Dedication of the service flags, Penn Day 1918. Penn Hall was designed by Architect A. T. Simmons, stylistically influenced by the Prairie School with strong horizontal lines and a low pitched roof, constructed 1916-1917. Penn Hall was designed to be…
Raising the flag on Penn Day 1918. Penn Hall was designed by Architect A. T. Simmons, stylistically influenced by the Prairie School with strong horizontal lines and a low pitched roof, constructed 1916-1917. Penn Hall was designed to be as fire…
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 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…
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.