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Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, Canada , location_country = , coordinates = , altitude = , current_tenants = , namesake = Henry Foss Hall , groundbreaking_date = , start_date = , topped_out_date = , completion_date = , opened_date = , inauguration_date = 14 October 1966 , relocated_date = , renovation_date = , closing_date = , demolition_date = , cost = C$27.5 million , ren_cost = , client = , owner = Concordia University , landlord = , affiliation = , height = , architectural = , tip = , antenna_spire = , roof = , top_floor = , observatory = , diameter = , circumference = , weight = , other_dimensions = , structural_system = , material = Modular pre-stressed concrete , size = , floor_count = 12 , floor_area = , elevator_count = , grounds_area = , architect = , architecture_firm = Ross, Fish, Duschene and Barrett , developer = , engineer = , structural_engineer = , services_engineer = , civil_engineer = , other_designers = , quantity_surveyor = , main_contractor = , awards = , designations = , known_for = , ren_architect = , ren_firm = , ren_engineer = , ren_str_engineer = , ren_serv_engineer = , ren_civ_engineer = , ren_oth_designers = , ren_qty_surveyor = , ren_contractor = , ren_awards = , seating_type = , seating_capacity = , rooms = , parking = , url = , embed = , embedded = , references = , footnotes = The Henry F. Hall Building (french: Édifice Henry F. Hall) is a building on the Sir George Williams Campus of Concordia University in

, Canada. It is located at 1455 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West, in between

Mackay Street Mackay Street (officially in french: rue Mackay) is a street located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Mackay Street is a one-way street, that begins at Sherbrooke Street West, travels southbound and ends at Overdale Avenue, just south of Re ...

and

Bishop Street Bishop Street (officially in french: rue Bishop) is a north–south street located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. With a total length of 0.6 km, it links Sherbrooke Street in the north to René Lévesque Boulevard in the south. Like n ...

in the

Quartier Concordia Quartier Concordia is a neighbourhood redevelopment project centred on Concordia University's Sir George Williams campus in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Bordered by Sherbrooke Street, Saint-Mathieu Street, René Lévesque Boulevard and Bis ...

neighbourhood.

History

The building is named for

Henry Foss Hall {{Use dmy dates, date=October 2022 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 ...

, 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 ...

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 very same day as the Montreal Metro. 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 The Sir George Williams affair (also referred to as "The Sir George Williams Computer Centre Incident") was a 1969 event at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, now a part of Concordia University (Montreal), Concordia Univers ...

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, Q ...

in 1992 and the

Concordia University Netanyahu Riot The Concordia University Netanyahu riot occurred on September 9, 2002 on the Sir George Williams Campus of Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, when student rioters opposed a visit from the then former (and later subsequent) Israeli ...

in 2002.

References

{{reflist 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