Clemens Hall

  • Overview

    Facility
    CLEMEN
    Number
    A240
    Function
    Academic
    Gross Square Feet
    117,313
    Construction Cost
    $5,360,000
    Completed
    May 1976
    Architect
    Ulrich Franzen & Associatesiates

  • Function

    The name of one of America's most distinctive writers graces the 10-story building that houses UB's English department and other humanities departments of the College of Arts and Sciences.  Clemens Hall houses classrooms, the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, and several departments within the College. It incorporates a Language and Learning Laboratory with 152 wired stations and a microcomputer lab for CAS faculty and students.

  • Namesake

    Mark Twain, Samuel L. Clemens.

    Under the pseudonym Mark Twain, Samuel L. Clemens (1835-1910), wrote the classics Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. He moved to Buffalo in 1869 and became an editor and part-owner of the Buffalo Express newspaper.