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Home > Departments > Facilities Planning & Design > Campus Info > Building Profiles > South Campus Building Profiles > Hayes Hall

Hayes Hall

Hayes Hall

Facility:
Number:
Function:
Gross Square Feet:
Construction Cost:
Completed:
Architect:

HAYES
0018
Academic
94,828
$753,000
June, 1890
George Metzger of Buffalo (1874)
Jesse Porter (1890's renovation & additions)

OCCUPANTS 

Hayes Hall Occupany Report  Adobe Reader Document (PDF)

FUNCTION 

Hayes Hall houses the School of Architecture and Planning, including the architectural library. It originally served as the University administration's headquarters. 

Hayes Hall was originally part of the Erie County Almshouse and Poor Farm. In 1893, the inmates were moved to the facility on Forest Avenue, which is now the Buffalo Psychiatric Center. The main building was built in 1874. The south wing in 1877 and the north wing in 1879.

The Hayes bell tower, added in 1927, serves as an icon of the campus. In 1928, the chimes and clock were added, a gift from Kate Robinson Butler. In the Fall of 2003 the Bell Tower underwent a significant restoration to the tower structure of the building. This striking feature of the building is considered by many the most significant landmark of the South Campus. The tower house four bells, ranging in weight from 400 to 1,800 pounds. Inscribed on one of the bells is this qoute by Cuthbert W. Pound: "I am the voice of life; I call you: Come and learn."

NAMESAKE 

Brigadier General Edmund B. HayesBrigadier General Edmund B. Hayes (1849-1923) was a local engineer, businessman, bridge builder, and automobile manufacturer. He bequeathed considerable funds for university development. He also was a member of the University Council (1920-1923).