Lycoming College - Lycoming College Campus - Past and Present

The newly-finished Academic Center on the Lycoming College campus, viewed looking west in the late afternoon. The library wing is at the right of the photo. Snowden Library, in the east end, had study carrels throughout the building, groupings of study and lounge furniture, carpeted study areas with acoustical ceilings and fluorescent lighting. The instructional area contained twenty classrooms, five seminar rooms (capacity 100) and three lecture halls (capacity 1,000). Another large lecture hall seated 700 students. The AC originally included four physics labs, two psycholoty labs, one geology lab, two language labs, two mathmatics labs, and a planetarium. The theater, in the West Wing, had a seating capacity of 200 students. Snowden Library, in the east end, had study carrels throughout the building, groupings of study and lounge furniture, carpeted study areas with acoustical ceilings and fluorescent lighting.

View, looking northwest, of the construction of the Academic Center on the Lycoming College campus. This is the faculty office wing, built to accommodate at least sixty-six offices, with movable partitions permitting flexibility, and room for secretarial staff.

View, looking northwest, of construction of the Academic Center in progress. According to an article published in the Fall 1966 'Lycoming Alumni Bulletin', it was necessary to go forty-two feet below grade at the west side of the building by Mulberry Street before pouring the footings. 'More than 36 cubic yards of earth were removed. Structural steel first appeared in the middle of November.'

A close-up view of the platform at the Hilltop Gym Cornerstone Ceremony. Pictured are Dr. Long and two other gentlemen. The one man appears to be setting the cornerstone in place.

View looking northeast of the construction of the new science facilty. A trailer is parked on the building lot.

A close-up view of the platform at the Hilltop Gym Cornerstone Ceremony. Three gentlemen lay a cornerstone, while two others observe.

Photo of the construction of John W. Long Library (now Long Hall, an administration building). The John W. Long Library was built in 1950-51, and named in honor of John W. Long, president of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, which later became Lycoming College, from 1921-1955. The clock face was installed in the tower in 1959. The building was home to the library until 1968, when the Academic Center was constructed. It now is the residence of administrative offices.

Photo of the beginning of construction of John W. Long Library (now Long Hall administration building). This view is from the west side of Clarke Chapel and Music Building across the south end of the Quad, where the tennis courts were located. Also visible on the east side of the center of the Quad are the Bleachers, and the construction site to the right of the bleachers. Long Library was built in 1950-51, and named in honor of John W. Long, president of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, which later became Lycoming College, from 1921-1955. The clock face was installed in the tower in 1959. The building was home to the library until 1968, when the Academic Center was constructed. It now is the residence of administrative offices.

View of construction of the new stadium at David Person Field.

View of the construction sof Rich Hall in progress, looking southwest toward the back of the Hilltop Gymnasium, now the Fine Arts Building. 'June 17, 1948' is written on the photo mat.