Houston Hall (University of Pennsylvania)
| Houston Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Houston Hall (right) viewed from Perelman Quadrangle in 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Interactive map of the Houston Hall area | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Student union | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Collegiate Gothic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | University City, 3417 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Renovated | 1936, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | University of Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Floor count | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Design and construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architects | Frank Miles Day, William C. Hays, and Milton Bennett Medary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Renovating team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architects | Robert Rodes McGoodwin (1936) Venturi, Scott, Brown (2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Houston Hall is the student union of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Completed in 1896, it was the first student union built on an American college campus.
Houston Hall was listed as a National Register of Historic Places contributing property in the University of Pennsylvania Campus Historic District in 1978.