Hoyt Hall

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Hoyt Hall

Hoyt Hall


C. Grandison Hoyt	Entrance to Hoyt Hall

The Hoyt Hall auditorium was opened in September 1962 with 350 seats and it currently holds 300. University trustee C. Grandison Hall donated $200,000 for the building as a memorial to his mother, Elizabeth Hoyt.

Hoyt Hall was one of the first buildings on River Campus to be air conditioned, using chilled water from an absorption chiller in the penthouse of the adjacent Bausch & Lomb Annex. .

References
1927 Elizabeth Badger Hoyt (1860-1927) Grave in Mt. Hope Cemetery

1954 "Toronto Executive Elected to U. of R. Trustees Board," Democrat and Chronicle, January 31, 1965, Page 6B.
C. Grandison Hoyt.

1959 "C. Grandison Hoyt, '24 Contributes $200,000 towards Construction of New Lecture-Demonstration Hall," Rochester Review 21(2):6-7 (November 1959)

1960 "Contracts Let by UR For Two Additions," Democrat and Chronicle, December 30, 1960, Page 14.
Five-story addition to Bausch & Lomb Hall and a new lecture-demonstration hall.

1962 "Commencement at UR to Highlight Weekend," Democrat and Chronicle, June 9, 1962, Page 29.
At 3 p.m. today, Elizabeth Hoyt Hall, a 350-seat, air-conditioned, lecture-demonstration hall on the River Campus, will be dedicated.

1962 "New Lecture Hall Seats 350; Built as Multi-Purpose Unit," Campus Times, September 18, 1962, Page 3.
It is the first air-conditioned lecture-demonstration hall on the campus designed for year-round use.

1977 History of the University of Rochester, 1850-1962, by Arthur J. May. Expanded edition with notes
Chapter 37, In Pursuit of Excellence
Thanks largely to the generosity of Trustee Hoyt, a combination lecture and demonstration hall seating 350 was placed (1962) between Bausch and Lomb and Dewey Halls. Called Elizabeth Hoyt Hall in memory of the donor's mother, it was two stories high off a small plaza near Eastman Quadrangle with three levels on the south end; glass entryways set in a glass wall helped to make Hoyt, in the judgment of many, the most attractive building on the River Campus.

1981 "C.G. Hoyt, 80, UR Trustee," Democrat and Chronicle, July 9, 1981, Page 4B.
Hoyt was an active UR alumni and served on the school's governing board for two decades. In 1959, he donated $200,000 to help build Elizabeth Hoyt Hall, a lecture demonstration hall used for recitals.