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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.
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.
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).
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. 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.
Meyerson Hall is a building in West Philadelphia, and the site of the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design.The building, designed by the architecture firm of Martin, Stewart, Noble & Class, was constructed in 1967 in reinforced concrete, brick cavity wall, and asbestos, with a total area of the building is 93,780 square feet (8,712 m 2).
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
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 ...
The Charles Patterson Van Pelt Library, also known as the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center and Van Pelt, is the primary library at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The building was designed by architects Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson, and built in 1962. It has a gross area of 201,215 square feet (18,693 m 2).