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  2. Fisher Fine Arts Library - Wikipedia

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    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).

  3. Richards Medical Research Laboratories - Wikipedia

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    The Goddard Laboratories, which are connected to the Richards Laboratories, have a similar appearance. When the University of Pennsylvania decided it needed a new medical research building, the dean of fine arts recommended Louis Kahn, a highly regarded professor of architecture on the faculty there who had been exploring new approaches for modern architecture.

  4. Category:Libraries in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Drexel University Libraries; F. Free Library of Philadelphia; G. ... South Philadelphia Library This page was last edited on 7 October 2023, at 08:05 (UTC). ...

  5. List of libraries in 19th-century Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia Hospital Library [3] Philadelphia Library Association of Colored Brethren [2] Philadelphia Maritime Exchange [3] Philadelphia Museum library [4] Philadelphia Public Library (est.1892), administered by the city Board of Education. Also called City Library [14] Branch no.1: Montgomery Ave. and 17th St. [5] Branch no.2: Broad and ...

  6. List of colleges and universities in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Antonelli Institute, Erdenheim; Atlantic Cape Community College, Mays Landing, Atlantic City, and Cape May Court House, New Jersey; Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Bristol and Perkasie

  7. History of the University of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    A c. 1815 illustration of the Ninth Street campus of the University of Pennsylvania, including the medical department (on left) and the college building (on right). In 1802, the university moved to the unused Presidential Mansion at Ninth and Market Streets, a building that both George Washington and John Adams had declined to occupy while Philadelphia was the nation's capital.

  8. List of Carnegie libraries in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382. Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John ...

  9. Meyerson Hall - Wikipedia

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    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).