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°W |
| 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 |
The Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center is a tall building located on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus in Amherst, Massachusetts. It's a central spot for students and visitors.
About the Campus Center Building
This building and its attached parking garage were designed by a famous architect named Marcel Breuer. He used two special styles of building design:
- Modernist architecture: This style focuses on simple shapes, clean lines, and often uses materials like concrete, steel, and glass. It's about being functional and new.
- Brutalist architecture: This is a type of Modernist style that uses a lot of raw, exposed concrete. Buildings in this style often look very strong and solid.
What's Inside the Campus Center?
The Campus Center is more than just a regular building. It also has a hotel called The Campus Center Hotel on its upper floors. This hotel has 116 rooms for people to stay in.
The hotel was updated and made new between 2008 and 2009. A company called Eastern General Contractors worked on it, guided by an architecture firm named Gensler.
Who Was Murray D. Lincoln?
The Campus Center is named after Murray D. Lincoln. He was an important person who helped many people work together.
- He was a leader in the cooperative movement. This is a way of doing business where people work together to own and run a business, sharing the benefits.
- He helped start what is now Nationwide Insurance, a big insurance company.
- He also helped create and was the first president of CARE. CARE is a major organization that provides help and support to people around the world, especially in times of crisis or poverty.
