Penn Hall served as the main academic and administrative building for the college. A through road was initially constructed in front of the building a can be seen by the cars in this picture.
Penn Hall in the last stages of construction. Ground was broken for the new facilities on November 7, 1916 and the first class was held on September 24, 1917.
"The Library now occupies all of the extreme east end of the third floor of Penn Hall, comprising two well lighted reading rooms in which are the current magazines, reference books and the more used books of general interest and two stack rooms for…
On June 28, 1960, a major hail storm caused significant damage to the windows in Penn Hall. This image is the back side of Penn Hall that faces north. The windows that were destroyed were the original windows and are described as follows, "industrial…
Penn College Chemistry Class, 1901-1902. Students are starting from the back row; Carl Lewis, George Lewis, Fred Caldwell, Bruce Ensley, unknown,Henry Farr, Clifford West, Professor Homer Rosenberger. First row, Carl Hawk, Blanche Fawcett, Gladys…
Cornerstone laying ceremony for the east week of Old Main in 1890. This last wing of the former college building was funded by the citizens of Oskaloosa. The ceremony was conducted by the Masons. This "new wing" doubled the size of the original…
