The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

Geneva Hall

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Geneva Hall (three-quarter view), Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Geneva Hall (detail, entrance), Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Institution Name: Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Original/Historic Place Name: Geneva Hall
Location on Campus: 648 South Main St.
Date(s) of Construction:

1821-1822	original construction Judd, Levi Huddleston, John
1969	remodeled

Designer: Levi Judd; John Huddleston
Type of Place: Individual building
Style: Greek revival, Regionalist/Vernacular (Glossary)
Significance: architecture, history
Narrative: see below
References: see below

Materials:

Foundation: stone

Walls:

Roof: metal

Function:

ca. 1822	other (offices)
ca. 1822	chapel
ca. 1822	library
1882-present (2006)	residence hall

Narrative:
The building was named to honor the citizens of Geneva, who were largely responsible for financing its construction. It originally housed the chapel, library, student rooms, and offices and is the oldest standing academic building in Western New York. It was remodeled in 1969 and replastered and repainted in 1981.

References:

Campus Master Plan. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

Causey, Beverley E., Jr. Geneva Hall and Trinity Hall, Hobart and William Smith Colleges. National Register of Historic Places designation report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park Service, 1973.

Schuyler, Montgomery. "The Architecture of American Colleges: IX. Union, Hamilton, Hobart, Cornell and Syracuse." Architectural Record 30 (December 1911): 549-73.

Smith, Warren Hunting. Hobart and William Smith: The History of Two Colleges. Geneva, NY: Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1972.