University of Massachusetts Boston - The Boston Park Plaza Hotel &amp;amp; Towers was renamed so in 1976. From 1927 until 1954, it was known as the Hotel Statler Boston, and from 1954 until 1976, as The Statler Hilton Boston. In February 1966, the Massachusetts General Court appropriated funds for UMass Boston to lease part of the building for faculty and departmental office space.