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

Wende Hall

Wende Hall

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

Architect:

WENDE
0019
Academic
76,170
$929,000
September, 1885
1955-Addition
Jesse Porter (1885)
James, Meadows, and Howard (1957 renovations)

OCCUPANTS

Wende Hall Occupany Report  Adobe Reader Document (PDF)

FUNCTION 

Wende Hall was the maternity ward of the county alms house that once occupied the site of the South Campus. When the site was purchased by the University, this building was called Hochstetter Hall and housed the Physics Department. The Hochstetter name was transferred to a building on the North Campus in the 1970's and the building was renamed Wende Hall. Its primary occupant is University Development. The building was greatly expanded from the original with construction of an addition, completed in 1955.

NAMESAKE 

Grover William Wende (1866-1926) a graduate of the medical school, served on the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee for the detection and treatment of venereal and skin diseases during World War I. Dr. Wende, a nationally recognized skin specialist worked at Buffalo General