Bucknell College, Wilkes College
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Wilkes University (Bucknell College, Wilkes College)
1933 established. Bounded roughly by S. and W. River, S. Franklin, and W. Ross sts.
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(William E. Fischer, Jr.) -
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(Photograph by William E. Fischer, Jr.) -
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(William E. Fischer, Jr.) -
(William E. Fischer, Jr.) -
(William E. Fischer, Jr.) -
(William E. Fischer, Jr.) -
(William E. Fischer, Jr.) -
(William E. Fischer, Jr.) -
(William E. Fischer, Jr.) -
(William E. Fischer, Jr.) -
(William E. Fischer, Jr.) -
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(William E. Fischer, Jr.) -
(William E. Fischer, Jr.)
Founded as a junior college by Bucknell University ( UN19) in 1933, it was renamed Wilkes College in 1947 when it became an independent four-year institution, then designated Wilkes University in 1990. In addition to its recent purpose-built structures, the university occupies numerous nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century mansions built by the industrial elite.
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Location: Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaRegional Overviews:Styles:no metadata availableMaterials:no metadata available
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George E. Thomas, "Wilkes University (Bucknell College, Wilkes College)", [Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-LU18.
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Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 465-465.
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