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	Bevier Memorial Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The Bevier Memorial Building, barricaded, in June 2010
	Location within New York Location within the United States
Location	Washington St., Rochester, New York
Coordinates	43°9′12″N 77°36′59″W / 43.15333°N 77.61639°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1910
Architect	Bragdon, Claude
NRHP reference No.	73001201
Added to NRHP	October 25, 1973

Bevier Memorial Building is a historic institutional building built originally for the Rochester Athenæum and Mechanics Institute located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. It is a three and a half brick story with ceramic trim designed by Claude Fayette Bragdon and completed in 1910.^[2]

The building's namesake Susan Bevier (1821-1903), widow of Henry H. Bevier, a wealthy brewer, gifted the Institute approximately $275,000 for its construction in her will.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
↑ Cornelia E. Brooke (August 1973). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Bevier Memorial Building. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 7, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
↑ "Brief Rochester Items". Monroe County Mail. June 10, 1910. Retrieved May 22, 2022.

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Media related to Bevier Memorial Building at Wikimedia Commons

"Bevier Memorial Building Collection". RIT Libraries.

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[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpdoc-2] Cornelia E. Brooke (August 1973). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Bevier Memorial Building. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 7, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

[3] "Brief Rochester Items". Monroe County Mail. June 10, 1910. Retrieved May 22, 2022.

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