Richardson Hall Annex Opens

Work on the Richardson Hall Annex began in the Fall of 1954 and took two years to complete. The annex was originally scheduled to open in the Spring of 1956, but a steelworkers strike that summer, work was not finished until the Fall. The Annex was originally planned to provide class room space, dressing and rehearsal rooms rooms for Page Hall, the Speech and Developmental Reading Clinic, and radio and broadcast television space. The State College News reported that on opening it housed space for the English, Education, and Music Departments.

Subjects

Buildings & Construction

Source Details

Alumni Quarterly October 1955, "Addition to Richardson Hall Progressing Rapidly", p. 5