What sets Sterling Hall apart from the other mansions that line South River Street is the ornate ironwork (Notice the detail above.) that frames its porch -- very N'Awlens in style. Another feature, the cupola that rises above Sterling's third floor, offers a great view of Wilkes-Barre.
The house has two lounges on the first floor -- one for studying and one for just hanging out by the pool table.
The pool table itself has a long history at the University; it has been moving around campus since the late '70s. Students refinished its felt top and pockets in 2002.
rooms... 9 singles, 4 doubles, 2 (enormous!) triples average room size... 15' x 15'
If you were at Wilkes before 1949...
this building was still the residence of Walter G. Sterling.
The home was donated to Wilkes in 1950, by Gilbert McClintock who, at the same time, also donated his family's home (the current McClintock Hall). Sterling has since remained a residence hall, allowing generations of Wilkes students to pass under its intricate ironwork to get to their dorm.
The architecture of the building is an example of Italiante style, which was popular in the mid-Victorian period.
