Hayes Hall
University of Buffalo Main Street Campus, Buffalo, New York
Style: Georgian Revival
Hayes Hall
University of Buffalo Main Street Campus, Buffalo, New York
Brig. Gen. Edmund B. Hayes (1849-1923). was a civil engineer and businessman (Union Bridge Company) who built bridges and manufactured autos. He was a pioneer investor in the development of electrical power from Niagara Falls.
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Georgian Revival design |
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Baroque Revival style |
Westminster chime and tower clock |
Georgian Revival style |
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Note modillions, dentils, volutes |
Main entrance |
Note modillions, keystone |
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One of two air vents |
Door surround: cornice, ancone, keystone, transom, side lights |
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Brig. Gen. Edmund B. Hayes (1849-1923) |
Edmund B. Hayes was an engineer and businessman who built bridges and manufactured autos.
In 1899, General Edmund Hayes and his business partner,John J. Albright, joined four other industrialists to form the Lackawanna Steel Company.
Hayes was an important contributor to the Permanent Endowment Fund of St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral.
A member of the University of Buffalo Council, 1920-1923, Hayes left a bequest of $389,000 to the university.
History of Hayes Hall:
- 1860s - an insane asylum
- 1874-1879 - the Erie County Almshouse; Architect: George Metzger. Contractors: Cyrus K. Porter & Sons. Cost: $526,778
- 1877 - north wing added
- 1879 - the south wing added
- 1894 - became the Erie County Hospital.
- 1909 - 106 acres in North Buffalo purchased by the University of Buffalo, but not developed.
- 1923 - Hayes bequeaths $3289,000 to UB
- 1927 - building renovated (original mansard roof and square tower replaced). Renamed Hayes Hall.
- 1928 - Tower clock and Westminster Chime, a gift of Mrs. Edward H. Butler, installed
Architects
In 1933,E.B Green Jr. died of a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been architect-in-charge for the design of Crosby Hall, Norton Hall, and Lockwood Memorial Library at the University of Buffalo. A few years earlier, Green and Sons had won the commission to create a master plan for the entire University, as well as design several key buildings in the plan.
The highly classical plan which the firm produced used Lockwood Library as its focal point (much like the Rotunda in Thomas Jefferson's plan for the University of Virginia) with lesser buildings sited to establish a hierarchy of functions through geometrical relationships. The intent was to create major open space surrounded by academic buildings and auxiliary areas to accommodate student housing, athletic facilities, and service buildings. The strength of their plan lay in its ability to enclose the entire campus and to create a true sense of place and identity..
For approximately ten years, the firm worked on plans for Crosby Hall, Lockwood Library, Norton Union, Hayes Hall, Clark Gymnasium, and the Service Building. Once again, the firm chose the English Renaissance Period as inspiration for the design of the buildings.
From 1933-36, Green Sr. worked on the project until R. Maxwell James joined the firm, which was thenceforth named Green and James until 1945.
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