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The University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District is a historic district on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The university relocated from Center City to West Philadelphia in the 1870s, and its oldest buildings date from that period.
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [ 1 ] There are 589 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Philadelphia, including 67 National Historic Landmarks .
Old Main (Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania), the first building on the campus of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania; Old Main (The Kiski School), a building on the campus of The Kiski School, Saltsburg; Old Main (California University of Pennsylvania), a building on the campus of California University of Pennsylvania
A legend exists, mainly circulated by students at the University of Pennsylvania, that attributes The Button to the university's founder, Benjamin Franklin.A monument of a seated Franklin stands near the sculpture; legend has it that when this man of considerable girth sat down, his vest button popped off and rolled across the university's Locust Walk.
Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania; Center for Art in Wood; The Design Center of Philadelphia University; Drexel University Collection [8] Fleisher Art Memorial; The Galleries at Moore College; Painted Bride Art Center; Paradigm Gallery and Studio [9] Philadelphia Art Alliance; Philadelphia's Magic Gardens; The Print Center ...
For years, Allen Brooks promised his mother Sarah Pearl Brooks he would finish college. In December 2024, the 60-year-old made his late mother's wish come true when he graduated from Alabama A&M ...
Memorial Tower (1901), at 37th & Spruce Streets. The Upper Quad, looking west. The Quadrangle was the first major dormitory built by the university. [4] Prior to its construction, the undergraduate components of the College (25 to 50 percent of student body) was populated by many commuters from Philadelphia-area residents; students from elsewhere lived in fraternities, Philadelphia relatives ...
The Fisher Fine Arts Library was the primary library of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from 1891 to 1962. The red sandstone, brick-and-terra-cotta Venetian Gothic giant, part fortress and part cathedral, was designed by Philadelphia architect Frank Furness (1839–1912).