The southeast corner of Bearkat Boulevard (Sixteenth Street) and Avenue J has had a long, interesting history. The Smith sisters (Emma, Mary and Harriet) lived in a house at this location for many years during the early-to-mid 1900s [1].
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church bought the land after the sisters died and built the present church building in the late 1950s. It is assumed that as the university and church each grew, the congregation moved elsewhere and the university bought the land and maintained the building for the Episcopal Student Center. In the mid-1980s, the Episcopal Student Center moved to their present home in the Canterbury House. In the early 1990s the building began life as the University Career Services office.
It was announced in January 2009 that Career Services operations would move from this building to a recently vacated area within AB4, and the clinical psychology program would move into this location [2].
The building was renamed the Psychological Service Center in April 2009 and offices formerly located along 21st Street moved here.
