Vanished Buildings I
Chestnut Hill campus, showing the locations of Alumni Hall, Philomatheia Clubhouse, St. Joseph’s Hall, and the Liggett estate.
A. Alumni Hall (1903-1988). Formerly the Maud R.L. Sharpe house. BC uses: Alumni Association, administrative, and The Heights offices.
Sharpe (1867-1949), a vegetarian activist, wrote The Golden Rule Cook Book: Six Hundred Recipes for Meatless Dishes.
B. Philomatheia Clubhouse (1903-1988). Formerly the Jack Ramsbottom house. BC uses: Philomatheia Club; location of meetings, dances, parties, and fundraisers.
Designed as a Norwegian Chalet by architect James Everett Chandler, who also designed Alumni Hall (‘A’).
C. Saint Joseph’s Hall (unknown-1964). Formerly the Harry F. Stimpson estate. BC uses: Anthropology Museum; student residence.
The Anthropology Museum director, Hermann von Waldegg, lived in it with his family before it was closed. Students later resided in the house.
D. Louis K. Liggett Estate, Stables (1896-unknown).
Boston’s Cardinal William O’Connell purchased and donated the property in 1941 so that BC’s business school could have a home on this campus.
E. College of Business Administration, O’Connell House (1896-). Formerly the Liggett Estate. BC uses: College of Business Administration, athletics facilities, student housing, student union.
The Liggett house was modeled after Gwydyr Castle, Wales. Renamed O’Connell House by BC, it still stands, while the estate’s stable and outbuildings do not.
