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Nott Memorial Library History Union colleges Nott Memorial is one of the great time pieces of American higher education. It is a rounded shape 16 sided building located in Schenectady New York. The Nott occupies what was envisioned about 200 years ago, plans were drawn up by Joseph Ramee, a French architect and Eliphalte Nott, Unions president from the years 1804-1886. According to Notts, the original purpose of the memorial was for it to be an alumni hall, but that idea was later forgotten and the function became unknown. Construction begun in 1858, unknowing of what the building function will be. Paul Venable turner, and emeritus art professor said it was probably intended to serve as a "chapel of some sort", based on a sketch found of what the architected wanted the building to look like, which essentially was a recreation of the pantheon [1]. Months before construction could be finished on Not, money ran out and construction had to stop. Nott died, and ...