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Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library
Daily Collegian
-- Contains news of campus buildings and expansion and sometimes mentions town structures.
Daily Collegian (1988 - present)
Daily Collegian (1887-1987) (Digital Archive)
Centre Daily Times
-- In like fashion, the local newspaper is also a good source of campus and local architecture.
Centre Daily Times (1996 - present)
Full text via NewsBank
Centre Daily Times Index (1981-2002)
This selective database, created at Penn State, primarily indexes local news articles. National and state news items are not indexed unless they are relevant to local persons, places or events.
University Park Campus History Digital Archives
This collection of primary source materials focuses on the design and planning of the Penn State University Park campus. The development of the campus from the 1870s to the 1970s is documented by a selection of maps, photographs, construction drawings, specifications, statistical information, and news releases and articles.
Campus Inventories of Trees & Shrubs:
Trees of Penn State - current inventory maintained by the Penn State Physical Plant
Campus Trees and Shrubs - revised 1980
Trainer, Walter W.
Campus Trees and Shrubs - 1946
Trainer, Walter W.
Hajjar Heritage: A Centre Region Treasure
Architect A. William Hajjar's impact on State College is well known to those familiar with the West College Heights and Holmes-Foster neighborhoods. During his tenure as a member of the Penn State Architecture Faculty during the 1950s and early 60s, Hajjar designed and built over 30 houses and handful of office and apartment buildings in the State College area.
CentreMap
CentreMap provides free and convenient access to digital mapping for Centre County.
The following websites are good sources for local information such as zoning, planning, etc.
Centre County Government
Bellefonte Borough
Benner Township
Boggs Township
College Township
Ferguson Township
Haines Township
Harris Township
Halfmoon Township
Millheim Borough
Patton Township
Philipsburg Borough
Potter Township
State College Borough
The Centre Region Council of Governments
Penn State History
Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association
-- BHCA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the arts in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. The organization presents diverse arts and cultural programming to the community; seeks to attract working artists; and strives to increase awareness of the significance of Bellefonte's cultural heritage, as reflected in rich Victorian architecture, and of the value of its preservation.
Centre County Historical Society
The Pennsylvania Room of the Centre County Library and Historical Museum
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry
