Myles Annex

Myles Annex on Beacon Street

Myles Annex is a small Boston University coeducational dormitory, which is located in Kenmore Square at 632 Beacon Street. The building is generally considered part of the larger Myles Standish Hall to which it is adjacent (thus its name). Access is obtained by entering Myles Standish Hall and passing through a connecting hallway on the second floor. The Annex has a game room and several group study lounges located in the basement. The Annex is often referred to pejoratively as "The Mannex" due to claims of a high male-to-female ratio. There is a friendly rivalry between the residents of Myles Annex and the residents of "Myles Proper" or "Real Myles."

History

Built in 1920 by the architectural firm of Bellows and Aldrich, the Classical Revival limestone building originally served as the headquarters of the Lumberman’s Mutual Fire Company. Despite its current subjugation as an annex of the neighboring Myles dormitory, the Annex actually predates Myles by five years.[1]

The building was eventually purchased in May 1965 by the Cambridge School of Business renamed in later years as Grahm Junior College (1). While in the hands of Grahm, it was utilized as administrative office space, classrooms and as the location of the College’s television and radio production studios.[2]

Following Grahm Junior College’s bankruptcy in 1979, Boston University purchased the property and ultimately converted it into the dormitory that it is today.

(1) Boston Globe, May 18, 1965

Layout

Myles Annex is a three story structure housing 93 students in single, double, and triple capacity rooms. The facility is coeducational by room, with males and females occupying each of the three floors in approximately equal numbers.[3]

Floors one and two each have two common bathrooms, one each for male and female residents, while the second floor has four separate bathrooms consisting of a women's shower room, a women's bathroom (no showers), a men's shower room, and a men's bathroom (no showers) located on the stairwell between the first and second floor. There are also laundry facilities in the main stairwell that serves the building.

The basement houses a game room and multiple group study rooms. The Annex basement also features a billiards table and a ping pong table.

Security

All street-level access to the building is closed. Residents and visitors must enter through Myles Standish Hall’s entrance at 610 Beacon Street, proceed to the second floor, and cross over into the Annex by way of a connecting passage.

As such, residents are subject to the same guest policy restrictions as residents of all other large dormitories on campus.

The building is staffed by three Resident Assistants, one on each floor.

Notes

  1. ↑ Salzman, Nancy Lurie. Buildings and Builders. pp. 163–164. ISBN 0-87270-056-9.
  2. ↑ "Grahm Sites". Retrieved 2006-06-19.
  3. ↑ "Boston University | Office of Housing | Residences | Large dormitory-style | Myles Standish hall". Retrieved 2006-06-19.

Coordinates: 42°20′58.73″N 71°05′41.98″W / 42.3496472°N 71.0949944°W