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Entrance to IUP Weyandt Hall,
"North Gate,"
and the nearby streets.
Note the photos and maps below to see how this area has changed.
First of all, note the photo of Carl S. Weyandt Hall soon after it was built in 1966, and especially note the old brick "North Gate" entrance into campus, as well as the configuration of the remnants of Washington Street and Tenth Street (see below for more explanations and maps).
Below is the entrance forty years later in 2006 showing the walkway that replaced that part of Washington Street. (The large balloon is part of the research project being conducted by Dr. Ray Winstead on aerial insects: https://raywinstead.com/JPAS-Winstead.shtm.
The photo below of North Gate appeared in the 1927 annual yearbook Instano. Weyandt Hall would later occupy the area to the RIGHT of this "gate" entrance into campus from the perspective of the person taking this photograph. The road (Washington Street, see maps below) seen immediately on the other side of the gate no longer exists and basically is in the same location as the present entrance walkway into Weyandt Hall. Oakland Avenue can be partially seen through the gate in the distance.
The photo below of North Gate appeared in the 1935 annual yearbook The Oak and was taken from the opposite direction as above. Weyandt Hall would later occupy the area to the LEFT of this "gate" entrance into campus. The brick road (Washington Street) seen on this side of the gate no longer exists and basically merges into the same location as the present entrance walkway into Weyandt Hall. The sidewalk pictured coming in from the right would now lead into Weyandt Hall on the left.
These brick pillars were later moved alongside Oakland Avenue straight down the walkway (N Walk) in the same area as the photo below. I remember seeing these same brick pillars there for a while with the balls on top in 1976 and then replaced later by a much larger brick entrance (c. 1980?). Especially notice the white plaque in the 1927 photo that says the gate is a gift from the class of 1900 in the year 1920. There is a plaque on each of the two sides of the gate and these same two plaques are now embedded in the newer brick entrance (without the original balls on top). Here is a November 2023 Google photo of the entranceway "North Gate:"
This "North Gate" entranceway to campus on N Walk is basically an extension of Tenth Street as indicated on this 1897 map below. You can also see Washington Street cutting all the way to the former train tracks.
The original version of this map - with a different orientation - is below at
the bottom of this page.
(Note that today's Oakland Avenue was then named Saltsburg Road.)
These 1920 and 1951 campus views below also show Washington Street cutting across the entire campus to the railroad tracks - and going through the area where Weyandt Hall was built. (Use Sutton Hall as a landmark.) When I came to IUP in 1976, some of the old railroad track bed still existed, e.g., in front of Pratt Hall. (The old fountain in front of Sutton Hall was also still there, but it was not functional and it was removed long ago. I do hear a rumor that it may be restored.)
Below is an October 2023 Google view showing Weyandt Hall at the end of the walkway that was the location of Washington Street. Also note the brick entranceway "North Gate" at the intersection of Oakland Avenue and Tenth Street.
For further reference, consider the current map of the location of Weyandt Hall:
Another clarifying point of view from Google overhead:
Below, note the c. 1965 construction of Weyandt Hall and the configuration of nearby streets as emphasized above. The photo shows the right-angle intersection of Washington Street and Tenth Street near the entrance of Weyandt Hall- with the trees obscuring Oakland Avenue as the hypotenuse of that right triangle formed by those three streets. This arrangement is especially shown in the 1897 map above - recognizing that today's Oakland Avenue is Saltsburg Road in 1897.
(The vertical line in the photos below is the crease in the university yearbook.)
as cropped from:
In the photos above, to the right of the construction of Weyandt Hall, note the parking lot across from the right triangle formed by Washington Street, Tenth Street, and Oakland Avenue - where Johnson Hall (built 1984) stands now. Initially, I usually parked in that parking lot when I first came to IUP in 1976 and walked across Oakland Avenue to Weyandt Hall. (The back-up parking area behind Stright Hall was simply an unpaved, rough sloping hill - not the paved terraces as today.)
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