Academic Center Ground Breaking

College administrators
Ground breaking ceremonies
Shovels
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Academic Center, Wendle Hall, and Pennington Lounge (1968)

Congressman Robert F. Rich takes his turn at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Academic Center, as Assistant to the President, R. Andrew Lady, observes. Rich Hall, a women's dormitory named in honor of the Rich family, is in the background. The Academic Center was part of the Lycoming College Project. Four buildings were planned for the land acquired from the Williamsport Redevelopment Authority. The description that follows is based on a Williamsport Sun-Gazette article dated March 14, 1965. The four buildings in the project would be connected and face Ross Street, with entrances on all sides. The facility would have a theater, laboratories, faculty offices, and library. Wagner and Hartman Associates, the architects, designed all units to be constructed of glass and architectural concrete, which was different from the colonial style buildings on the rest of the campus. Parking lots were planned for the area of Little League Boulevard and Mulberry Street.

Vannucci Foto-Services

1966-07-16

Photographic print, BandW
[8 x 10]

Pennsylvania--Lycoming County
Williamsport (Pa.)

Still images from ca. 1820 to present.

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

English

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