University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District
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University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District
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Statue of Benjamin Franklin in front of College Hall
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Hamilton Walk, South, 32nd, Walnut, 36th, Spruce, and 39th Sts., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 117 acres (47 ha) |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival, Romanesque |
| NRHP Reference # | 78002457[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 28, 1978 |
The University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, eastern USA. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Contributing properties
The Historic District comprises 28 contributing properties over 117 acres (0.47 km2), including:[2]
- Veterinary School and Hospital - 1906, 1912, designed by Walter Cope and Emlyn Stewardson.
- Zoological Laboratory (now, Leidy Laboratory of Biology) - 1910, designed by Cope and Stewardson.
- University Dormitories - 1895-1910, designed by Cope and Stewardson.
- Richards Medical Research Laboratories - 1964 - designed by Louis Kahn.
- Medical School - 1904, 1928, designed by Cope and Stewardson.
- University Museum - Wilson Eyre, Cope and Stewardson, and Frank Miles Day, 1895-1899; additions, 1912, 1929 (new wing Mitchell and Giurgola, 1971).
- Franklin Field - Day & Klauder, 1904; Horace Trumbauer, 1925.
- Weightman Hall - Frank Miles Day, 1904.
- Hutchinson Gym and Palestra - Day and Charles Klauder, 1926, 1928.
- Moore School of Electrical Engineering - Erskine and Morris, 1921 (renovated Paul Cret - 1926 and a third story added by Alfred Bendiner in 1940)
- Towne Building - Cope and Stewardson, 1903.
- Hayden Hall - Edgar Viguers Seeler, 1896.
- John Harrison (Smith) Chemistry Lab - Collins and Autenreith, 1886.
- Morgan Laboratory of Physics - Cope and Stewardson, 1892 (School of Nursing and Music Building).
- Bennett Hall - Stewardson and Page, 1925.
- Furness Library - Furness and Evans, 1888-1891; Duhring Wing, 1914-1915.
- Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce St. - Horace Trumbauer 1926-1932.
- Houston Hall - William C. Hays and Milton Bennett Medary (under Frank Miles Day) 1895.
- College Hall - Thomas W. Richards, 1871-1872.
- Logan Hall - Thomas W. Richards 1874.
- Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce St. - G. W. & W. D. Hewitt 1894; addition, 1897.
- "The Castle" (Tau chapter of Psi Upsilon Fraternity), 250 S. 36th St., (1897–99) - William D. Hewitt.
- Phi Kappa Sigma - Bissell and Sinkler, 1910 - Fraternity.
- Delta Upsilon - L. Kintzing, 1913.
- Delta Tau Delta - Bissell and Sinkler, 1914.
- Phi Delta Theta (Environmental Studies) - Oswald Shelly, 1900. Fraternity.
Gallery
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College Hall
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The Quad Tower (University Dormitories)
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The Quad Courtyard
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The Quad Dormitories
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The Quad Dormitories
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Hayden Hall
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"The Castle", Psi Upsilon Fraternity
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Fisher-Bennett Hall
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Logan and Houston Halls
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- National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- Late Gothic Revival architecture
- Tudor Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania campus
- Historic districts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- University City, Philadelphia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
