE AVE. ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE teams as well as the BC Bands program. It hosts organizations, including the Undergraduate Government of ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE ELEVATOR ACCESS many large-scale campus events, including the annual Pops Boston College. HAMMOND ST. LAWRENCE AVE. DINING
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