Sunday, January 13, 2013
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
The Eberly Family Special Collections Library
The Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library and the
Eberly Family Special Collections Library invite you to join them in a
celebration of outstanding architecture from our own community. Original plans and drawings of local houses
designed by former Penn State faculty member, A. William Hajjar, will be on
display in the Special Collections Library and a new digital collection of
outstanding Central Pennsylvania architecture will be unveiled.
In the 1950s and 1960s Hajjar challenged
the conservative look of the State College community with his
contemporary-style homes. Now more than
50 years old, these forty-plus buildings still delight those who appreciate
post-war modern design, and their owners are proud to play a part in conserving
a significant part of State College history.
The new digital collection, Central Pennsylvania Architecture and Landscape Architecture, documents not only the work of Hajjar, but also
many other designers active in our region, including buildings by modernists
Philip Hallock and Kenneth Heidrich. It
consists of both online exhibitions and a database of images. Beginning with research and photography
contributed by Robert Malcom and Arthur Anderson, Jr., this collection of 1000 well-documented
images is growing rapidly.
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