Amos Eaton Hall

Amos Eaton Hall is the current home of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.

The proposed building to house these facilities was to be named in memory of Amos Eaton, the co-founder and first senior professor at Rensselaer.

The new assembly hall was designed to accommodate 1400 people, approximately the size of the student body at the time.

Dr. Ricketts was the head of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for 42 years and during the service, all nearby merchants ceased business.

The initial plan for this renovation included making the above ground basement area to become a machine room and offices for graduate assistants.

The second phase of this renovation was to provide more offices, seminar rooms, as well as additional classrooms to the third and fourth floors.

In 1964, New York record times stated that the renovations were said to “highlight a decade of expansion by the Rensselaer department of mathematics.” The chapel then became the Voorhees Computing Center.