Lycoming College - Lycoming College Campus - Past and Present

View of the front of Asbury Hall from the iron fencing between Wesley Hall and John W. Long Library. Asbury, an H-shaped building on Franklin Street, was built in 1962 to house 154 male students, plus a resident advisor, or in the absence of a resident advisor, for chapel speakers and other guests of the college. In 1968, it was made a male, freshmen residence hall, with a dean available on the first floor. Due to an overflow of women students in 1971, a section of the building was used for housing women, although the building was not co-ed. Asbury Hall was named in honor of Bishop Francis Asbury, the father of The United Methodist Church in America. He was a bishop in the Susquehanna Valley in 1912, when the Williamsport Academy, the institution from which Lycoming College got its roots, was formed.

View of the back of Asbury Hall on the Lycoming College campus. Asbury, an H-shaped building on Franklin Street, was built in 1962 to house 154 male students, plus a resident advisor, or in the absence of a resident advisor, for chapel speakers and other guests of the college. In 1968, it was made a male, freshmen residence hall, with a dean available on the first floor. Due to an overflow of women students in 1971, a section of the building was used for housing women, although the building was not co-ed. Asbury Hall was named in honor of Bishop Francis Asbury, the father of The United Methodist Church in America. He was a bishop in the Susquehanna Valley in 1912, when the Williamsport Academy, the institution from which Lycoming College got its roots, was formed.

A male student sits at the top of the concrete stairway leading to Crever Hall. The residence hall for women was completed in 1962. The dormitory was named in honor of Dr. Benjamin Crever, who was responsible for the development of the Williamsport Academy, the predecessor of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary. Dr. Crever's wife and daughter were members of the first Seminary faculty. The Seminary later became Williamsport Dickinson Seminary and Junior College, and became a four-year institution, Lycoming College, in 1948.

A student is seen entering East Hall through one of the arched entryways. Another student stands at the top of the stairs on the other side of the arch and looks out across the parking area. A view of the mountains can be seen in the distance.

During World War II, when cadets from the Army Air Corps occupied Dickinson dormitories, the Dickinson Seminary students lived in off-campus dormitories on Franklin and Fourth Streets. This is one of the temporary dormitories.

Lycoming College's logo is displayed on a placard on the lawn of East Hall Fraternity Residence.

Front view of Williams Hall. It contains 146 rooms, including 73 double and single rooms for students, a suite, several lounges, a recreation room, and other laundry, storage, and study areas. It was first occupied in 1965 and named North Hall. The name was later changed to Williams Hall in 1980, in honor of Mary Ellen Whitehead Williams. Her son, Joseph A. Williams, the owner of St. Mary's Sewer Pipe Company and benefactor of the College, donated funds to renovate the residence hall. He requested that the hall be re-dedicated in honor of his mother, who had raised him and his three brothers and one sister on her own after his father's early death at age forty. She continued to operate the family's 100-acre farm in Penfield, Clearfield County. The building was re-dedicated October 24, 1980.

A front view of Old Main featured on a postcard sent from Hazel K. to Miss Bessie E. Miller.

Two students, one male and one female, are seen on the front steps of Rich Hall, a female dormitory. The president's house can be seen at the end of the street.

View of the construction of an almost-completed Rich Hall, from the back of the building looking northwest. Rich Hall was built as a women's dormitory in 1948 in response to the campus population increase following World War II. Living quarters for male students were in Old Main and Bradley Hall. Rich Hall was named in honor of the Rich family, who were benefactors of the college. The date 'Sept. 18, 1948' is written on the mat of the photo.

A view of Rich Hall following a February 4, 1961 snowstorm. Rich Hall was built as a women's dormitory in 1948 in response to the campus population increase following World War II.

View of the south side of Skeath Hall, taken shortly followiing construction. The residence hall was originally built as a men's dormitory, but as of 1991 houses both men and women freshmen. The building is named in honor of J. Milton Skeath, professor, dean, and head of the psychology department, who taught at the college for forty-six years.