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| | Francis Hall was originally built as a self-sustaining seminary, so it has
many facilities for those people who live there. When it was vacated it had a dining hall, five classrooms, handball and basketball
courts, canteen, and laundry. The population of Allegany took advantage of
the new space as well and established a nursery school in the building under the
direction of the university which ran from Tuesday to Friday.
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The gymnasium is located in the basement of Francis Hall. When
built, it was touted as a state of the art gymnasium. Nowadays, it
is rundown, but it still offers an alternative court to Butler Gym or the Reilly
Center court for pickup basketball games. |
| Over the years, Francis Hall has become more than just
student residences. The second, third and fourth floors house
students, while the east wing houses the University Relations and
Advancement offices, including
Alumni
Services. Francis also provides a home for archival, periodical and
monographic materials that no longer fit in
Friedsam Memorial
Library, and the publications' warehouse for the Franciscan
Institute. In March
of 1998 the New York State College Republican Committee Convention was held in
Francis Hall. |
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Photographs added by D. Frank, 1/10/2004
Site brought up 1/12/2004
Last updated:
05/02/11
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