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Built
  
1880

Reference no.
  
70

Designated as world heritage site
  
16 December 1970

Reference no.
  
536

Opened
  
6 October 1880

Architect
  
Ezra F. Kysor

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Location
  
650 Childs Way, Los Angeles

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Widney Alumni House is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (No. 70) on the campus of the University of Southern California. It is the oldest university building in Southern California, having been in continuous use since 1880. Widney Alumni House has been designated as a California Historical Landmark (No. 536), as Original Building of the University of Southern California. The landmark plaque states,

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Map of Alumni House, Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA

"Dedicated on September 4, 1880, this original building of the University of Southern California has been in use continuously for educational purposes since its doors were first opened to students on October 6, 1880, by the university's first president, Marion McKinley Bovard. The building was constructed on land donated by Ozro W. Childs, John G. Downey and Isaias W. Hellman under the guiding hand of Judge Robert M. Widney, the university’s leading founder."

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Widney Alumni House Wikipedia


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