University at Buffalo The State University of New York
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| Facility: | PORTER |
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| Number: | A143 | ||
| Function: | Dorm | ||
| Gross Square Feet: | 143,294 | ||
| Construction Cost: | $1,616,000 | ||
| Completed: | April, 1974 | ||
| Architect: | Davis, Brody, and Assoc. of NYC; Milstein, Wittek, Davis Assoc. of Buffalo | ||
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| OCCUPANTS | |||
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| Classics Student Response Center University Residence Halls Admissions Custodial Residence - North Operational Support Services Student Academic Processing Services Student Academic Records and Financial Services Student Financial Processing Services University Development |
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| FUNCTION | |||
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| The Ellicott Complex is a 38-building mega-structure consisting of dormitories, dining facilities, academic departments, administrative offices, and classrooms. It was designed to house 3,200 students in the British university system style, with six 'quads' that would focus on subject matter and include faculty as residents, tied to each other by an academic and service core. This system has been abandoned, and various academic departments have relocated to Ellicott as space demands necessitated. Ellicott is notorious for its serpentine corridors and multiple pathways. The Katherine Cornell Theatre, located in the MFAC core, is named for a well know Buffalo actress. It has long been the location for taping of shows by political satirist, Buffalo-born Mark Russell. | |||
| NAMESAKE | |||
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| Peter B. Porter (1773-1844) alawyer in Canandaigua, NY, and Buffalo and was a New York Congressman
and Secretary of War (1828-29) under John Quincy Adams. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Porter was also a member
of the commission
which surveyed the canal route later used for the Erie Canal. Died in Niagara Falls, NY. Joseph Ellicott (1760-1826), the first resident agent of the Holland Land Company, surveyed the Western New York wilderness in 1798. Ellicott was an early advocate of the Erie Canal. He also mapped out a radial-on-grid plan for the city of Buffalo, similar in design to the earlier plan for Washington, D.C. |
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| Modified February 14, 2006 4:15 PM | |||
