CHANGING LEHIGH
Coppee Hall, formerly The Gymnasium at Lehigh, was erected in 1882. The original gymnasium contained a bowling alley, lockers and bathing rooms on the ground floor, and a forty-foot high main gymnasium, a visitor's gallery and a running course (averaging 38 laps to the mile) on the second floor.
1882
Built in 1882, Coppee Hall was the fourth building built
specifically for Lehigh. It was oringinally built as a gymnasium
but today is stands as the Department of Journalism.
COPPEE
HALL
1914
The Gymnasium was replaced by Taylor gym, and was completely remodeled for use as a classroom building in 1914. The building became the new home of the Department of Arts and Sciences. The building at this time took the name of Lehigh's first president and the creator of The Brown and White, Henry Coppee.
Coppee was renovated again and became the home to Lehigh's Department of Journalism in 2003. The renovations created more space and computer labs in order to make the building suitable for production of The Brown and White.
