The Henry F. Hall Building () is a building on the Sir George Williams Campus of

Concordia University Concordia University () is a Public university, public English-language research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College (Montreal), Loyola College and Sir George Williams Universit ...

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, Canada. Referred to as the 'H' building, it is located at 1455 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West, in between

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and

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in the

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neighbourhood.

History

The building is named for

Henry Foss Hall Henry Foss Hall, SM (28 June 1897 – 1971) was a Canadian academic administrator. He was Dean, then Principal of Sir George Williams University from 1935 to 1962. One of the inaugural recipients of the Order of Canada, he received the Medal of ...

, president of

Sir George Williams University Sir George Williams University was a university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It merged with Loyola College to create Concordia University on August 24, 1974. History In 1851, the first YMCA in North America was established on Sainte-Hélène St ...

from 1956 to 1962. It was designed by architecture firm Ross, Fish, Duschenes and Barrett, which hired James A. M. K. O'Beirne, to draw up the plans. It was inaugurated on 14 October 1966, the same day as the

Montreal Metro The Montreal Metro (, ) is a rubber-tired underground rapid transit system serving Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The metro, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, during the tenure ...

. In 1994-95, the building's exterior, having been damaged by pollution and the elements over the decades, was cleaned and re-painted. It was the scene of the Sir George Williams Computer Riot in 1969, the

Concordia University Massacre The Concordia University massacre was a school shooting on August 24, 1992, in which Valery I. Fabrikant, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, killed four colleagues and wounded a staff member at Concordia University in Montreal, ...

in 1992 and the

Concordia University Netanyahu Riot On September 9, 2002, a riot broke out at the Sir George Williams Campus of Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, in anticipation of a visit from former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The visit, to be held at noon in the Henry ...

in 2002.

References

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Henry F. Hall Building construction site, 1964
Concordia University University and college buildings completed in 1966 Concordia University buildings and structures Sir George Williams University 1966 establishments in Quebec Universities and colleges founded by the YMCA {{Quebec-struct-stub