Named For: Albert G. Farr, Chicago banker, and trustee of the College from 1897 to 1913. His daughter Shirley was also a trustee for 41 years. She willed approximately $1 million to the College in 1957.

Location: Corner of Ransom and Seward Streets.

Date of Construction: 1960-61. Dedicated in October 1961.

Cost: $613,495.

Present and Former Uses: Farr Hall has always been used primarily as a science building. When it was built, it contained faculty offices, an auditorium-lecture hall with a seating capacity of 250, a science reference library, photo labs, and a greenhouse, in addition to classroom space. In 1971, the computer center was established in Farr Hall. (Cost: $95,000.) The computer center moved to Kemper in 1988.

References: Archives Hollinger Files: Building and Grounds -- Farr Hall; Pictorial Review, pp.14, 18.