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MacMillan House is one of eight College Houses. It is a three-story, brick residence that houses approximately 26 students in single, double and triple rooms. There are male and female bathrooms on each floor hallway. There is a function room in the basement. The first floor includes a living room, sun room, study, dining room and full kitchen. There is a full-sized elevator in the building.
MacMillan House is 1,084 feet from the Polar Bear Statue located in Hyde Plaza.
The College supplies the following items for each student:
Each student is assigned a telephone number for their entire time at Bowdoin. One phone per room is supplied and each student has an individual voicemail box.
All rooms are cable ready. MacMillan House is equipped with a wide-screen television in the first floor living room.
High-speed internet ports are located in every student room. Additionally, all buildings on campus are wireless.
MacMillan shares a parking lot with Quinby House that offers limited parking to residents. Decals are issued to designated parking lots based on seniority and housing assignments on a first come, first served, space available basis. You can learn more about student parking at Bowdoin on the Security parking website.
The laundry room is located on the first floor. The charge for washers and dryers is $1.50 per cycle. The washing machines and dryers in all residence halls are equipped with card readers; laundry machines do not accept cash. You may add money to your Bowdoin ID card for this purpose at several machines on campus. You can see what machines are open, get alerts sent to you when your laundry is finished, and report a problem with a machine at any time by visiting LaundryView.
There are no vending machines at this location.
All college-owned student residences are equipped with sprinklers and alarmed for fire safety.
MacMillan House has a card access system. Residents of this residence hall have 24/7 access. All other students have access from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.
There is no bicycle storage room at this location.
The Residential Life student staff comprises seventy upperclass students. There is one House Proctor in MacMillan. Find out who the House Proctor is in your building.
MacMillan House formerly Theta Delta Chi was dedicated on September 27, 2002 in honor of Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), Class of 1898. Arctic explorer, scientist, author, teacher, and recipient of honorary degrees from the College in 1918 and 1920 and the Bowdoin Prize in 1954.