Video: Inside Two Bay State Road Brownstones
Terrier duo offer a glimpse of living on one of Boston’s most picturesque streets
Inside Two Bay State Road Brownstones: a Video Tour
Inside Two Bay State Road Brownstones: a Video Tour
Walking down Bay State Road, it’s easy to forget you’re in the middle of a college campus. The tree-lined street is home to dozens of quaint 19th-century brick brownstones that are home to nearly 900 BU undergrads and just over 100 graduate students. Centrally located, they offer easy access to many of the University’s major classroom buildings, the BU Beach, and downtown Boston. A typical brownstone houses 15 to 50 residents, with a common bathroom on each floor—a more intimate living experience than many traditional dorms. Students can select from single, double, triple, and quad occupancy rooms.
A number of Bay State Road’s student residents opt to live in one of the University’s 11 specialty residences. There are college-specific houses, such as the Sargent College House and the Management House, as well as residences for students enrolled in a specific major, among them the Classics House and the Music House. There’s also the Harriet E. Richards Cooperative House—aka H.E.R. House—which provides affordable housing to undergraduate cisgender women, transgender women, and nonbinary individuals who are dependent on financial aid.
In our video, Rohin Bajaj (ENG’25) and Sophia Delia (ENG’23) each offer a tour of their Bay State Road residence. Bajaj takes us from the BU Beach to his 175 Bay State Road brownstone, where he shows off the quad he shares with three other engineering students. Delia then invites us inside the specialty residence she calls home—WISE-UP House, short for Women in Science and Engineering Upper Class—where she shares a triple that has a dazzling view of the Charles River.
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