The Centre County Encyclopedia of History & Culture continues to add intriguing articles about Centre County’s past.

The Bush House was a four-story hotel situated along Spring Creek in downtown Bellefonte built by Daniel G. Bush. Before it was destroyed by fire in 2006, it was a contributing property in the Bellefonte National Historic District.

Fred Lewis Pattee was an author, literary scholar, and English professor at Penn State. He wrote the alma mater and made numerous other contributions to the college. The Pattee Library is named for him.

We hope you will take a look and, while you're there, check out the article on McCoy's Dam. Located on Spring Creek, McCoy's Dam provided hydroelectric power for Centre County during the first half of the twentieth century. It was idled for five decades before being razed in 2007 to improve the creek’s water quality.

We would like to express our gratitude to the volunteer contributors who have made the encyclopedia a successful and expanding repository of knowledge.