Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building

Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building
Mudd Chemistry Building in 2008
General information
Status	Demolished
Type	Classroom, laboratory
Architectural style	Postmodernism
Town or city	Poughkeepsie, New York
Country	United States
Coordinates	41°41′08″N 73°53′41″W / 41.685484°N 73.894722°W / 41.685484; -73.894722[1]
Current tenants	Vassar College
Groundbreaking	October 8, 1982
Demolished	Spring 2016
Cost	$7.2 million (1984)
Owner	Vassar College
Technical details
Material	Limestone, brick, glass blocks
Floor count	Three
Floor area	42,000 square feet (3,900 m2)
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Perry Dean Rogers Architects
Structural engineer	Zaldastani Associates
Services engineer	Fred Dubin
Main contractor	W. J. Barney Corporation

The Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building was a chemistry laboratory and classroom building on the campus of Vassar College in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York. The 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m²) postmodern building stood on the north end of a cluster of other science buildings on the site of the school's first chemistry laboratory. It was completed in 1984 at a cost of $7.2 million after the college received money from a fund bequeathed to it in the will of California cardiologist and professor Seeley G. Mudd. The structure replaced Sanders Hall of Chemistry and included elements designed to be energy efficient, notably a large wall of glass blocks that designers hoped would passively heat the building. Reviews of the structure were positive when it opened with critics praising the way its form complemented nearby older buildings. By 2015, many aspects of the building had been evaluated as being in Fair or Poor condition and the building was demolished in April 2016 as part of the Science Center project, later replaced with an open green space.