Currently the University Park campus of Penn State University host almost three hundred different buildings. While most of these buildings demonstrate remarkable design features no building is more of a distinctive landmark than Old Main. The current structure is actually the second Old Main to occupy this location. Built in 1929 Old Main it was original home to classrooms, labs, student housing, and administrative offices. It was also briefly used as the student union until the construction of the HUB. Today the building is home to Penn State’s administration offices and the President’s office. Construction on the building began on June 24, 1857 and lasted until 1863. Designed by trustee Hugh McAllister a lawyer from Bellefonte, the building was the largest public structure between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh and the time of its completion. While the building was imposing on the outside it was commonly referred to a “dungeon” on the inside because of its lack of lighting. Students often claimed to study by candlelight. It wasn’t until 1887 that the building was lit with incandescent electric lights. Old Main was the first building of major significance on the campus and was often referred to as the Main Building. Later when other buildings began to spring up around campus the students began affectionately referring to it as “Old Main.” That name seemed to have stuck and became official when the current structure was built in 1929 and officially titles Old Main. College Avenue in downtown State College divides Penn State’s campus (University Park) from the town. Walking down these sidewalks demonstrates the difference between these two with shops and restaurants on one side and classroom buildings, dormito... ... middle of paper ... ...of Men offices mirroring the location of the woman’s. Again at the end of the hallway there is an exit to the western façade facing the Willard Building. It is obvious that the Deans office of both men and woman are mirroring each other to display equality between the students and deans governing over them. The second of the building bares a striking resemblance to the first floor. Here one also has access to the main lobby. A doorway at the top of the stairs of the second floor lobby lead one north into the board of trustee’s chambers. Here there are offices, a meeting room, and a lounge. Centrally located within the building this demonstrates that while the trustees are absent from day to day operations at the university they still have central governance. This is important for the president whom must walk past these offices daily. He or she knows that
The Old Custom House located on 28 Wall Street was built by Ithiel Town and Alexander Jackson Davis in 1833.It is made of stone and has a distinctive Greek Revival style of architecture. It was carved from marble in Westchester County, New York. The columns are of the Doric order and the building resembles a simplified version of the Parthenon. The building is of great historical significance because it is the sight of George Washington’s presidential inauguration. The strong Greek Revival style embodied the American spirit of democracy. Federal Hall has been the location of government activity for hundreds of years. In the years following the Revolutionary War, New York became the young nation’s capital. In 1789 the building was renovated and became the nation’s first Capitol building. Today’s Supremce Court, Department of State, Defense and the Treasury all trace their roots ba...
The University of Maryland names the majority of its campus’s buildings after the legacies of influential alumni and world scholars. Most would assume that the activities that occur in each of these buildings would be a representation of the namesake, however, that is not true for the Skinner Building.
I visited the Fremont High School campus in Sunnyvale today as they were having their Flex period. I was fortunate to have the principal, Bryan Emmert, walk me around the entire time and talk about the process; I then met with a few teachers afterwards to get their insights.
This paper will be covering the infrastructure of Franklin College and cover some of the changes to the campus and why the changes happened. Most of the information this paper is based upon came from articles found in Franklin College’s Archives. My archival search began in the grounds and campus files. From there I moved to maps. I received many ideas from Ruth, the archivist, and through the oral history she gave me, I was able to piece together a topic based on the things I thought stood out among Franklin College’s grounds changes. Most evidence is dated, but there are a couple maps without dates. The maps can be easily traced back to when they were published based upon the information gathered from other sources. Another issue that arouse when researching came from issues regarding some accurate dat...
I’ve decided to write my paper on a building that I feel is aesthetically pleasing. The building I chose is the Castle museum in downtown Saginaw, Mi. The Castle Museum was a building that was originally constructed to be a post office. It has French Renaissance Revival architecture and was dedicated on July 3, 1898. The architect behind this building was William Martin Aitken and he proclaimed that his design for this building was to have been inspired by the early French settlement of the Saginaw Valley. It is said that once the city of Saginaw started to expand so did the Post Office.
Memorial Hall, which was originally a civil war monument, is now a theater and student union for Harvard University. The 19th century architects Robert Ware and Henry Van Brunt designed this building to resemble the Victorian Gothic Romanesque churches of the time. Memorial Hall contains a theater, dinning hall, and a crossing (the civil war memorial).
The interesting history of the capitol building begins back in 1810. This is when Harrisburg was named the new capital city of Pennsylvania (“CPC Home Page”). Since then, three buildings have sat upon Harrisburg’s Capitol Hill. Local architect, Stephen Hills, was chosen to design the first building. In 1819, Hills began to construction on the structure. The building was completed in 1822, and cost a total of $135,000. The first capitol building existed for seventy-five years, until a fire destroyed it in 1897 (“Capitol”).
James F. O'Gorman, Dennis E. McGrath. ABC of Architecture. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. Document. October 2013.
For much of the last millennia many great architects have looked upon the Pantheon as a staple of classical architecture, as well as a model for many modern day buildings. Created by the Romans, the Pantheon would use many elements better than any other works of architecture to that time. No further than Columbia Missouri is this evident in the construction of what used to be known as the First Academic Building on the University of Missouri campus. The Architects Bell and Binder headed the creation of the new building after the First Academic Building burnt down in 1892. Known today as Jesse Hall, this modern day work of architecture pulls many elements from the Pantheon to create a unique work of public space. The most glaring comparison of both comes from the domes that top both buildings. Each building also shares similar characteristics in their front facades. Yet, while there are many similarities to both works, each contain unique differences in their layout and construction.
Recently, I was subjected to a tour of Everest Campus, in Vancouver Washington. To understand what I went through, one ...
Susan Faludi unfolds a world of male domination and its interrelationships within its confines and places women in the center of her story. Indeed it truly took an extremely self-confident woman to even entertain the idea of entering an all-male academic college like the Citadel, whose front gate practically reads like that of a young boys fort that makes the bold statement, “No girls allowed they have coodies.” Shannon Falkner was a strong willed woman with an immense amount of confidence to completely omit her gender on the Citadel application to enter this college. As if gender was not an issue, or should have never been an issue in
Ms. Phillips met us in the waiting area and walked us through the very spacious building to the elevator, taking us to her office on the third floor. She explained to us that the building was once a hospital (W. Phillips, personal communication, October 4th, 2013). This explained the wide doorways, spacious halls, drab atmosphere, and considerable amount of walking it takes to get from one place to the next. Ms. Phillips’ office had very welcoming in décor. Pictures of her child and what seemed to be his artwork, and the work of other children, decorated almost every available wall space. Because the room was once a hospital room, the layout was very strange for an office. Visitors have to sit perpendicular to Ms. Phillips’ desk. Because Ms. Phillips provides in home services, I do not believe this would aff...
The school provides a safe environment for students to accomplish academic, social and emotional development. The leadership of a building will include effective decision making, human resource management, mission or purpose, understanding of change, relationship buildi...
"Three thousand rooms above ground level, and corresponding ramifications below" (6) --> This is a huge building, which shows the importance of the Party and the power they hold
...IEF: Teachers' lounge renovated." Wilson Daily Times [Wilson, NC] 26 Oct. 2010. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 Apr. 2014.