For more information, please see the Long Center in our digital collections.

Architect:

Bellante and Clauss

Donors:

Higher Education Facilities Act Grant

Purpose:

Athletic Facility

Beginning Construction Date:

1967

Ending Construction Date:

1967

Opening Date/Dedication:

November 26, 1967

Major Renovations:

Information Not Available

Notes:

Named after Rev. John J. Long, S.J., past president of the University from 1953-1963, the building provided the University with its first indoor athletic facilities for basketball and other sports. The movable bleacher seats seat 4,500 people. The Long Center consists of of a three-level building with one full-size ground level and two lower levels, all with separate entrances and all following the natural slope of the Linden Street Hill.

Bibliography:

"Fr. Long...Fifty Years Of Service." Aquinas, 1 Dec. 1967, p. 3

Homer, Frank. The University of Scranton. p. 117

"Phys Ed Building Almost Completed." Aquinas, 20 Sept. 1967, p. 11.