A Pictorial History of Houghton College

Portion of a mural painted by H. Willard and Aimee Ortlip, housed in the foyer of Wesley Chapel.
This familiar campus landmark commemorates Copperhead, the last member of the Seneca Nation to reside in Houghton.
Willard J. Houghton, founder of Houghton Seminary, which later became Houghton College.
The community's first hotel, Walldorf House (circa 1880) now houses Houghton students.
Houghton's first building, circa 1883.  The campus moved a mile north in the early 1900s.  Bricks from this building were incorporated into the Nieslen Center (1990).
Class of '92 (1892, that is).
Commencement 1906.  Students are waltzing to the "Administration Building," now Fancher Hall, current home to the admission, advancement, and public relations offices.
Dr. James S. Luckey, former Houghton College President (1908-1937).
Dr. Stephen W. Paine, scholar of classical languages, Houghton College President (1937-1972).  At the time of his presidential appointment he was 28, the youngest college head in the country.
Luckey Memorial, circa 1950.
College officials laying the cornerstone for Wesley Chapel (1957).
Aerial view, circa 1940
Gaodeyo Hall's final moments.
Reinhold Campus Center.
Aerial view of campus (1999).