Baker House - The Historical Collection
This site has a bunch of stuff relating to Baker House, or more officially “The Everett Moore Baker House of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology”. Baker House is one of the undergraduate dorms at MIT, but it's more than just a pile of bricks designed by a pretty good architect and named after a pretty nice guy.
For us, Baker House was home. The friends we made there helped keep us sane during our stay at MIT. And a lot of those friendships are still going strong, long after leaving MIT and Baker House – on our way to conquering the world…
The “Baker Spirit” lives on !
75th Anniversary/Reunion
May 31-June 2, 2024
Here's the link to the Baker 75th Picture Gallery (over 800 photos!)
Saturday "Happy Hour" pictures from the MIT photographer
Sunday Brunch pictures from the MIT photographer
Group photo! (June 2, 2024)
This is the thumbnail.
Click on the image for the 46 MB high-resolution file; if you mouse over faces, you should see names
“High-resolution” means that you can read nametags if you zoom in…
So what is where on this website? Here's a quick guide...
Alvar Aalto: The man who dreamed up a home for us…
Everett Moore Baker: The place is named is his honor…
Building W7 (the building itself)
- Architectural Significance: The place really is something special…
- Construction: The construction of “Building W7”
- Renovations: The major renovations in the late 1990s
- Data Statistics: Floor plans, room sizes, and other nerdy numbers
Timeline: When did that happen?
Pictures: Mostly historical. And we're still looking for the House Slide Collection…
"I Remember When...": Stories, memories, reminisces…
Who's Who
- Housemasters: In loco parentis. Faculty Residents / Housemasters / Heads of House
- House Officers: Summary table of The House Committees (1949-1970) and Executive Councils (1970-today). The house grease…
- Year-by-Year: A detailed list of everyone involved in the running of Baker House, everyone to helped make a community. The greasy ones, the self-important ones, and the truly significant ones…
- Alumni Sightings: Bakerites in the news…
Documents: 4000-plus pages of house documents
Giving: How to give back to Baker House. A listing of many options…
Nocturnal Workaholics
From the smithsonian.com website:
“The Massachusetts Institute of Technology chose beavers a century ago as mascots because, like MIT students, they were skilled engineers and nocturnal workaholics.”
