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University Commons with St. Thomas Hall and Loyola Science Center
University Commons, 2010. The Weinberg Memorial Library is on right.
St. Thomas Hall (Linden Street entrance), undated
View Down the University Commons, 1980s
Construction of the University Commons at the corner of Linden and Monroe, 1980 (on the left is the future site of the Weinberg Memorial Library)
Model of the proposed University Commons, 1979. Left to right: Ralph Mancuso, Rev. Bernard McIlhenney, Robert Ryder, John Flanagan, and Marilyn Coar
View Down the University Commons, 1981
St. Thomas Hall (Linden Street entrance), undated
St. Thomas Hall, at the corner of Linden and Monroe, prior to the construction of the University Commons, 1970s
University Commons and Gunster Student Center at Night , ca. 1981
University Commons and Gunster Student Center, ca. 1981
Gallery Building on Linden Street, ca. 1980

Officially opening in 1982, the Gallery Building housed a Media Resource Center, two large multipurpose lecture rooms, Career Services, a Counseling Center, the Computer Science department, an Art Gallery, and a leisure reading/study area. It was demolished in October 2001 to make room for Founders' Green.
St. Thomas Hall, 1962, prior to the closure of Linden Street and the construction of the University Commons
University Commons with Gunster Student Center (left) and St. Thomas Hall (right), 1980s
University Commons with St. Thomas Hall (on right), 2022
University Commons, 2022
University Commons with St. Thomas Hall (on right), 2022
University Commons with St. Thomas Hall (on right), 2022
University Commons, 1988

Photograph of a portion of the University of Scranton Commons in front of the Gunster Memorial Student Center.
The Engineering Building, 1947, later the site of St. Thomas Hall
Residence halls along Linden Street at the corner of Clay Avenue prior to the construction of the University Commons in 1980.
University Commons, Near the End of Construction, 1980
Construction of the University Commons, 1980
Engineering Building, 1958, now the site of St. Thomas Hall

One of three Navy barracks buildings purchased by the University after World War II to accommodate the influx of students enrolled on the G.I. Bill. It originally housed the Physics and Engineering departments. Dismantled in 1961.
Intersection of Linden Street and Monroe Avenue, 1963, prior to the construction of the University Commons (St. Thomas Hall is on the left)