Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections

Sydeman Hall and Nathan Seifer Auditorium Construction

This gallery includes photographs of Brandeis’ construction of Sydeman Hall and Nathan Seifer Auditorium in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Photographs from the Ralph Norman Photography Collection and the Brandeis University Architecture Collection

Photo shows the construction of Sydeman Hall underway, with workers on scaffolding, a ladder, and piles of construction materials in the foreground.

Construction of Sydeman Hall: The addition to Ford Hall was completed in 1951. August 28, 1950.

Photo Credit: E. M. Logan

View of Sydeman Hall under construction.

Construction of Sydeman Hall: Sydeman Hall originally had two floors. The University added a third floor in 1952. November 1, 1950.

Photo Credit: Ralph Norman

Three workers standing on scaffolding during the construction of Sydeman Hall.

Construction of Sydeman Hall, 1950.

Photo Credit: Photographer unknown

Nathan Seifer Auditorium Under Construction with ladders, scaffolding, piles of lumber and 2 workers.

Nathan Seifer Auditorium Under Construction. The space that Seifer Auditorium occupied was originally an open courtyard. July 6, 1949.

Photo Credit: E. M. Logan

Three men perched on scaffolding, using hammers, while one stands below working on a window.

Nathan Seifer Auditorium Under Construction. September 13, 1949.

Photo Credit: Photographer unknown

Seifer Auditorium Under Construction, with piles of lumber and debris, a hole in a wall of the attached building and 3 construction workers.

Nathan Seifer Auditorium Under Construction. July 6, 1949.

Photo Credit: E.M. Logan