Schermerhorn Hall

Schermerhorn Hall (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsxɛrmərˌɦɔr(ə)n]) is an academic building on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University located at 1190 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, United States.

It was designed by McKim, Mead & White, and was originally intended to house the "natural sciences".

During the early 20th century, it was used for studying botany, geology, physics, mechanics, and astronomy.

"[1] Today, Schermerhorn Hall houses the Departments of Art History and Archeology, Earth and Environmental Science, and Psychology.

His work in Schermerhorn would lead to his discovery of the role of genes in genetic inheritance, which earned him the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.