CHANGING LEHIGH
Christmas Hall was renovated from a Moravian Church into Lehigh's first academic building in 1866. Lehigh's first classes were held in this building on September 1 of that year. There were forty students who attended classes.
1866
 Christmas and Saucon Halls 1886Christmas and Saucon Hall before being joined. | Lehigh University Photograph Collection, Special Collections. |  Christmas and Saucon Halls 1890Christmas and Saucon Halls. | Lehigh University Photograph Collection, Special Collections. |  Saucon Hall 1890Saucon Hall. | Lehigh University Photograph Collection, Special Collections. |
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 Christmas Hall 1900Christmas Hall. | Lehigh University Photograph Collection, Special Collections. |  Christmas Hall 1900Christmas Hall. | Lehigh University Photograph Collection, Special Collections. |  Christmas Hall 1900Christmas Hall. | Lehigh University Photograph Collection, Special Collections. |
 Christmas Hall 1920Christmas Hall. | Lehigh University Photograph Collection, Special Collections. |
CHRISTMAS
-SAUCON
Christmas and Saucon Halls were remolded and joined in 1926. Connecting the two buildings was a four-story central building. The two halls took the name of Christmas-Saucon Hall. The hall then became the home of the College of Business Administration, the Department of English and the Health Center.
1926
Saucon Hall, the third building to be built on Lehigh's campus, was completed in 1872. This building originally served as a dormitory and a cafeteria for students.
1872
Saucon Hall was converted into classrooms and a physics laboratory in 1886, replacing its former use as a dormitory.
