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Beck Hall

Beck Hall

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

BECK
0027
Academic
6,442
$17,000
June, 1931
E. B. Green

OCCUPANTS 

Beck Hall Occupany Report  Adobe Reader Document (PDF)

FUNCTION 

Beck Hall originally served as the university bookstore. It is modeled on the Holland Land Company building in nearby Batavia, New York. The Holland Land Company was the original developer of the city of Buffalo in the first decade of the nineteenth century. Beck Hall presently houses the Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth. It formerly housed the Multidisciplinary Center on Aging.

NAMESAKE 

George A. BeckGeorge A. Beck (1895-1975) a 1919 graduate of the medical school, was a faculty member for nearly 50 years, starting in 1921.