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A bronze statue of a seated Benjamin Franklin by John J. Boyle is installed at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located in front of College Hall, on Locust Walk, between 34th and 36th Streets, [1] and is one of three statues of Franklin on the campus.
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.
College Hall and the University of Pennsylvania library from Locust Street, c. 1901 College Hall from the southeast, before 1910 John J. Boyle's 1899 statue of Benjamin Franklin in front of College Hall
The coat of arms of the University of Pennsylvania is the assumed heraldic achievement of the University of Pennsylvania. The achievement in its current iteration was approved in 1932 and adopted in 1933. [ 1 ]
Pedestal of Benjamin Franklin Statue, John J. Boyle, sculptor, College Hall, 3420 Locust Walk, on the University of Pennsylvania campus, developed between 1896 and 1899; in 1839, the statue was moved from 9th and Chestnut Sts. to its current location in 1939.
Following Whitefield's sermons, the building would be used by Benjamin Franklin as the location for a new institution of higher learning, which would eventually become the University of Pennsylvania. [2] Around 1914, the bicentenary of Whitefield's birth, there was a push to erect a statue in his honor.
It is the focal piece of the Memorial Hall of the Franklin Institute, which was designed by John Windrim and modeled after the Roman Pantheon. The statue and Memorial Hall were designated as the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in 1972. It is the primary location memorializing Benjamin Franklin in the U.S. [3]
Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Portland, Oregon), by George Berry and assistants, 1942; Statue of Benjamin Franklin (San Francisco), artist unknown, 1879; Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Stanford University), original by Antonio Frilli, replaced by a replica by Oleg Lobykin, 2013; Statue of Benjamin Franklin (University of Pennsylvania), by John J ...