2017-03-02 - This entry describes an original installation of a new pipe organ. <br>Identified by Jim Lewis, citing information from this publication: The Ithaca Journal June 19, 1914.<br>In 1914, Bailey Hall was part of the Agricultural Department at Cornell -Database Manager
2023-08-31 - From Wikipedia: Bailey Hall is the largest auditorium at Cornell University, seating 1324 people. It is named for Liberty Hyde Bailey, first dean of what is now Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; it was originally built by New York State for the use of agriculture students, but also filled a need for a large auditorium for the whole university. The building was constructed in 1912 according to the Greek Revival architecture design of Buffalo architect Edward Brodhead Green, an 1878 Cornell graduate. It is shaped as an amphitheatre, with a colonnaded portico wrapping around its south side, and monumental stairs leading up to 11-foot main doors. Bailey Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. As originally configured, Bailey seated 1,948; one wag described it as "acoustics by God, seats by Torquemada," referring to its wooden seats and severely raked floor. In 2006, the building reopened after a major rehabilitation which brought it up to modern building codes and made it handicapped-accessible, albeit at the cost of several hundred seats of audience capacity. -Jeff Scofield
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