Slocum Hall is the home of the Syracuse University School of Architecture. School of Architecture professors Frederick W. Revels and Earl Hallenback designed it. Mrs. Russell Sage funded it as a memorial to her father. Construction began in April 1916, and World War I and labor shortages delayed completion until October 1918. It officially opened in 1919.
The five-story building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has a soaring central atrium. It first shared the building with the Joseph Slocum School of Agriculture and two other schools. Over 89 years it lost its entry stair and original auditorium, and the atrium was closed.
Werner Seligmann began a renovation in 1976 that added a reading room, a gallery and offices. Garrison Architects, led by James Garrison, finished another in summer 2008. It reopened the atrium and added a new auditorium and gallery. Review spaces and a cafe now surround it.
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