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West Chester State College Quadrangle Historic District

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Built
  
1891-1940

NRHP Reference #
  
81000539

Added to NRHP
  
8 October 1981

Architect
  
Multiple

Area
  
5 ha

West Chester State College Quadrangle Historic District

Location
  
Bounded by S. High and S. Church Sts., College and Rosedale Aves., West Chester, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Other, Collegiate Gothic

West Chester State College Quadrangle Historic District, also known as the Quadrangle Historic District, is a group of historic academic buildings and national historic district located on the campus of West Chester University of Pennsylvania in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It consists of five contributing buildings built between 1891 and 1940. They are Recitation Hall (1891-1893), the former Model School (1899, Ruby Jones Hall), the Old Library (1902-1904), Philips Memorial Building (1925-1927), and Anderson Hall (1937-1940). Except for Philips, these buildings are all constructed of native Chester County serpentine stone.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

References

West Chester State College Quadrangle Historic District Wikipedia


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