This is one of the two sewing rooms that were located on the third floor of Penn Hall. Students could major in Domestic Science. The student would make the following garments in sewing class; plain dress, tailored petticoat, tailored skirt, silk…
Penn Hall was constructed in 1916-1917 to replace the Old Main building that had burned down in May of 1916. Stylistically influenced by the Prairie School with strong horizontal lines and a low pitched roof. The metal windows were in the…
Penn Hall was constructed in 1916-1917 with the designed influenced by the Prairie school of architecture. The central tower and the two secondary entrances that flank it protrude from the facades. These elements feature windows set between brick…
Penn Hall was constructed in 1916-1917 to replace the Old Main building that burned down in May of 1916. The building was designed by Architect A. T. Simmons, stylistically influenced by the Prairie School with strong horizontal lines and a low…
Penn Hall was designed by Architect A. T. Simmons, stylistically influenced by the Prairie School with strong horizontal lines and a low pitched roof. An observatory dome is visible over the central tower of the building on the roof. A telescope…
The college library was housed in the east end of Penn Hall from the time of it was built in 1916 until 1964. The building was not designed to hold a library and caused sever strain to the building resulting in exterior cracks in the foundation. The…
Penn Hall was designed by A. T. Simons in the Prairie School of architecture. This influence is pronounced in the central tower and the two secondary entrances that flank it. Protruding from the facade, these elements feature windows set between…
Penn Hall was built between 1916 and 1917 to replace the Old Main building that was destroyed by fire May 1916. Penn Hall was designed to be as fire proof as possible. Dark red rough brick covers the exterior with Bedford stone trim accents. The…
Penn Hall housed the library on the east end of the third floor from the time the building was built until 1964 when the library's collection moved into Wilcox Library. Penn Hall was not structurally designed to hold a library collection and…
