Upper Campus Dormitories

Starting at the intersection of Beacon Street, Hammond Street, and College Road, there are three student residences along the east side of Hammond Street:

Roncalli Hall
1964

Named for the Blessed Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (1888–1963) who became Pope John XXIII, the Pope who presided over the Second Vatican Council.

Welch Hall
1964

Named for Rev. Edward Holker Welch, a member of the original Board of Trustees of Boston College. Welch came from a prominent Boston family and was received into the Catholic Church, along with his Harvard classmate, Joseph Coolidge Shaw, by Bishop John B. Fitzpatrick.

Williams Hall
1964

Named for Rev. John J. Williams, who served from 1866 to 1907 as fourth Bishop of Boston and first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston.

Along the west side of Hammond Street are two student residences:

Gonzaga Hall
1957

Named for St. Aloysius Gonzaga (1568–1591), a young Italian nobleman who became a Jesuit scholastic but died during the plague of 1591. He is regarded as the patron saint of young people. On the south terrace of Gonzaga Hall is St. Joseph's Chapel, which serves the resident student population. The timbered screens and hammered aluminum altar were designed by Ken Ireland. The painting of the head of Christ is the work of Frank V. Brow ('34).

Fitzpatrick Hall
1959

Named for John Bernard Fitzpatrick, who served as third Bishop of Boston from 1846 to 1866. It was Bishop Fitzpatrick who encouraged Fr. John McElroy to create the "college in the city" that eventually became Boston College.

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