LeConte Hall
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LeConte Hall is the former name of a building on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley,[2] which is home to the physics department. LeConte Hall was one of the largest physics buildings in the world at the time it was opened in 1924,[3] and was also the site of the first atom collider, built by Ernest O. Lawrence in 1931.[2]
LeConte Hall, University of California | |
Location | Berkeley, California |
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Coordinates | 37°52′21.42″N 122°15′22.55″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1924 |
Architect | John Galen Howard |
NRHP reference No. | 04000622[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 6, 2004[1] |
The building was named in honor of the brothers Joseph and John LeConte, professors of Physics and Geology, who were respectively the first and third presidents of the university.[4] Their last name was removed from the building in 2020 due to their white supremacist views.[5][6][7] As of 2021, the university has not decided on a permanent name.