magnifier
Image
magbottom
 
The University at Lewisburg, (now Bucknell University), Lewisburg, PA, Lithograph by P.S. Duval and Company,
Close Window

 Print showing view of main buildings of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Credit: Library of Congress

In 1846 the University at Lewisburg, was founded by Baptists who deemed it "desirable that a Literary Institution should be established in Central Pennsylvania, embracing a High School for male pupils, another for females, a College and also a Theological Institution." In 1886 the trustees changed the name to Bucknell, in honor of William Bucknell, a charter member of the board of trustees, whose generous donations had saved the university from ruin.

Back to Top