Official home to college presidents, their spouses, and families, since 1937. The home, on the corner of Chapin and College Streets, was designed in 1851 in the Federal style by architect Lucas Bradley for Beloit’s first president, Aaron L. Chapin, and extensively remodeled in the Victorian style in the 1870s. At the time of the renovation, the home was still the private residence of the Chapin family. 

Ellen Chapin (President Chapin’s daughter) gave the house to Beloit in 1937, at which time the College decided to de-convert it by removing the side porches, gables, and a large front porch with carved double doors.

At one point, when the removal of a main gable on the front of the house threatened to add too much to the cost of the project, College administrators discussed the option of moving its front entrance onto Chapin St. and leaving the gable on the west side as an odd throwback to the Victorian rendition.

Fortunately, James Todd (class of 1884), a donor to the College and trustee at the time, advocated for the home’s front entrance to remain facing the Middle College lawn, where it could engage the campus, as it does today.

President Boynton and his wife Julie recently settled into the President’s House with their three pups, Vivi, Jolene, and Tallulah.