Wednesday, September 1, 2010

About the Cover

As you can see, my fascination with steeples, cupolas, and clock towers continues.

While most schools and colleges began their new semester last month, I always consider September "THE" back-to-school month, which leads us to this month's blog header.

It's the cupola on top of the DeNike building at East Stroudsburg University.


Below are a couple paragraphs on the building that I found on an ESU web site.

About the DeNike Center for Human Services (32,630 sq. ft.)

This building was built in 1937 as a grade school laboratory building and is currently used as a classroom and office facility for the Nursing, Health, and Recreation departments. It has a concrete foundation, brick over block walls, a slate over wood roof and reinforced concrete floors. It is named for Howard DeNike, a member of the University faculty for nearly 40 years.

The building has undergone a capital renovation under the Jump Start Program and was re-dedicated in a May 23, 1998 program following graduation. It contains faculty offices, a number of classrooms including a "Smart" classroom, computer laboratory and updated equipment and air conditioning throughout. The Bureau of Historic Preservation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has determined that this building is eligible for listing in the National Register for Historic Places.