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Article: Barnes & Noble idea; F&M campus building to house bookstore, cafe
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- Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- March 3, 2004
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Franklin & Marshall College's bookstore is coming home to Distler
House.
The Tudor-style building at the center of campus was built in 1891
to serve as a gymnasium. It has housed many F&M offices over the
years, including the bookstore during the 1970s. Most recently,
Distler functioned as a personnel office and campus hangout.
By fall semester, the bookstore and campus cafe will return to
Distler. The $2.5 million renovation, which includes a glass atrium
expansion, is well under way.
"The building is a total gut," F&M associate vice president Tom
Kingston said. Contractors ripped out the second and third floors,
exposing 19th-century beams. The renovated bookstore will have just
two ...