Map of the campus in 1892. On the aerial map for this year the following buildings are listed: Old Main, Old Main Annex, Drill Hall/Gymnasium, Observatory, residances of the President and Vice-President, Riding Hall, Laundry and Stables.
Aerial view of the campus in 1942. The campus included the following new buildings by this year: Alumni Lodge, Hyatt Hall, The Armory, and Memorial Stadium.
Map of the campus in 1947. The campus included the following new buildings by this year: 1st Webb Hall, Dyer Hall, Dyer Annex, Spang Hall, Taitt Hall, and an Engineering Building.
Aerial view of the campus in 1959. The campus included the following new buildings by this year: PMC Memorial Library and the dormitories Howell Hall, Turrell Hall and Cann Hall (part of the dorm complex located on 14th Street).
Aerial view of the campus in 1965. The campus included the following new buildings by this year: Alumni Auditorium, 2nd Webb Hall, Loveland and Victory Halls, MacMorland Center, Sharples Hall, Kirkbride Hall and the dormitories Hanna Hall, Thayer...
Military Drill Begins, 1858. Legend holds that Theodore Hyatt entered the gymnasium to find his pupils drilling with broomsticks. Hyatt soon introduces military training to “develop the muscles, expand the chest, and impart an erect gentlemanly...
Aerial view of the campus in 1975. The campus included the following new buildings by this year: The Carriage House, Student Health Services, The Castle, Schwatz Center, Wofgram Memorial Library, Counseling Center and Kapelski Learning Center.
Aerial view of the campus in 1984. The campus included the following new buildings by this year: Dixon Halls North and South, Hannum House, The Manor House, Widener Courts, Andorn House, Sparrow Hall, Alsop-Bullock Houses, Moll Hall, Carolyn Helms...
Aerial view of the campus in 1984. The campus included the following new buildings by this year: Academic Center North, Lathem Hall, Boettner Hall and Theatre Widener.
Map of the campus in 2008. The campus included the following new buildings by this year: Cottee Hall, University Center, PMC Museum, Bruce Hall, Quick Center, Kirkbride Wing, Metropolitan Hall and a New Child Development Center.
Construction of Old Main began in 1867 and for 15 years, it served as the principal building on campus. Student dormitories occupied the top floors. A dining room, classrooms, library, assembly hall and labs were on lower floors. The President's...
In 1882, a third-floor chemistry laboratory caght fire and Old Main sustained considerable damage. 16-year old Helen de Lannoy painted this watercolor sketch the day after the fire.
PMA Football Team from the 1880s . Theodore Hyatt believes that young men attend PMA to obtain an education, not to play ball. However, in 1879, he approves the start of a football team but restricts it to on-campus games. In 1888, the team is...
Construction on this building began in 1892. The Theodore Hyatt Memorial Observatory was dedicated at the 1891 commencement ceremonies to honor the man responsible for the establishment and subsequent success of Pennsylvania Military Academy. ...
Theodore Hyatt was born on April 28, 1826 in New York. He graduated in 1849 from the College of New Jersey at Princeton, and became an educator. After founding a boarding and day school for boys called the Educational Institute in Wilmington,...
