The Arrival of the Friars in Western New York, p. 17
The
post war period saw student enrollment climb over 1,000 for the first time.
By the 1960’s it exceeded 2,000 and climbed over 2,500 in the following
decades. As campus numbers increased
additional buildings were added to satisfy their needs and the extracurricular
activities available to students expanded.
Dormitory
space was a major concern. Temporary
wooden barracks were built in the immediate postwar years.
They were replaced by Robinson-Falconio, Shay-Loughlen, the Garden
apartments and the Townhouse complex. A
Friary, now Doyle Hall, was built in 1960 to house the Franciscan community on
campus and replaced in 1985 by a new Friary.
Plassmann Hall and the
