Chase Hall

Chase Hall. Remembering Agnes: 50 Years After The Flood. , Chase Hall was erected between 1917-1918 as the residence of Fred M Chase, president of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company at the time, and his wife, Ellen Stark Chase, sister of Admiral Harold R. Stark. The Chase property was the first building given to Bucknell University Junior College in 1937, donated by Admiral Stark to honor his late sister and brother-in-law. It represents a tudor revival style of architecture from the early 20th century. It has a gabled roof with cross gables, half timbering, segmental arch windows, as well as casement and double hung windows. Behind the building [was] a garage known as Chase Hall annex or Chase Theater. From the 1930s through the 1960s, the garage hosted several one-act theatrical plays until the completion of the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center in 1969, and housed the art gallery until the construction of Stark Learning Center in 1975. Hurricane Agnes damages to both the annex, which would be demolished in 1975, and the house itself were estimated to be $220,000 combined. Classes resumed in Chase Hall for the summer session on the third floor with no electricity and a dampness which remained from the flood. Many staff members removed and cleaned furniture and equipment.