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Robert Lowry House

Coordinates: 40°57′31″N 76°52′53″W / 40.958681°N 76.88137°W / 40.958681; -76.88137
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Robert Lowry House
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LocationLewisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Address110 University Avenue
Coordinates40°57′31″N 76°52′53″W / 40.958681°N 76.88137°W / 40.958681; -76.88137
Opened1869 (155 years ago) (1869)

The Robert Lowry House is a building in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Now part of Bucknell University,[1] it was the home of hymn-writer Robert Lowry (1826–1899) from 1869 to 1875. Lowry wrote several of his best-known hymns while living there.[2] The building, which is constructed of brick,[3] stands at 110 University Avenue,[4][5][6] across from the President's House, on Loomis Street, and the university's 1905 Memorial Gateway.[7]

The Union County Industrial Railroad passes immediately to the north of the building as it crosses University Avenue.

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission erected a marker outside the building in 1954.[8]

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  1. ^ Unknown. "Lowry House". JSTOR.
  2. ^ "Robert Lowry House". Our Christian Heritage. June 20, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  3. ^ Theiss, Lewis Edwin (1946). Centennial History of Bucknell University: 1846-1946. Grit Publishing Company Press.
  4. ^ Commission, Union County (Pa ) Planning (1977). Historic Preservation Plan of Union County, Pennsylvania. The Commission. p. 161.
  5. ^ Affairs, Bucknell University Institute for Regional (1976). Historic Preservation Plan of Union County, Pennsylvania: Prepared for the Union County Planning Commission. Union County Planning Commission. p. 36.
  6. ^ "Lewisburg Architecture Project | University Avenue". www.students.bucknell.edu. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  7. ^ Round and about Bucknell. Bucknell University. 1922. p. 6.
  8. ^ "Robert Lowry Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved September 11, 2024.