Quadrangle Dormitories (University of Pennsylvania)

Quadrangle Dormitories
The Upper Quad, looking east.
Quadrangle Dormitories (University of Pennsylvania) is located in Philadelphia
Quadrangle Dormitories (University of Pennsylvania)
Quadrangle Dormitories (University of Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
Quadrangle Dormitories (University of Pennsylvania)
Quadrangle Dormitories (University of Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
Quadrangle Dormitories (University of Pennsylvania)
LocationBounded by Spruce, 36th, and 38th Sts., Woodland and Hamilton Walks
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°57′2.9″N 75°11′50.3″W / 39.950806°N 75.197306°W / 39.950806; -75.197306
Built1894–1930, 1953–59
ArchitectCope and Stewardson (1894–1912)
Stewardson & Page (1912–29)
Trautwein & Howard (1945–59)[1]
Architectural styleCollegiate Gothic
Part ofUniversity of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District[2] (ID78002457)
Designated CP21 June 1978[3]

The Quadrangle Dormitories (commonly referred to as Quad) are a complex of 39 conjoined residence houses at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The architectural firm of Cope and Stewardson designed the houses in an exuberant Neo-Jacobean version of the Collegiate Gothic style, and completed most of them between 1894 and 1912. The dormitories stretch from 36th to 38th Streets and from Spruce Street to Hamilton Walk (Pine Street). West of the Memorial Tower at 37th Street, the houses on the north side follow the diagonal of Woodland Avenue (now Woodland Walk) and form a long triangle with the houses on the south side. From 1895 to 1971, the dormitories housed only male students.[4]

The Quadrangle Dormitories were listed as a contributing property in the University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District in 1978.[2]

The Quad is now grouped into 3 college houses: Fisher Hassenfeld College House (west), Ware College House (center), and Riepe College House (east).[5] As "first-year communities," they currently (2017) house approximately 1,445 students.[6]

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  2. ^ 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 8 March 2017.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 13 March 2009.
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  5. ^ The Quadrangle, from University of Pennsylvania.
  6. ^ Penn College Houses, from University of Pennsylvania.