Welcome to Bellarmine Retreat House!
A sprawling 24 bedroom mansion that sits on 8.5 acres of land. It is located on Hominy Point at the end of Howard Gleason Road in Cohasset, Massachusetts. This venue boasts spectacular views of Cohasset Harbor with Minot Light House of in the distance. Owned and operated by Boston College for the primary purpose of serving our faculty, staff and students.
Bellarmine House was the original residence of Dr. John Bryant. Henry Hobson Richardson, who developed the Arts and Crafts architectural style and designed the Trinity Church in Boston, was the architect who designed Bellarmine House. He designed the house for the daughter of Frederick Law Olmsted. Olmsted, who designed the grounds of Bellarmine House also designed the Emerald Necklace in Boston, MA.
The house was purchased by the Jesuit Community of Boston College in 1932 for $87,000. It is now owned by Boston College, purchased from the Jesuit Community in 2017, and managed by the division of Mission and
Ministry.