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Bancroft Hall USNA

Through the efforts of the Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft, the Naval School was established without Congressional funding at a 10-acre Army post named Ft. Severn in Annapolis, Maryland, on October 10, 1845. In the beginning there were 50 midshipmen and 7 professors. The Naval School became the United States Naval Academy in 1850. In 1906, the first and second wings of Bancroft Hall were completed.

Bancroft Hall at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, , is the largest single dormitory in the world. Bancroft Hall, named after former U.S Secretary of the Navy, and famous historian/author George Bancroft, is home for the entire brigade of 4,000 midshipmen, and contains some 1,700 rooms, 4.8 miles (7.7 km) of corridors, and 33 acres of floor space. All the basic facilities that midshipmen need for daily living are found in the hall. It is referred to as “Mother B” or “The Hall” by Midshipmen.

In addition to the midshipmen rooms, Bancroft Hall houses offices for the Commandant of Midshipmen, six battalion officers, six battalion chaplains, thirty company officers and their senior enlisted leaders, a barbershop, bank, travel office, a small restaurant known as “Steerage,” textbook store, general store (“The Midshipmen Store”), laundromat, uniform store, cobbler  shop, the USNA Band, the USNA branch of the United States Postal Service, a gymnasium, spaces for extracurricular activities, hospital  & dental clinics as well as small optometry and orthopedics clinics. The Hall has its own ZIP Code (21412).

2003

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Image Size: 17-1/8 x 27 inches. Paper Size: 19-1/8 x 29 inches.