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Home > Departments > Facilities Planning & Design > Campus Info > Building Profiles > North Campus Building Profiles > Norton Hall

Norton Hall

Norton Hall

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

NORTON
A300
Academic
55,320
$6,188,000
June, 1977
Sasaki, Dawson, and DeMay

OCCUPANTS 

Norton Hall Occupany Report  Adobe Reader Document (PDF)

FUNCTION 

Norton Hall, once primarily known for its food service facilities has continued to evolve in its function. It houses a number of departments providing academic services for the student body. It also includes the large lecture hall known as Woldman Theatre as well as a number of centrally scheduled classrooms. Of particular note is Norton's first floor transformation from primarily a dining area into the Center for Computational Research (CCR), a high-performance computing and high-end visualization supercomputing facility.

NAMESAKE 

Charles NortonCharles P. Norton (1858-1923) was a founder of the university's law school and the University's sixth chancellor (1909-1920). Norton fathered the concept of the greater University of Buffalo by overseeing the purchase of 175 acres of land for what eventually became the South Campus on Main Street. He also bequeathed nearly his entire estate to the university for student activities. He also endowed the Norton Medal, UB's highest honor, which in 2003 went to outgoing UB President William R. Greiner. The Norton name is the only name that went to three different buildings over UB's history.