Pittsburg State: Then & Now

Porter Hall, originally built in 1927 as the university library, is named after Senator Ebenezer Finley Porter. This state legislature who was responsible for securing the money from the state to establish the State Manual Training Normal School in Pittsburg. In 1981, the library moved to its new facility and the building now houses the Art Department.

-- Some information retrieved from Pittsburg, KS Memories. https://pittsburgksmemories.com/Pittsburg_PSU/pittpsubuildings.html