Interior view of the second floor of Penn Hall looking west. The interior windows, designed originally to allow light into the hallways, have been covered over.
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…
"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…
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.
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.
The original Penn College building, Old Main, located on College Avenue, burned down May 27, 1916. The college was relocated a couple of blocks to the north. Ground was broken on November 7, 1916 and the first class was held in the new Penn Hall on…
Professor Marie Mortensen's class in Home Economics. "This department is furnished with modern and complete equipment. Special attention has been given to the furnishing of the kitchen, which contains sufficient equipment to accommodate twenty…