Bevier Memorial Building Explained

Bevier Memorial Building
Location:Washington St., Rochester, New York
Coordinates:43.1533°N -77.6164°W
Built:1910
Architect:Bragdon, Claude
Added:October 25, 1973
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:73001201

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.[1]

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.[2]

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190404141934/https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . 2019-04-04 . . Searchable database . 2016-08-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bevier Memorial Building . 2016-08-01 . Cornelia E. Brooke . PDF . August 1973 . and Accompanying photograph
  2. News: Brief Rochester Items . 22 May 2022 . Monroe County Mail . 10 June 1910.