Bevier Memorial Building

Bevier Memorial Building is a historic institutional building built originally for the Rochester Athaneaum and Mechanics Institute located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. It is a three and a half brick story with ceramic trim designed by Claude Fayette Bragdon and completed in 1910.[2]

Bevier Memorial Building
The Bevier Memorial Building, barricaded, in June 2010
Bevier Memorial Building is located in New York
Bevier Memorial Building
Bevier Memorial Building is located in the United States
Bevier Memorial Building
LocationWashington St., Rochester, New York
Coordinates43°9′12″N 77°36′59″W / 43.15333°N 77.61639°W / 43.15333; -77.61639
Arealess than one acre
Built1910
ArchitectBragdon, Claude
NRHP reference No.73001201[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 25, 1973

The building's namesake Susan Bevier (1821-1903), widow of Henry H. Bevier, a wealthy brewer, gifted the Institute approximately $275,000 for its construction in her will.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Cornelia E. Brooke (August 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bevier Memorial Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photograph
  3. ^ "Brief Rochester Items". Monroe County Mail. 10 June 1910. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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