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Built in 1885, the Old Chapel is the most iconic and significant historic building on the UMass Amherst campus. Designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, the building originally housed a library, auditorium, and classrooms.
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In 2010, the University of Massachusetts Amherst opened the first building of its campus on Court Square in Springfield, Massachusetts —UMass's Urban Design Studio. Springfield is the largest city in the Knowledge Corridor, and the cultural and economic capital of the Pioneer Valley.
During the first decade of the 21st century, UMass Amherst gained an ever-stronger national and international reputation for excellence. Notable additions to the campus included the Studio Arts Building, the Integrated Sciences Building, a new heat-and-power-generation facility, and the Commonwealth Honors College Living and Learning Complex.
Sep 11, 2011 · One of the most historic buildings on the campus of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst is the Old Chapel. This campus icon is a Richardsonian Romanesque structure, constructed of gray Pelham granite with Longmeadow brownstone trim.
The Historic Campus of UMass Amherst. Discover the agricultural origins and architectural history of the Commonwealth's flagship campus.
UMass was founded in1863 as a land-grant agricultural college; the first facilities were four frame buildings. The University‘s first fifty years of development are represented by a handful of extant residential-scale buildings –brick and frame –that served the agricultural mission of the institution.
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Designed by Stephen Earle, a noted architect from central Massachusetts, Old Chapel is an elegant example of Romanesque Revival architecture, and together with the pond, is the physical and emotional heart of the UMass Amherst campus.
