Location: South of Skillman Library, next to Colton Chapel

Date Built: 1899-1900; additions in 1913 and 1939; renovation in 1963

Architect: John McArthur Harris, Philadelphia; 1939 addition by Frank Boeshore, Philadelphia; 1963 renovation by Pharo & Haas, Bethlehem

Builder: Original builder unknown; 1939 addition by Henry E. Baton, Philadelphia

Originally called Van Wickle Memorial Library, it was named for Augustus S. Van Wickle, whose will had provided for a college library. A stack room was added in 1913 with funding from Van Wickle's daughter, Marjorie Van Wickle Lyon. In 1939, two wings were added, a larger wing on the north to increase stack capacity and study facilities, and a smaller west wing, which contained a reconstruction of the library of Fred Morgan Kirby from his Wilkes-Barre home, donated by Allan P. Kirby '15. With the construction of Skillman Library in 1963, Van Wickle was renovated to become the home of the geology department.