Lycoming College - Lycoming College Campus - Past and Present

View from College Place of stairs and entrance to Williams Hall. From the October 24, 1980 Williams Hall Dedication Ceremony program: 'Located on the corner of Washington Boulevard and College Place, Williams Hall was occupied first in 1965. The 36,200-square-foot, L-shaped residence hall was built … during the administration of former Lycoming president Dr. D. Frederick Wertz, now the Resident Bishop, Washington, D.C. area, The United Methodist Church. The three-story brick building, designed in the Federalist style of architecture, contains 146 rooms, including 73 double and single rooms for student housing and a suite occupied by the Rev. John J. Tamalis, chaplain to Roman Catholic students on campus … Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, one of six soxial fraternities at Lycoming College, calls Williams Hall its home. The fraternity occupies rooms and a lounge on the first and second floors of the building. Williams Hall, formerly known as North Hall, was designed by the architectural firm of Wagner and Hartmen.

View of the steps and columned entrance of Williams Hall in a winter scene. Williams Hall is a three story brick residence hall built in the Federalist style, with tall, white columns gracing the main entrance. It contains 146 rooms, including 73 double and single rooms for student housing, 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.

View of the front entrance of Williams Hall. The three-story brick residence hall was built in the Federalist style, with tall, white columns gracing the main entrance. It contains 146 rooms, including 73 double and single rooms for student housing, 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.

The old Williamsport Academy was the predecessor of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary. Its full name on the incorporation papers from 1811 was the 'Williamsport Academy for the Education of Youth in the English and other Languages, in the Useful Arts, Science and Literature.' The private school was chartered by Scotch-Presbyterians. A grant providing the funding required the founders to accept up to five poor children free of charge. It was located at the northwest corner of West Third and West Streets. The lots for the building, known as 'Academy Square,' were donated by Michael Ross. The building is described as being a plain, but substantial brick structure of octagonal form. Material for this description is contained in Charles Scott Williams' book, History of Lycoming College and Its Predecessor Institutions … The Academy later bought 1 3/4 acres on a small hill, which is where the west wing of Old Main was built.

View of the campus looking south across the Quad. To the left are the bleachers. Flock Brewery is visible behind the fence. In the middle of the photo is the back of the Clarke Building and Chapel, and to its right is the back of Hilltop Gymnasium. Old Main is visible looking between those two buildings. A copy of this photo appears in the Bulletin of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary and Junior College, Vol. XXII, No. 5, November 1939

Photo of a woman's dormitory room on the third floor of Old Main. Two single brass beds are on either side of the room, with tables in between them. A chest of drawers and mirror is on the left. Pennants decorate the walls. Flowered curtains frame the window.