Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center
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Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center | |
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General information | |
Type | Public Space/Hotel |
Location | 1 Campus Center Way Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 United States |
Coordinates | 42°23′30.31″N 72°31′37.24″W / 42.3917528°N 72.5270111°W |
Construction started | 1969 |
Completed | 1970 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 204.98 feet (62.48 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 14 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Marcel Breuer & Associates |
References | |
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Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center is a high-rise building on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus, in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Building
[edit]The concrete building and attached parking garage were designed by Marcel Breuer, in the Modernist and Brutalist architectural styles.
The building also hosts Hotel UMass (formerly The Campus Center Hotel) on floors three through seven of the building. The hotel consists of 114 rooms. Between 2008 and 2009, the hotel was renovated by Eastern General Contractors of Springfield, MA under the direction of architectural firm Gensler.
Murray D. Lincoln
[edit]The Center is named after Murray D. Lincoln, a leader in the cooperative movement, a founder of what became Nationwide Insurance, and co-founder and first president of CARE.
References
[edit]- ^ "Emporis building ID 129725". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
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