Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center

Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center is a high-rise building on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus, in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center
The Campus Center (on the right)
General information
TypePublic Space/Hotel
Location1 Campus Center Way
Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
United States
Coordinates42°23′30.31″N 72°31′37.24″W
Construction started1969
Completed1970
Height
Antenna spire204.98 feet (62.48 m)
Technical details
Floor count14
Design and construction
ArchitectMarcel Breuer & Associates
References
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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.

References

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