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Lewis Hall; Women's Residence Building

Lewis Hall; Women's Residence Building

Title

Lewis Hall; Women's Residence Building

Description

Architect A. T. Simmons, stylistically building influenced by Prairie School of Architecture, constructed 1916-1917. Lewis Hall had a remarkably modern design. There are four cottages connected by covered exterior corridors on the first floor. Each cottage is named for a Quaker woman representing four distinct era of Quaker history, Margaret Fell, the mother of Quakerism, Elizabeth Fry, social service, Mary Dyer, liberty of conscience, Sybil Jones, foreign mission work.

Source

Box 1

Publisher

William Penn University. Wilcox Library Archives

Date

2011-06-15

Rights

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Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

Lewis Hall 76
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