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Old Fine Arts Center

MLA citation style
Widemire, W. “Old Fine Arts Center”. no date. Original Photograph From The Buildings And Grounds Of Lycoming College Photograph Collection, 1951.
APA citation style
Widemire, W. (1951). Old Fine Arts Center. Original Photograph From The Buildings And Grounds Of Lycoming College Photograph Collection. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Alyc-5_454
Chicago citation style
Widemire, Williamsport. “Old Fine Arts Center”. Original Photograph From The Buildings And Grounds Of Lycoming College Photograph Collection, Lycoming College - Lycoming College Campus - Past and Present, 1951. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Alyc-5_454.
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Title

Old Fine Arts Center

Subject

Art education
Columns
Porticoes (Porches)
Shrubs
Shutters
Windows
Old Fine Arts Center (ca.1875-1986)

Description

The Old Fine Arts Building was originally constructed in the 1870's as a family dwelling. It was purchased in 1931, along with nineteen other properties located on the same city block, by Michael Bond Rich of Woolrich Mills, the former President of the Board of Directors of Williamsport Dickinson Junior College. The property was donated to the college for future expansion. Five buildings were left standing when the other properties were razed in 1939. One of those was remodeled for the President's home, and the other four were remodeled for the Fine Arts Center. The building was painted white, green shutters were hung, the eaves were cut back, a new roof was put on, and eighteen-foot colonial columns were erected for the front, which faced the center of the campus. The Fine Arts Center, consisting of eighteen rooms, was opened to the public in 1940. A plaque inside the portico in the front of the building read: 'This Fine Arts Building and President's residence were made possible by the gifts of Mr. and Mrs. William Fleming Rich and Family.' 'Widemire, Williamsport, PA' is stamped on the back.

Creator

Widemire, Williamsport, PA

Date

1951

Physical Description

Photographic print, BandW
[10 x 8 and 5 1/4 x 3 1/2]

Location Covered

Pennsylvania--Lycoming County
Williamsport (Pa.)

Time Period Covered

Still images from ca. 1820 to present.

Type

Image

Original Format

Photographs

Identifier

410BNG

Source

Original photograph from the Buildings and Grounds of Lycoming College Photograph Collection

Language

English

Relation

Digitized collections of the Lycoming College Archives. http://www.lycoming.edu/library/archives/photoarchive.html

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/

Contact

For further information about the collection or a specific item please visit the Lycoming College Archives website, http://www.lycoming.edu/library/archives/

Contributing Institution

Lycoming College

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Notes

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