Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center
The Campus Center (on the right)
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 / 42.3917528; -72.5270111
Construction started	1969
Completed	1970
Height
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.