Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center

Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center
The Campus Center (on the right)
General information
Type	Public Space/Hotel
Location	1 Campus Center Way Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 United States
Coordinates	42°23′30.31″N 72°31′37.24″W / 42.3917528°N 72.5270111°W / 42.3917528; -72.5270111Coordinates: 42°23′30.31″N 72°31′37.24″W / 42.3917528°N 72.5270111°W / 42.3917528; -72.5270111
Construction started	1969
Completed	1970
Height
Antenna spire	204.98 feet (62.48 m)
Technical details
Floor count	14
Design and construction
Architect	Marcel Breuer & Associates
References
[1]

Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center, is a skyscraper in Amherst, Massachusetts that is built in the modernist style. The building and attached parking garage were designed by Marcel Breuer. The building also hosts The Campus Center Hotel on the upper floors of the building. The hotel consists of 116 rooms. Between 2008 and 2009, the hotel was renovated by Eastern General Contractors of Springfield, MA under the direction of Architectural firm Gensler.

The Center is named after Murray D Lincoln who was president of the National Cooperative Business Association from 1941 to 1965, and as a board member of the International Cooperative Alliance, Murray D. Lincoln was a dynamic spokesman for cooperatives in every sphere. He led in forming economic associations - the Ohio Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, an agricultural credit association, a rural electric association, and what is now the Nationwide Insurance organization. As longtime Nationwide president he moved the organization into many areas of people’s needs. He was also the first president of CARE

References

1. ^ Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center at Emporis

External links

• http://www.aux.umass.edu/campuscenter/
• http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=129725