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  2. Overhang (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Overhang on 16th century Tomb of Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, India. In architecture, an overhang is a protruding structure that may provide protection for lower levels. . Overhangs on two sides of Pennsylvania Dutch barns protect doors, windows, and other lower-level structu

  3. University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District - Wikipedia

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    PA-6177 PA-6177-A PA-6177-B: Phi Delta Theta (now Jaffe History of Art Building) 28 Oswin W. Shelly 1900 1924 alterations 1994 expansion by Tony Atkins 3405 Woodland Walk (SW corner 34th & Walnut Streets) Later housed the Institute for Environmental Studies Now houses the History of Art Department Phi Kappa Sigma: 25 Bissell & Sinkler, and ...

  4. Meadowcroft Rockshelter - Wikipedia

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    The Meadowcroft Rockshelter is an archaeological site which is located near Avella in Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania. [4] The site is a rock shelter in a bluff overlooking Cross Creek (a tributary of the Ohio River), and contains evidence that the area may have been continually inhabited for more than 19,000 years.

  5. Quadrangle Dormitories (University of Pennsylvania) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Pennsylvania barn - Wikipedia

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    "The Standard Pennsylvania barn is the most numerous and widely distributed class of the Pennsylvania barns." [2]: 67 These were built between 1790 and 1890.The key characteristic in identifying this type is the forebay, built so that the gable end is symmetrical, with both front and rear walls being the same height.

  7. Eaves - Wikipedia

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    Eaves overhang, shown here with a bracket system of modillions. The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building. The eaves form an overhang to throw water clear of the walls and may be highly decorated as part of an architectural style, such as the Chinese dougong ...

  8. Category:Brutalist architecture in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Brutalist architecture in Pennsylvania" The following 6 pages are in this ...

  9. University of Pennsylvania School of Design - Wikipedia

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    It offers degrees in architecture, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, historic preservation, and fine arts, as well as several dual degrees with other graduate schools at the University of Pennsylvania.