Brubacher Hall's Dorm Rooms Occupied
1951 September 11
Brubacher Hall's dorm rooms occupied. Named for President Abram Roy Brubacher (President, 1915-1939). First New York State College for Teachers dormitory built with state funds by State Dormitory Authority at a cost of $1,541,839. The architect was Harold O. Fullerton, who also designed Pierce and Sayles Halls. The contractor was Sano-Rubin Construction Company. The building was designed to house 300 women students and a Student Union, as well as provide sleeping accommodations for overnight or weekend visitors. A completed wing of Brubacher Hall was occupied briefly by men in the Spring of 1951 until the whole building was finished and the men moved to Sayles Hall.
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E. R. Collins to Clifton C. Flatner, January 17, 1955, folder Dormitory Authority Correspondence, 1949-63, President E. R. Collins Papers, Box 15; Evan R. Collins, “State Moves Forward,” Alumni Quarterly, Jan. 1950, p. 2-3 with architects sketch of Alumni Quadrangle; Alumni Quarterly, Jan. 1951, p. 2 and "State Releases Plans for New Student Dormitory," State College News, October 28, 1949, p. 4 also with Fullerton's sketch of Alumni Quadrangle reproduced from the Times Union with Brubacher Hall and quotes President Collins to the effect that the State Dormitory Authority owes its existence to the model that the NYSCT Benevolent Association provided in successfully constructing, running and retiring the debt on Pierce and Sayles Halls; Times Union clipping of November 19, 1950 found in scrapbook kept by E. Francis Thompson, Class of 1923 Memorabilia; attachment to a letter from L. A. Wilson to Dr. Milton G. Nelson, August 13, 1947, details the post war building plans for the NYSCT and credits Harold O. Fullerton as being the architect of the Commerce Building annex to Draper Hall, and also with drawing up the plans for additions to Husted and Page Halls, which were later modified to be an addition to Richardson and Page Halls, folder Construction-Draper, Husted Halls, etc., President Collins Records, Box 12