For more information, please see O'Hara Hall in our digital collections.

Architect:

Information Not Available

Donors:

Information Not Available

Purpose:

Offices, College of Graduate and Continuing Education

Beginning Construction Date:

1922

Ending Construction Date:

1923

Opening Date/Dedication:

Acquired in 1968

Major Renovations:

2000-2001, Burkavage Design Associates

Notes:

The building was built in 1922-23 for Glen Alden Coal Company. It was purchased by the University in the Spring of 1968. Dexter Hanley College (now the College of Graduate and Continuing Education) and other administrative offices moved to O'Hara Hall in 2001.

Bibliography:

"University Receives Kresge Grant to Assist O'Hara Hall Renovation." Scranton Record. June 1997, p. 3

"Glen Still Nameless." Aquinas, 17 Feb. 1969, p. 10

"U of S Purchases Glen Alden Bldg." Aquinas, 5 April 1968, p. 1

"Name the Glen Alden Building." Aquinas, 31 October 1968, p. 12

"G. Alden Bldg. In Operation; Opinions Vary." Aquinas, 21 October 1969, p. 2