Stewart Hall to be restored
Shippensburg University will renovate Stewart Hall this academic year, changing the building into a university historical artifact center.
SU and the Shippensburg University Foundation are spending $4 million on the project, according to Lance Bryson, SU’s associate vice president of facilities planning and Maintenance. Construction will begin in January 2018.
SU contracted Philadelphia-based design firm EwingCole to renovate the building. The structure of the building will remain intact.
Stewart Hall was constructed in 1893 as a gymnasium for the Cumberland Valley Normal School. The SU Foundation is managing a campaign to raise funds for the restoration of Stewart Hall. The fund raised more than $1.1 million but is still raising money, according the SU Foundation website.
Supporters can purchase personalized bricks by going to sufoundation.org and clicking on the “PATHWAY HOME Brick Project to support the restoration of Stewart Hall” link.
SU to improve electrical and telecommunications
SU is to renovate the existing electrical and telecommunications system, according to Bryson. The project, which will cost about $9.9 million, will be funded by SU and the state. The corresponding design and construction plans are expected to be finished in December, and construction is expected to begin in May 2017.
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