Previously known as Parsons Annex, Granville House is identified as a Special-Interest Housing location, specifically for affinity housing.
Granville House has been part of its Round Hill neighborhood for more than a century and still reflects the quality of old Northampton. It was purchased by the college in 1968. It is removed from the noise and bustle of center campus, yet only a 10- to 15-minute walk to academic buildings and downtown Northampton.
In May 2024, the building was named Granville House in honor of mathematician Evelyn Boyd Granville ’45, the second African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from an American university (Yale) and one of the “hidden figures,” whose pioneering work in computing helped NASA land the first Americans on the moon.