Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Nathaniel Rochester House When we see buildings towering above us in some city street we seldom pause to reflect upon what might have occupied that very place. Where the Bevier build- ing now stands there was once a home. This was the home of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, oddly enough the man who brought the Rochester Athenaeum into being.

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 The Dormitoty Early in the development of the Institute the course of Home Economics was added to the curriculum and later came the Art School. As more and more students crowded to the doors the need of some suitable place of residence for women became evident. Thereupon the Jenkinson Apartments which stood between the Eastman and Bevier buildings was acquired and converted into a Residence Hall.

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Bevier Building In 1901, Mrs, Susan Bevier was the owner of the property where Colonel Roches- ter's home had stood and this property she transferred to Mechanics Institute with the provision that a building be erected in memory of her daughter, Alice Bevier. The School of Applied Art was built in 1910. Years of steady advance have placed it among the leading Art Schools of the country.