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, the Public Information Office and the START program. Currently occupied by the Alumni Relations Office, Pushman Cottage 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. The building was renamed in 1994 to honor the generous gifts of V. Lester and Maryann Pushman.