Havemeyer Hall
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Havemeyer Hall is an historic academic building located in Columbia University in New York City. The building, built between 1896 - 1898 under the direction of Charles Frederick Chandler, is a National Historic Chemical Landmark. The hall serves as the headquarters of the Department of Chemistry of the university and the majority of all chemistry classes are taught here. It is one of the most important buildings in the field of chemistry. Many important experiments have been conducted here as well as significant research by some of the most well known chemists of the 20th century including Marston Taylor Bogert, Henry C. Sherman and John Maurice Nelson. To date, six individuals who did research here eventually received the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Among the nobel laureates are Irving Langmuir who won in 1932 for his work on surface chemistry and Harold Clayton Urey in 1934 for his discovery of deuterium.
Aside from scientific and academic research, the building is famous for having various movies filmed in the Hall, in particular the 309 Grand lecture hall. Among the movies filmed there are Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, Ghostbusters, Mona Lisa Smile, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Malcolm X, Kinsey and Awakenings.
