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History of Penn College Buildings: Police Office/Penn's Loft

The purpose of this guide is to document the evolution of our campus from its origin in the Williamsport High School to the present day. It includes buildings and other spaces rented during the WTI, WACC, and PCT eras to meet the demands of increased enr

Facts

Address: 1154 West Third Street

Built:1980

Renovated: 2001

Purchased by college: 1997

 

The college purchased Lion's Court apartment complex for use by Penn College Police. Before moving to Penn's Loft in 2001, the Police Department was located on the first floor of the Campus Center. It moved there from the first floor wing of the Academic Center. Circa 1986 the department shared space with General Services in the Crooks Door building, which was on Park Street, where the Campus Center now stands.

 

See Crooks Door factory on the Williamsport Sanborn Map for 1912, sheet 85.

Penn's Loft/Penn College Police

Lion's Court, circa 2001

Building Plans Available in College Archives?

No

Specifications

5,100 gross sq.ft.