Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center

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Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center
Campus Center in 2011
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General information
TypePublic Space/Hotel
Location1 Campus Center Way
Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
United States
Coordinates42°23′30.31″N 72°31′37.24″W / 42.3917528°N 72.5270111°W / 42.3917528; -72.5270111
Construction started1969
Completed1970
Height
Antenna spire204.98 feet (62.48 m)
Technical details
Floor count14
Design and construction
Architect(s)Marcel Breuer & Associates
References
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Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center is a high-rise building on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus, in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Building

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The concrete building and attached parking garage were designed by Marcel Breuer, in the Modernist and Brutalist architectural styles.

The building also hosts Hotel UMass (formerly The Campus Center Hotel) on floors three through seven of the building. The hotel consists of 114 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

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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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  1. ^ "Emporis building ID 129725". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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