Lycoming College - Lycoming College Campus - Past and Present

The David B Sykes Gate at the entrance to Lycoming College at the corner of Little League Boulevard and Market Street. Mr. Sykes graduated from Williamsport Dickinson Seminary and Junior College in 1938, and continued his education at Pennsylvania State University. He earned a bachelor's degree and became a Certified Public Accountant. After serving in World War II, he became an accountant, and later became controller of Giant Food, Inc. He retired in 1996 as director, senior vice president of finance, corporate secretary, treasurer, and the chief financial officer of Giant. He has made generous contributions to Lycoming College. Each class officially enters Lycoming College by walking as a group with their class banner through the Sykes Gate, and pass out through the Metzler Memorial Gate at graduation.

A photograph of the tennis court circa 1920. From the scrapbook of Edward Lester Lewis.

View of Tripartite Hall in Bradley Hall, the second music classroom. Elocution lessons were taught here. A copy of this photo first appears in the 1916 Williamsport Dickinson Seminary catalog.

View of the pedestrian bridge, or walkway, connecting Old Main to Bradley Hall.

The front of the newly-completed Wertz Student Center.

Male students walk on the sidewalk away from the Wertz Student Center, seen here from the back of the building. Built in 1959, the building was named in honor of Bishop D. Frederick Wertz, the president of the college from 1955-1968. The facilities include dining rooms, lounges, a bookstore, meeting rooms, and game rooms. At one time it housed the radio station. It is located between Rich Hall, a student dormitory, and the President's Residence, which is now Admissions House.. The white building in the background is the old Fine Arts Building.

View of Burchfield Lounge in Wertz Student Center.

Two students descend the stairway from Wesley Hall.

Construction of Wesley Hall, a dormitory on the Lycoming College campus. The brick foundation can be seen.

View of the construction of Wesley Hall, a residence hall at Lycoming College. The brick shell of the building can be seen. The building was named in recognition of John Wesley, in consideration of the long-standing relationship the College with the Methodist Church, beginning in 1848. Another residence hall, Rich Hall, is visible in the background at the right.

The beginning of excavation at the site of Wesley Hall. Across the street, on the other side of the fence, is Rich Hall, a womens' dormitory. Continuing counter-clockwise from Rich Hall, the buildings are: Hilltop Gymnasium, Old Main, Clarke Building and Chapel, and John W. Long Library, which is next to Wesley Hall.

Two students trudge through the snow in front of Wesley Hall, a residence hall at Lycoming College. This photo was taken after a January snow storm.