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Founder's Hall, Girard College, 1201-1211 West College Avenue, Philadelphia, photographed by James E. M'Clees in October 1858.
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View looking southwest showing the hall constructed 1833-1847 in the Greek Revival Style after the designs of Philadelphia architect Thomas Ustick Walter. Also shows a partial view of a neighboring building left of the hall and several trees in the foreground.

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.

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