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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1816/08/16 Thomas Leiper Patterson Born Helen Hamilton Patterson, wife of Dr Robert Maskell Patterson, gives birth to a son, Thomas Leiper Patterson, in the families residence at the Univ of Penn, Philadelphia, PA, where Dr R M Patterson is a professor of natural science.
1844/00/00 Dr Joseph Priestley Education After attending a local private school and reading medicine in Milton, Pennsylvania, Joseph Priestley graduates from the University of Pennsylvania.
1894/00/00 GW and WD Hewitt Architect Funded by Isaac Jones Wistar's endowment for research, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology is built.
1896/01/02 Frank Miles Day Architect Finance by $100,000 from Sallie and Henry H Houston, Houston Hall student union is dedicated as a memorial to their son, Henry Howard Houston Jr. (Class of 1878). The cornerstone of the building was laid on 22 January 1894.
1896/01/02 Henry Howard Houston Benefactor Finance by $100,000 from Sallie and Henry H Houston, Houston Hall student union is dedicated as a memorial to their son, Henry Howard Houston Jr. (Class of 1878). The cornerstone of the building was laid on 22 January 1894.
2000/00/00 Robert Charles Venturi Architect Houston Hall is renovated by Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates.

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Particulars for University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Higher Learning College
Area of Significance Education
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Architectural Style Late Gothic Revival
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Architectural Style Romanesque Revival
Architectural Style Tudor Revival



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 78002457
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Multiple
Architectural Style: Late gothic revival, Tudor revival, Romanesque
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Education, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1872, c 1895, c 1910
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: College
Current Function: Education
Current Sub-Function: College

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