Sayles Memorial Hall
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Built1879–1881
ArchitectAlpheus C. Morse
Sayles Memorial Hall | |
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| Location | Brown University Providence, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°49′35″N 71°24′09″W / 41.82625°N 71.40258°W |
| Built | 1879–1881 |
| Architect | Alpheus C. Morse |
| Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| Part of | College Hill Historic District (ID70000019) |
| Significant dates | |
| Designated CP | November 10, 1970 |
| Designated NHLDCP | December 30, 1970 |
Sayles Memorial Hall is a Richardsonian Romanesque hall on the central campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The granite structure was designed by Alpheus C. Morse and constructed from 1879 to 1881.[1]
Sayles Hall was built in memoriam of William Clark Sayles, who entered Brown in 1874 and died in 1876.[2] In 1878 Sayles' father gifted the school $50,000 for the construction of a building in his son's honor “which shall be exclusively and forever devoted to lectures and recitations, and to meetings on academic occasions.”[1]
