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Houston Hall

Houston Hall
Houston Hall Entrance
3417 Spruce Street
Philadelphia
PA
19104

America's first college union building, it was designed by William C. Hays and Milton Medary in a student competition, altered by Robert Rhodes McGoodwin in 1936, and again by Venturi, Scott Brown in 2000.

Gross Area (sq. ft.): 
85,324
Floors: 
4
Addition: 
1936
Architect: 
Frank Miles Day, Hays & Medary / R. Mc Goodwin
Trustee Date: 
11/6/94
Building Code: 
245
Hist Sign: 
PRHP/UPHD
Penn Access PDF: 
Accessibility [1]

Source URL: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/maps/locations/houston-hall

Links:
[1] http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/pennaccess/PA0245-HoustonHall.pdf