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Wilkeson Quadrangle
 Facility: WILKSN

 Fargo Quadrangle - Site Map

Fargo Quadrangle - Arial View
 Number: A147
 Function: Dorm
 Gross Square Feet: 151,162
 Construction Cost: $1,717,000
 Completed: September, 1974
 Architect: Davis, Brody, and Assoc. of NYC; Milstein, Wittek, Davis Assoc. of Buffalo

 
OCCUPANTS
Geography
Canada - US Trade Center
National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis
Classics
Dean of College of Arts & Science  
University Residence Halls
Custodial residential - North
Residence Life - Administration
 
FUNCTION
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

Samuel Wilkeson (1781-1848) was a keelboat builder and the first judge of Erie County. He was responsible for providing Buffalo with its harbor, which opened in 1821. He also served as Buffalo's fourth mayor in 1836, was a State Assemblyman and Senator, a veteran of the Chautauqua militia.

 "Be kind to each other; be liberal, and generous - forgiving all injuries whether real or imaginary."
-Samuel Wilkeson "The Valiant Man"


Joseph Ellicott (1760-1826), the first resident agent of the Holland Land Company, surveyed the Western New York wilderness in 1789. 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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