Then known as Shippensburg State Teachers College, Shippensburg University benefited during the Great Depression from a large construction project enabled by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA provided a $208,000 grant for the project, whose final cost was $635,363…. read more
Shippensburg University’s Henderson Gymnasium—originally known as Alumni Gymnasium and later Jessie S. Heiges Gymnasium—was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project in 1938.
Shippensburg University’s Rowland Hall was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project in 1939. “Built as the campus training school,” the building “was dedicated to President Albert Lindsay Rowland in 1941.”
Shippensburg University’s Shearer Hall was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project in 1937. It was “named in 1941 for Simon S. Shearer, science professor and chair of the Science Department.”
Shippensburg University’s Reed Operations Center was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project in 1938. It was formerly known as the Utility Building.