Radcliffe has expressed its intention to use Byerly for its fellows and the admissions office will almost certainly need to move before 2006.
And despite students repeated pleas for more space, the College has done little to create more office space for students, claiming there are too few buildings close to the Yard.
But just a stone's throw from the Yard, Hemenway sits with peeling paint, outdated equipment and a hole in its gym floor.
"We don't want to put a lot of money into something and end up wasting it when we convert," Zewinski says.