University at Buffalo The State University of New York
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| Facility: | RCHMND |
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| Number: | A145 | ||
| Function: | Dorm | ||
| Gross Square Feet: | 155,707 | ||
| Construction Cost: | $1,757,000 | ||
| Completed: | June, 1974 | ||
| Architect: | Davis, Brody, and Assoc. of NYC; Milstein, Wittek, Davis Assoc. of Buffalo | ||
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| Anthropology Student health & wellness Campus dining & services University Residence Halls Residence Life - Administration Custodial Residential - North |
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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. | |||
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Dean Richmond (1804-1866) was a Buffalo businessman and organizer of the Buffalo and Rochester railroad, which later joined others to become the New York Central Railroad. Dean Richmond 'was one of those original men of great brain-power, force, and character, knowledge of men, and executive ability, of which that period had a number," wrote New York Republican Chauncey M. Depew, who followed Richmond into the railroad business. 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 4:16 PM | |||
