At its meeting on Thursday, Oct. 22, the Buildings and Properties Committee of the Cornell Board of Trustees voted to proceed with plans for renovations of Lincoln Hall on the Arts Quad. The nearly $19 million project calls for renovating the existing 49,000-square foot building, including bringing Lincoln Hall up to current code, sound proofing and improving temperature and humidity control.
A new entrance on East Avenue will be created with the construction of a 36,000-square foot addition. The addition's exterior will historically reference the original building with the use of brick, stone and slate. Construction is expected to start in the spring of 1999 and to be completed in the summer of 2000.
Built in 1888, Lincoln Hall was designed by Charles Babcock, Cornell's first dean of architecture. Originally Lincoln was the campus home of civil engineering and now houses the music department.
The committee also approved the schematic design for new residence halls and the site concept for a community commons/dining facility on North Campus. These projects are in support of the North Campus Residential Initiative, one element of which is to locate all freshman housing on North Campus.
The schematic plan includes adding beds, relocating recreational fields, upgrading existing North Campus residence halls, and adding dining and community space. Construction of the $65 million project is expected to begin in the summer of 1999 and be completed by fall 2001.
The schematic design for a 3,000-square foot addition to Wilson Laboratory also was approved. The estimated $2 million project would be located at the base of Kite Hill, adjacent to the synchrotron ring.
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