Sherman Hall Annex

  • Sherman Hall Annex.

  • Overview

    Facility
    SHRMNA
    Number
    002A
    Function
    Acad/Res
    Gross Square Feet
    29,160
    Construction Cost
    $1,300,000
    Completed
    June 1970
    Architect
    Thomas Justin Imbs

  • Function

    The Cary-Farber-Sherman complex, built in the early 1950's, was originally named for Samuel P. Capen (his name went to a building on the North Campus in the 1970's), and allowed the medical and dental schools to move from their downtown locations.

  • Namesake

    SHRMNA.

    Professor of pediatrics at UB from 1909 to 1929, DeWitt Halsey Sherman (1864-1940) developed the university's Department of Pediatrics and also guided the expansion of Children's Hospital. A graduate of the medical school (Class of 1891), he left the bulk of his estate to the medical school. With the bequest and generous gift of Mrs. Sherman, almost $500,000 was used in the construction of a new medical building (a wing added to then-Capen Hall in 1958).