Beck Hall

  • Overview

    Facility
    BECK
    Number
    0027
    Function
    Adm/Serv
    Gross Square Feet
    5,929
    Construction Cost
    $17,000
    Completed
    June 1931
    Architect
    E.B. Green & Son

  • Function

    Beck Hall originally served as the university bookstore. It is modeled on the Holland Land Company building in nearby Batavia, New York. The Holland Land Company was the original developer of the city of Buffalo in the first decade of the nineteenth century.

  • Namesake

    BECK.

    George A. Beck (1895-1975) a 1919 graduate of the medical school, was a faculty member for nearly 50 years, starting in 1921.