Bellefonte
Historical and Cultural Association
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
November 1999 Show
Gallery at The Gamble Mill
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The Bellefonte Historical & Cultural Association (BHCA)
Gallery at The Gamble Mill
presents
BELLEFONTE AT THE MILLENIUM: THEN, NOW, AND TO BE
A look at Bellefonte's glorious past, transformations to its present, and a peek at its future through old and new photographs, drawings and paintings, and architectural drawings
Funded in part by
The Borough of Bellefonte
&
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
November 13 – December 23, 1999
Opening and Reception, November 16
JOHN FALATOVICH (color photography)
1. View East Across Allegheny Street from The Linn House NFS
4. 100 Block of High Street NFS
5. Temple Court & Episcopal Church Spire from Brockerhoff Roof NFS
BEVERLY KLUCHER (painting)
2. High Street NFS
OLGA HOOLEY (watercolors)
14. Concert in the Park $350
STEVE HEVERLY (photography)
19. Bellefonte Elks Club (hand-tinted B&W) $85
20. Bellefonte Big Spring (hand-tinted B&W) $85
21. George A. Miller Hardware (hand-tinted B&W) $85
22. Bellefonte Old Home Week Parade (hand-tinted B&W) $85
23. Bellefonte Library (hand-tinted B&W) $85
26. A Bellefonte Photo History (collage) $175
30. Bellefonte Train Station – Snow (SX-70 enlargement) $75
31. Bellefonte To Be (SX-70 enlargement) $75
34. The Mill (SX-70)
BILLY MILLS (paintings)
16. Laundry at Centre Crest, ca. 1930s NFS
17. View from Half Moon Hill NFS
GUY BROWN (paintings)
27. Bush Arcade NFS
28. Gamble Mill NFS
29. Hastings Mansion NFS
SUSAN STRUBLE (pencil drawing)
15. Gamble Mill NFS
ROB GANNON (photography)
14. Bush House NFS
32. Reflection of the Past: The Big Spring NFS
JIM DUNNE (photography)
6. State Theatre/Garman Opera House, ca. 1972 NFS
7. Crider Exchange NFS
8. Gazebo & Train Station, Talleyrand Park NFS
11. Brockerhoff Hotel, ca. 1972 NFS
DAVID HAMILTON (B&W photography)
24. Tribute to Bellefonte Fire and Rescue Squads, ca. 1970s NFS
PAST AND FUTURE
3. Photograph of a large painting owned by the Logan Fire Company: Reynolds Bank Building Fire. Painted by Charles P. Hilder (1855-1927) in 1887. Hilder lived in Bellefonte from 1884-1887. The bank is on the corner of S. Allegheny and High Streets.
9. Student Interpretations on Bellefonte: one of the urban plans produced by student architects at Penn State under the direction of Assistant Professor Christopher Diehl, 1999-2000
10. Things Remembered… Center, The Big Spring. Clockwise from upper left: (1) Home removed at corner of Allegheny & Howard Streets, replaced by commercial building. (2) & (3) Former home of Daniel Bush on S. Spring Street, remodeled for Markland Hotel; now home to the VFW. (4) The Valentine home on the corner of Bishop & S. Allegheny converted to the Brant Hotel, now the site of Mike’s Video building. (5) Former home of P. Gray Meek on W. High Street, currently a municipal parking lot across from the Train Station. (6) Early home on High Street, converted for use as YMCA; torn down when YMCA rebuilt. (7) Home removed at corner of Howard and Allegheny, replaced by Centre County Library. (8) The McClain Building, replaced by Talleyrand Park. (9) & (10) Brockerhoff Hotel, burned and rebuilt in 1865; redesigned by Robert Cole in the 1890s by adding a fourth floor and interesting roof design; presently a Senior Citizens Residence. (11) Former home of Andrew Gregg Curtin, presently the Bellefonte Elks Lodge. (12) Home at corner of Howard & Allegheny, replaced by Post Office. (13) Former home of James Beaver on the corner of W. Curtin and N. Allegheny, replaced by present house. (14) Early home adapted for use as Beezers Meat Market, removed and replaced by G.C. Murphys, now the Bellefonte Bakery. Photos assembled for the Bellefonte Bicentennial Calendar
25. Pine Street at the top of Stoney Batter, ca. 1870s. One of the houses was the caretaker’s cottage for the Friends’ meetinghouse. Anonymous but perhaps attributable to Jeremy Wilson. Original in the Centre County Library and Historical Museum.
33. Talleyrand Park Footbridge Design, by Kerry A. Uhler & Associates, Bellefonte. Creation of the park by the Talleyrand Park Committee, now a part of BHCA, was a key element in the revitalization of Bellefonte and, at the time, a vision of the future.