The Nott Memorial is an elaborate 16-sided stone-masonry building which serves as both architectural and physical centerpiece of Union College in Schenectady, New York.
Dedicated to Eliphalet Nott, president of Union for sixty-two years (1804–1866), the 110-foot (34 m) high by 89-foot (27 m) wide structure is a National Historic Landmark, noted for its Victorian architecture.
The Memorial was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter, architect of area churches and homes, alumnus of the college, and grandson of President Nott.
The award-winning project was undertaken by noted Boston based architecture firm Finegold Alexander & Associates and carried out by A. J. Martini Inc., contractors.
Atop the dome a quotation in colored slate from Rabbi Tarfon, found in the Talmud's Pirkei Avot 2:15, which proclaims in Hebrew: "The day is short, and the work is plentiful, and the laborers are indolent, and the reward is great, and the master of the house is insistent."