Cheverus Hall 1959
On the north side of O'Connell House is Cheverus Hall. 1959. Named for Jean Lefebvre de Cheverus, a refugee from Revolutionary France who served as first Bishop of Boston from 1808 to 1823 for the town's first Roman Catholic community. He later returned to France to become Archbishop of Bordeaux and before his death he was named to the College of Cardinals.