Lycoming College - Lycoming College Campus - Past and Present

View of renovation of the first floor of Drum House in progress.

Exterior view of the renovation of Drum House in progress.

Interior view of the sitting room of Admissions House

Aerial view of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary and Junior College Campus c.1945. This photo was taken after Rich Hall was built, but before the Long Library was built in 1951. Buldings visible here are Old Main in the center, Bradley Hall to its right, Memorial Hall north of Bradley Hall, Flock Brewery, which became the Science Building, across the street. Across from Old Main, to the north, are Hilltop Gymnasium, now the Fine Arts Building, and Clarke Building and Chapel. Behind Hilltop Gymnasium, facing west (columns are on the east and west sides) is Rich Hall, which was constructed in 1948. The white building across campus on the corner of Washington Boulevard is the Fine Arts Center. The football field is behind Rich Hall, Hilltop Gymnasium, and Clarke Building and Chapel. To the left in front of Old Main by the railroad tracks is Eveland Hall.

This is an aerial shot of the Lycoming College Campus looking northwest from just south of Fourth Street in Williamsport, PA. In the foreground just to the left, you can see the Recreation Center with Lamade Gymnasium directly behind it. North and west of the gym, you can see the Academic Center (the large, white, H-shaped building). Just to the northwest of the Academic Center is the Heim Biology and Chemistry Building. Just to the right and East of Heim is Forrest Hall, a dorm. Just to the east of Forrest Hall is Crever Hall with Williams Hall just to its north. To the east of Williams, Crever, and Forrest, is a grassy area called The Quad. Starting from the far northwest corner, moving toward the south, can be seen the Admissions House (the small building set behind), Wertz Student Center, and East Hall. Along the south side of the Quad you can see the Fine Arts building and just to the right of that, Clarke Chapel and Building. Proceeding from south to north along the east side of the Quad can be seen Skeath Hall (the u-shaped building to the south). Just behind Skeath is Long Hall (on the left) and Asbury Hall (to the right) followed by Wesley Hall and East Hall (at the far northeast corner). Finally, just to the southeast of Skeath Hall is a white building, the Communications Building.

Aerial view of the Lycoming College Campus in 1954, showing Long Library on the west side of the campus Quad. Old Main is at the top (south) of the photo. The building faced south. Hilltop Gymnasium is behind it on the east side. Behind Hilltop Gymnasium is Rich Hall. The President's House and Old Fine Ars Center are at the northwest corner of the quad. The football field and bleachers can be seen on the quad. Long Hall is next to the bleachers, and tennis courts are on the other side Long Hall behind the Clarke Building and Chapel. Memorial Hall is directly beside the Clarke Building. Flock Brewery has been torn down for a parking lot.

Close-up aerial view of the Lycoming College campus facing east. The large building in the foreground is the Academic Center and the attached library. Next to the library is Hilltop Gymnasium, facing south, and next to that is Clarke Building and Chapel. Across from them on the other side of the trees is Old Main, the long building with two white cupolas. The roof of Bradley Hall can be seen to the left (east) of Old Main. Between Old Main and the Clarke Building, facing west, is Memorial Hall. Behind that is a dormitory, Skeath Hall. The dormitory by Skeath Hall is Asbury Hall. In front of Asbury Hall on the east side of the Quad is Long Hall, the building with the four columns and cupola. Long Hall housed the library and became an administrative building in 1968, when the library was moved to its location in the Academic Center. Continuing counter-clockwise around the Quad, the large grassy area in the middle of the photo, Wesley Hall, a men's dormitory, is next to Long Hall. The dormitory to its right (on the left in the photo) is East Hall. The white buildings across the Quad from East Hall are the Fine Arts Building and the President's house. Next to the President's house is the Wertz Student Center, and next to that building, behind the Hilltop Gymnasium, is Rich Hall. Across the street from Rich Hall is another dormitory, Crever Hall, and to its left, at the far left of the photo, is Williams Hall.

Aerial view of the Lycoming College Campus in 1968, looking northeast The roof of the Academic Center can be seen in the center of the photo. The building to the upper right (northeast) with the two white cupolas is Old Main. It was razed in 1968. Across from Old Main (north side) is Hilltop Gymnasium, and northeast of that is the Clarke Building and Chapel. Behind Hilltop Gymnasium, the building with the cupola in the center of the photo, is Rich Hall, a dormitory. The Wertz Student Center is to the viewer's left of Wertz Student Center. Across from Rich Hall is Forrest Hall, also a dormitory, and to its left (north) is North Hall (now Williams Hall), another dormitory. The President's House and Old Fine Arts Center are the white buildings in the center, left. The Quad is the large grassy area. The large building beside the Clarke Building, at the southeast corner of the Quad (top right area of this photo) is Skeath Hall, a dormitory. Behind Skeath Hall is another dormitory, Crever Hall. At the northeast corner of the campus is the East Hall dormitory. The building on the east side of the Quad with the four columns and cupola is the Long Hall, an administration building. The building behind Long Hall is Asbury Hall. Beside Long Hall, the building with the steps leading up to it from the Quad, is Wesley Hall, a dormitory. The building in the far northeast (top left) corner of campus is East Hall. The Old Science Building can barely be seen at the southeast corner of campus. On back is an article from the Williamsport Sun-Gazette: 'Lycoming College Campus Continues Steady Growth.' The caption reports about the announcement of a $6 million expansion program spanning the next 10 years. Most of the land was acquired through the Lycoming College Redevelopment Project. The Academic Center had recently been built, and work had just begun on a new girls' dormitory, Forrest Hall. Plans had been made for the razing of Old Main and construction of a new gymnasium on the site.

Aerial view of the Lycoming College campus looking northwest. The large buiding on the left is the Academic Center, which faces south. To its left and a bit south is Old Main, which also faces south. South of Old Main and next to the parking lot on the left is Eveland Hall. To the left of Old Main (right looking at the photo) is Bradley Hall. To the sourth of Bradley Hall is the Old Science Building. Behind Old Main and beside the library wing of the Academic Center is Hilltop Gymnasium. Next to this is the Clarke Building and Chapel. To its left, at the right side of the photo behind the parking lot is a dormitory, Skeath Hall. Behind Skeath Hall, facing east, is Asbury Hall. The large building to the left of Asbury Hall, on the corner at the edge of the photo is another dormitory, East Hall. Behind Asbury Hall and facing the Quad is Long Hall. It can be noticed by it white clock tower. The large, grassy area is the Quad. Across the Quad from Long Hall is Rich Hall, a dormitory. Next to Rich Hall is Wertz Student Center. The white buidings next to the Wertz building are the Rine Arts Building and the President's house. Across the strete from the President's house are two additional dormitories, Williams Hall, and Crever Hall. Behind Crever Hall and the Academic Center is the newest dormitory, Forrest Hall.

Autumnal Aerial View of Lycoming College Campus looking south from the baseball field and tennis courts. The large grassy area toward the left center of the photo is The Quad.