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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).
Its school became the Morgan Building; its dormitory became the Music Building. The Morgan Building later housed the School of Nursing. The Music Building was renovated and expanded into the Lerner Center, 2010. PA-6177 PA-6177-A PA-6177-B: Phi Delta Theta (now Jaffe History of Art Building) 28 Oswin W. Shelly 1900 1924 alterations
Franklin Field is a sports stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the eastern edge of the University of Pennsylvania's campus. Named after Penn's founder, Benjamin Franklin , it is the home stadium for the Penn Relays , [ 2 ] and the university's venue for football , track and field , and lacrosse .
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.
Frank Heyling Furness (November 12, 1839 – June 27, 1912) was an American architect of the Victorian era.He designed more than 600 buildings, most in the Philadelphia area, and is remembered for his diverse, muscular, often inordinately scaled buildings, and for his influence on the Chicago-based architect Louis Sullivan.
In 1938, when the Post Office was razed, the City gave the statue on permanent loan to the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia. Franklin was a founder of the university. It was relocated to the Penn campus, and rededicated on January 21, 1939. It was cleaned and reinstalled in 1980.
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.
The Reverend George Whitefield is a monumental statue which once stood on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.Dedicated in 1919, it was designed by sculptor R. Tait McKenzie and honors its namesake George Whitefield, Anglican cleric who was a founder of Methodism.