Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center |
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The Campus Center (on the right)
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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°WCoordinates: 42°23′30.31″N 72°31′37.24″W / 42.3917528°N 72.5270111°W |
| Construction started | 1969 |
| Completed | 1970 |
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| Antenna spire | 204.98 feet (62.48 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 14 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Marcel Breuer & Associates |
Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center is a high-rise building on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus, in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Building
The concrete building and attached parking garage were designed by Marcel Breuer, in the Modernist and Brutalist architectural styles.
The building also hosts The Campus Center Hotel on the upper floors of the building. The hotel consists of 116 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
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.
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