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Bingham Group
Schurz Hall (left), Bingham Commons (center), and Hatch Hall, ca. 1963 (right) (Courtesy of University Archives, University of Missouri: C:1/40/1).
Date designed: 1962Date constructed: 1962
Date of dedication: April 11, 1965
Architectural consultant: HOK, St. Louis, MO
Named after: Carl Schurz, former U.S. Senator from Missouri and United States Secretary of the Interior under Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and James Garfield.
William Hatch, former U.S. Representative from Missouri and sponsor of the Hatch Act of 1887, which established State Agricultural Experiment Stations across the country.
George Caleb Bingham, American painter and former Missouri legislator.
This project was originally developed with support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the state of Missouri.