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Lewis Hall; Outdoor Corridor; Women's Residence Building;William Penn University

Lewis Hall; Outdoor Corridor; Women's Residence Building;William Penn University

Title

Lewis Hall; Outdoor Corridor; Women's Residence Building;William Penn University

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

Photo Box 1

Publisher

William Penn University. Wilcox Library Archives

Date

2008-01-14

Rights

www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html

Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

Lewis 9
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