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.
Bevier Memorial Building | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
The Bevier Memorial Building, barricaded, in June 2010 | |
| Location | Washington St., Rochester, New York |
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| Coordinates | 43°9′12″N 77°36′59″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1910 |
| Architect | Bragdon, Claude |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001201 |
| Added to NRHP | October 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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
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