University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District

University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District
A 1915 map of the University of Pennsylvania campus
University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District is located in Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District
University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District
University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District is located in the United States
University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Hamilton Walk, South, 32nd, Walnut, 36th, Spruce, and 39th Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates39°56′57″N 75°11′40″W / 39.94917°N 75.19444°W / 39.94917; -75.19444
Area117 acres (47 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.78002457[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 28, 1978

The University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District is a historic district on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The university relocated from Center City to West Philadelphia in the 1870s, and its oldest buildings date from that period. The Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 28, 1978. Selected properties have been recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey, as indicated in the table below.

In 1978, the Historic District comprised 28 contributing properties over 117 acres (0.47 km2).[2] One of them, the Lea Laboratory of Hygiene ("Smith Labs"), was demolished in 1995.

Three contributing properties within the Historic District — College Hall, Furness Library, and Richards Medical Research Laboratories — are separately listed on the NRHP. St. Anthony Hall House is adjacent to the Historic District, and was listed on the NRHP in 2005.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ 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 December 31, 2013.