Title	Penn Hall
Subject	College Buildings
Description	South facade of Penn Hall. Dirt road is now Trueblood Ave. Lewis Hall is on the right. Penn Hall designed by Architect A. T. Simmons, stylistically influenced by the Prairie School with strong horizontal lines and a low pitched roof, constructed 1916-1917. Penn Hall was designed to be as fire proof as possible with wood used only in the attic rafters. Originally the building had metal windows, deep-red rough brick exterior with white stone trim and a red tile roof.
Publisher	William Penn University. Wilcox Library Archives
Date Digital	2008-05-22
Date Original	1919?
Type	image
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Penn Hall 5
Source	Photo Box 3
Rights	www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html

Penn Hall

Description