Remembrance Garden

Remembrance Garden (HM2ATI)

Location: Williamsport, PA 17701 Lycoming County
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N 41° 14.222', W 77° 1.435'

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Pennsylvania College of Technology History Trail Stop 17

—1914 · Centennial · 2014 —

Constructed in 2006
An area of respite, reflection, and remembrance, the Remembrance Garden is located near the site of a former campus and community landmark.
For many years, the administrative headquarters of Williamsport Technical Institute and Williamsport Area Community College, a former trolley car building, known as "Unit 6," was on this site.
Alumni Sculpture
The centerpiece of the garden is a sculpture titled "Interface," designed by Frederick T. Gilmour, '66, '74. Gilmour designed many iconic symbols for both Williamsport Area Community College and Pennsylvania College of Technology.
A member of WACC's first graduating class, Gilmour later served as executive director of the College Foundation and director of instructional technology and distance learning.
Alumni contributions supported the design and construction of the Interface sculpture, which was dedicated in 1989 and originally placed in a courtyard previously located between the Lifelong Education Center and Building Technologies Center.
In the Garden
· Student construction
· Bench, tables, and seating
· Memorial bricks
[Marker timeline images, from left to right]
· Williamsport Railway Company built a "car barn" on this site in 1926; the barn had nine tracks that could carry up to 45 trolley



cars. The last trolleys ran in 1933.
· The building served as a factory - R and G Knitting Mills - until after World War II, when it became the administrative headquarters for the technical institute.
· "Unit 6" deteriorated over the years. When it was demolished in 1985, the razing of its brick smokestacks symbolized the end of an era and the beginning of a new period of growth and expansion on campus.
· The office of the College president was in "Unit 6," the former trolley car building until 1984, when administrative offices were relocated to the second floor of Hager Lifelong Education Center.
[School's centennial timeline]
1914 - Williamsport Area School District Adult Education
1941 - Williamsport Technical Institute
1965 - Williamsport Area Community College
1989 - Pennsylvania College of Technology
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HM NumberHM2ATI
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Year Placed2014
Placed ByPennsylvania College of Technology
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Date Added Sunday, August 26th, 2018 at 5:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 330392 N 4567045
Decimal Degrees41.23703333, -77.02391667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 14.222', W 77° 1.435'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 14' 13.32" N, 77° 1' 26.1" W
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Area Code(s)570, 717
Closest Postal AddressAt or near , Williamsport PA 17701, US
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