| Houston Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Wynncommon.jpg) Houston Hall (right) viewed from Perelman Quadrangle in 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Student union | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Collegiate Gothic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | University City | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Address | 3417 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Renovated | 1936, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | University of Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Floor count | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Design and construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect(s) | Frank Miles Day, William C. Hays, and Milton Bennett Medary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Renovating team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect(s) | Robert Rodes McGoodwin (1936) Venturi, Scott, Brown (2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Houston Hall is the student union of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Completed in 1896, it was the first student union built on an American college campus.[3]
Houston Hall was listed as a National Register of Historic Places contributing property in the University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District in 1978.[1]
- ^ a b Cohen, Madeline L. (1977). "University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory and Nomination. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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