Flip to Birds eye view of Girard College and Philadelphia, Smith Brothers and Company, Philadelphia, 1850.
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Credit: Courtesy of the Library Company of Philadelphia
Constructed between 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs by Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter, Founders Hall was Girard College's original classroom building. Today this National Historic Landmark houses two museum collections and the archives of Stephen Girard.