Myles Standish Hall

In 2021, the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag requested the dorm be renamed to Wituwamat Memorial Hall to honor a leading Native American figure massacred by Myles Standish.

Brown, President of Boston University, responded to this effort and stated Standish's "role in the history of the founding of Massachusetts, and thus our nation, was significant.

"[3] However, in May 2024, an article in a university publication[4] announced that in response to a request from the Faculty Council, the name of the building would be changed, noting "the dorm will be known simply by its address, 610 Beacon Street, at least for the time being."

When the doors to the hotel opened in 1928, it offered many amenities and was situated in a prime location in the developing Back Bay neighborhood in Boston next to the Kenmore Square trolley station.

It was one of many such hotels, including the Sheraton located just down the street at 91 Bay State Road, which would itself be later purchased by BU and converted into a dormitory.

In 1979, with the bankruptcy of Grahm Junior College, the University purchased the school's administration building adjacent to Myles.

Due to the irregular proportions of the plot of land on which it was built at the intersection of Bay State Road and Beacon Street, the building is known for its sharp point resembling the prow of a ship.