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Penn Hall

Penn Hall

Title

Penn Hall

Description

Penn Hall was designed by Architect A. T. Simmons, stylistically influenced by the Prairie School with strong horizontal lines and a low pitched roof. An observatory dome is visible over the central tower of the building on the roof. A telescope was donated by the Willard Swift family and placed in the dome in 1927. The observatory was torn down in 1986. The telescope is still in use.

Source

Box 3

Publisher

William Penn University. Wilcox Library Archives

Date

2009-08-11

Rights

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Format

image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

Penn Hall 11
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