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English: Memorial Hall (1876), West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Identifier: universityofpenn01nitz (find matches)
Title: University of Pennsylvania: its history, traditions, buildings and memorials: also a brief guide to Philadelphia
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Nitzsche, George Erasmus, 1874- (from old catalog) ed
Subjects: University of Pennsylvania
Publisher: Philadelphia, International printing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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on. The path from the entrance leads along the oldreservoir of the original water works. One of the buildings isnow used as an aquarium, and contains an interesting collectionof native fishes, reptiles, and a trout hatchery. On the hill is amusic pavilion where band concerts are held on Thursday after-noons and evenings. Crossing the plateau in a northerly direction,visit Grant Cottage, used by General Grant at City Point, in 18GI-GS. At the west end of Girard Avenue Bridge is the ZoologicalGarden; also an entrance to the Park under the graceful archesof the new Railroad bridge, to the left of which is the WILLIAMPENN COTTAGE, which was the home of the founder of Penn-svlvania. It was built in 16S2, and is the oldest brick house in 262 PhilacU.l;jlii;i. To jjreserve it tin- cotta^^i! was icniovtnl lo tin- l^iiUti-um JxLitia (ourt in tiie centif ol the cil.v. I^eaving llie Kaidon, talce a Paiksidt; Avenue car to FortiethStieet. Between that point and B^orty-louith Street are the Hniilh
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Iliolo by l\au. MEMORIAL HALL. Menioiial Civil War Monument, witli ))ronze statues of JIanc-oek, McClellan, IMeade and Iteynolds, and busts of Iorter, liartranfl, Dalil^icii, Crawford, Beaver and others. Neai-l»y is tlie Childrensila.NKioiind.

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  • bookauthor:Nitzsche__George_Erasmus__1874___from_old_catalog__ed
  • booksubject:University_of_Pennsylvania
  • bookpublisher:Philadelphia__International_printing_company
  • bookcontributor:The_Library_of_Congress
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