PUSHMAN COTTAGE

Through the years Pushman Cottage has been a men's dormitory, a women's dormitory, and the home management department of Home Economics. At one time, it housed the Development Office, Public Information Office and the START program. Pushman Cottage is currently occupied by the Alumni Relations Office and it provides a warm welcome to Albright Alumni.

The land on which Pushman Cottage (formerly Sherman Cottage for Sam Sherman who presented the property to Albright) is located was acquired with the purchase of a six-acre tract in 1924 by Mr. and Mrs. George D. Horst. Mr. Horst, a prominent industrialist who contributed to Albright on many occasions, purchased the land and barn from Mr. Gollub who was the janitor for the seminary at Selwyn Hall. Sam Sherman, a Reading building contractor, purchased and reconditioned the farmhouse and presented it to Albright College.