Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History
Sauer, AnneBranco, Jessica
Bennett, John
Crowley, Zachary
2000
Bendetson Hall, 1947
Bendetson Hall on the Medford campus was constructed in 1947 to serve as the campus bookstore, when it was known as the Taberna. It served in that capacity until 1987, when the Mayer Campus Center was constructed. Bendetson Hall is currently the home of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. | |
Until 1948, when the Taberna opened, the bookstore was run out of the basement of Eaton Library. Those cramped quarters were deemed unsuitable and the decision was made to construct a proper bookstore that would also provide a snack bar and space for the accounting office, which had outgrown its quarters in Ballou. The new structure, designed by Arland A. Dirlam, was dubbed the Taberna by then-president Leonard Carmichael. | |
The building underwent extensive renovations in 1987 when the bookstore relocated to the Mayer Campus Center. It reopened as Bendetson Hall. | |
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The encyclopedia seeks to capture more than 150 years of Tufts' achievements, societal contributions and outstanding alumni and faculty in concise entries. As a source of accurate factual information, the Encyclopedia can be used by anyone interested in the history of Tufts and of the people who have made it the unique institution it is.
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- Digital Collections and Archives Records
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- Tufts University--History
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- http://hdl.handle.net/10427/14829
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