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Haverford College Historic Resources
Campus Survey
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9515 GelJuantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19118-2642
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Executive Summary
Introduction
The Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey was conducted by George E. Thomas
Associates, Inc., historic preservation consultants, in 1998-9. The purpose of the survey was to
provide the College with a planning tool and a central repository of basic infOimation on its
architectural and historic campus resources. The survey combines three principal types of
infOllllatioil, organized in individual fOIlIlS. The first of these types ofinfolillation is a compilation of
historic data gathered from a number ofCoJlege sources, including the archives located in the Quaker
Collection and the inventory of drawings provided by Physical Plant. Second, a descriptive section
and photographs taken with a large fOlillat (4" x 5"), perspective-correcting camera provide a baseline record and identification. Third, an assessment of the historic importance of each resource is
ranked according to a tiered system.
Organization
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The organization of the survey follows the Physical Plant facilities inventory by function and is
divided alphabetically into the following groups: Academic, Administrative, Athletic, DOIlllitory, and
Faculty Housing.
Within the function groups, groups of inventory fOlIllS (usually a maximum offour) are followed by
groups of the photographs that accompany them in archival sleeves. The original negatives for the
photographs were placed on deposit with the Quaker Collection, and were organized in the same
order as the survey fOllns.
Criteria for Assessment
In evaluating the campus's built resources, three issues were paramount - the merit and significance of
the individual buildings, structures, and landscapes, and the place of those buildings in the history of
the institution. The goal in this assessment is to assure that the institution can grow and adapt as its
needs change. Broad, culturally-based criteria of significance were used to assess importance. The
team followed the lead of the National Register of Historic Places and state and local ordinances in
assuming that history, design, and cultural patterns represent national, regional, and local levels of
significance that may warrant preservation. The National Register and the preservation field accept
both single monuments and distinctive and mutually-enhancing clusters or historic districts. The
inventory fOIlIls allude to these clusters, which are also identified below .
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Scope
The review was based on two sources. First, the Physical Plant inventory of College facilities, and
second, an on-site survey of the campus. While the primary focus is on the central campus as the core
developed zone of the institution; buildings (mainly the Haverford College Apartments and faculty
houses) that are outside of the central, historic campus purchased after construction by Haverford are
also included.
Significance Analysis and Evaluation
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The buildings, structures, and landscape zones of the campus were analyzed and ranked according to
their design and historical significance, their integrity, and their role in shaping the character of the
campus. Several models for ranking significance exist within the national preservation field. Because
such rankings imply that some buildings are more worthy of preservation than others, such invidious
comparison has generally been avoided in American preservation. The National Register, for
example, lists individual buildings, structures, and objects on the basis of national, regional, and local
significance without distinction in status, save for a tiny minority that are singled out as National
Historic Landmarks. If the campus facilities were evaluated on an equivalent basis, one might single
out Founders' Hall and Barclay Hall as College Landmarks, but a lack of further distinctions would
seem to imply that the rest of the resources of the campus are ofrougbly equal merit. This is clearly
not the case. Other subdivisions of historic significance have been used in other situations in the
preservation field. National Register Historic Districts are divided between buildings that
"Contribute" to the district, in that they correspond to the defined character, age, scale and purpose;
other structures that are less than fifty years of age, or manifestly different from the purpose of the
district, or grossly altered so that the historic character had been lost, are deemed "Non-contributing."
For a period of time, district designation also included a third category of buildings especially notable
within the district. These were listed as "Significant." Such a system pellnits some additional
subtlety.
The purpose of this survey, however, is not to evaluate the Haverford College campus resources for
potential National Register or Landmark eligibility. In this state, this task is the sole province of the
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation
Office). Instead, our purpose is to aid the College in understanding its history as a guide to its
planning. Therefore, we developed an independent system in evaluating the campus's resources that
reflects the general intent of existing practice, but can be used with greater discrimination.
Ranking System
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Those buildings, structures or landscapes that are most important to the history of the institution are
listed as Distinguished 1. Those in the next group, listed as Distinguished 2, are crucial in the history
of the College and are typically by designers of regional and/or institutional importance. Those
designated Distinguished 3 contribute substantially to the historic character of the campus. Those
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facilities listed as Contextual I contribute to the historic character of the campus as an ensemble and
possess some individual distinction. Finally, those that contribute to the character of the campus but
lack particular individual distinction are listed as Contextual 2. Buildings or structures that are not of
substantial historic importance are listed as Unrated. Most of these have been built within the last
fifty years; some have been so compromised by alteration that their historic integrity has been lost.
Because of the vagaries of architectural fashion and the obvious lack of the passage of time, the
historic preservation field concurs that it is inappropriate (except in highly unusual circumstances) to
consider a building, structure, or landscape as historically important before it reaches the fifty year
mark. It should be noted, however, that at the time of this survey, quite a few of the College's
buildings !U'e nearing a half-century in age. These structures should be evaluated for historic
significance as they reach that crucial point as the most effective planning strategy for the school.
Historic landscapes on campus have been ranked using an additional system appropriate for the
different character of these places. In addition to the rankings described above, two categories have
been applied. First, Contextual I.andscape has been used for those areas that are of some historic
character and hold a place in the history ofthe institution (Walton Field, for example), but which do
not have the same historic importance as those structures classified as Contextual 2. Those areas
categorized as Open Space are a contributing resource of the campus but with little historic
importance.
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Historic Clusters or Zones
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The campus has a number of distinct, historic zones or ensembles that are equivalent to historic subdistricts within the greater historic district of the campus. These should be taken into consideration in
planning for future development, in addition to taking into account the significance of individual
structures. While not an absolutely definitive list, these places, or historic zones, include the
following:
-The College Lane (1-9) Faculty Houses Group
-The College Circle (1-5) Faculty Houses Group
739,747,753, 754, 757, 773, 791
-The College Avenue Faculty Houses Group:
-Founders' Hall Quadrangle Group: Founders', Barclay, Magill Library, Hall Building, Ryan,
Hilles, Sharpless
Lloyd, Union, Roberts
--Lloyd Hall Quadrangle Group:
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Haverford College Facilities. Historic Evaluation, listed by Ranking
Ranking
Number
Date
Function
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1875-7
Dormitory
FmUlders' Hall
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1832-34
Administrative
Gest Center (part of Founders')
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1850
Academic
ca. 1890
DomritorylFacuity Housir.g
1887-8
Administrati ve
Name
Distinguished I
Barclay
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Cadbwy House18 College Lane
Chase Hall
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791 College Avenue
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1882
Faculty Housing
5 College Lane
25
1889
Faculty Housing
Hall Building
41
1909-11
Academic
Hilles
44
1928-9
Academic
Lloyd Hall
49
1898-9
Donnitory
1911
Faculty Housing
1852-3
Academic
1885, 1888
Faculty Housing
500 Oakley Road/Spanish Hse.
108164
Observatory
8-10 Old Railroad Avenue
55
591206
Roberts
60
1902-3
Academic
Ryan Gym
40
1899-1901
Athletic
Sharpless
61
1916-18
Academic
Union
53
1910
Academic
77 3 College Avenue
13
1901-2
Faculty Housing
I College Circle
15
1887-9
Faculty Housing
2 College Circle
16
1890
Faculty Housing
3 College Circle
73
1890
Faculty Housing
4 College Circle
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1900
Faculty Housing
5 College Circle
19
1901
Faculty Housing
I College Lane
21
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Faculty Housing
2 College Lane
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1888
Faculty Housing
3 College Lane
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ca. 1890
Faculty Housing
4 College Lane
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ca. 1890
Faculty Housing
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Function
452 Duck Pond I ,one
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1967
Faculty Housing
453 Duck Pond Lane
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1967
Faculty Housing
454 Duck Pond Lane
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1967
Faculty Housing
458 Duck Pond Lane
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1967
Faculty Housing
Duck Pond Lane, Carport 2
155
1967
Faculty Housing
Duck Pond Lane, Carport 3
156
1967
Faculty Housing
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Field House, A1wnni
35
1953-8
Athletic
Fotmdry
78
1982-3
Academic
Gate House (Lancaster Avenue)
189
1986
Administrative
GrCUthOllse
196
1996
Administrative
39
1960-4
Donnitory
35 Hannwn Drive, Garage 12
143
1949-50
Donnitory
46 Hannwn Drive, Garage 22
145
1949-50
Donnitory
50 Hannwn Drive, Garage 22
144
1949-50
Donnitory
Jones
47
1966-8
Donnitory
Leeds
48
1952-5
Donnitory
Locker Building
79
1972-4
Athletic
Lunt
50
1966-8
Donnitory
Marshall Fine Arts
99
1986-7
Academic
ca. 1955
Faculty Housing
186
1950
Faculty Housing
Parker HOllse
57
1952
Faculty Housing
Physical Plant
52
1968-9
Administrative
1999
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Garages
PanmUTe Road, 510
Physical Plant Complex
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Security Building
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1952-3
Administrative
Silver Greenhouse
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1969
Administrative
Squash Courts
84
1984-5
Athletic
Stokes
65
1960-3
Academic
Swimming Pool (Faculty)
94
1959,1994
Administrative
109
1954
Athletic
85
1985
Athletic
1989-93
Administrative
Tennis Courts
Trophy GallerylLink
Whitehead Campus Center
190
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Number
Dale
Function
Class of 1888 Field
134
1888
Athletic
Class of 1916 Field
132
ca, 1916
Athletic
Class of 1922 Field
133
1922
Athletic
Johnson Track
198
1990
Athletic
Merion Fields
140
ca,1917
Athletic
Storage/Grandstand
191
1990
Athletic
96
1888
Athletic
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Contextual Landscape
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Open Space
Class of 1995 Field
200
1995-6
Athletic
Driving Range
199
1916
Athletic
Featherbed Fields
131
1979
Athletic
Orchard Field
180
1960
Athletic
Ryan Pinetum
214
ca, 1926
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Name
Date
Ar"lIitect
Woodside Cottage
1811 ca.
None
Founders' Hall
1832-34
Seneff. George
Duck Pond
1835, 1933
None
Old Railroad Ave., 36
1836
Esrey & Atbnore
Carvi!! Arch
1838
Carvi!!, William
Gest Center
1850
None
Observatory
1852-3
William Eyre
same
College Lane, 9
1858-9
Yarnall & Cooper
same
Colk-ge Circle, 6
1860-1
None
Magill Library!Alumni Hall 1863
Sloan, Samuel
Barclay
1875-7
Hutton, Addison
Walnut Lane, 601
1879
Unknown
College Ave., 791
1882
Hutton, Addison?
Strawbridge Gate
1883
Hutton, Addison
Cricket (Cope) Field
1884 by
None
Old Railroad Ave., 8- \0
1885,1888
Furness, Evans & Co.
Chase Hall
1887-8
Cope & Stewardson
College Lane. 6
1887-8
Pearson, George T.
College Lane, 7
1887-8
Pea""",. George T.
College [ a"e, I
1887-8
Unknown
College Circle. 1
1887-9
Unknown
College La"e. 2
1888
Cope & Stewardson
Class of 1888 Field
1888
None
Walton Field
1888
None
College I .. "e, 5
1889
Unknown
College Circle, 2
1890
Unknown
Isaac AUlllore; Joseph Esrey
same
Yarnall & Cooper
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College Circle, 3
1890
Unknown
Cadbury Honse
1890 ca.
Unknown
College lane, 3
1890 ca.
Unknown
College Lane, 4
1890 ca.
Unknown
College lane, 8
1890 ca.
Unknown
Lloyd Hall
1898·9
Cope & Stewardson
College Ave., 710
1899 ca.
Unknown
Ryan Gym
1899·1901
Field & Medary
College Circle, 4
1900
Unknown
Yarnall House
1900
Unknown
Central Heating Plant
1900-6
Vaux, William S.
College Circle, 5
1901
Baily & Truscott
College Ave., 773
1901-2
Baily & Truscott
Conklin, Edward Gate
1902
Mellor, Walter?
Roberts
1902-3
Cope & Stewardson
Drinker
1903
Unknown
Cricket Pavilion
1904
Price, Walter F.
Class of 1904 I amp
1904 ca.
Unknown
College Ave., 754
1906
Unknown
Class of 1906 Gate
1906 ca.
Mellor & Meigs?
Hall Building
1909-11
Baily & Basse«
Union
1910
Price, Walter F.
College Ave., 757
1910
Unknown
Oakley Road, 500
1911
Price & Mclanahan
Spanish House
1911
Price & McLanahan
Ira DcA. Reid
1911
Unknown
Infirmary, Morris
1911-12
Baily & Bassett
Class of 1909 Gate
1915
Unknown
Wm. R. Dougherty
F.L. Hoover & Sons
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Architeet
Driving Range
1916
None
C lass of 1916 Field
1916 ca.
None
College Ave., 739
1916-17
Baily & Bassett
College Ave., 747
1916-17
Baily & Bassett
College Ave., 753
1916-17
Baily & Bassett
Sharph:ss
1916-18
Baily & Bassett
Merion Fields
1917 ca.
None
Haydock I .ane, 629
1920
Unknown
Class of 1922 Field
1922
None
Barn
1922
Price, Walter F.
Berkley Road, 2935
1922
Unknown
Old Railroad Ave., 19
1923
Unknown
Ri sing Sun Road, 2948
1925
Unknown
Ryan Pinetum
1926 ca.
Unknown
Hilles
1928-9
Mellor, Meigs & Howe
Class of 1905 Gate
1931
Mellor & Meigs
Lloyd Gale
1931
Mellor & Meigs
Oakley House
1936
Unknown
Overhill Road, 628
1940
Unknown
Skating Pavilion
1948; 1979
Martin, Sidney E.
Ardmore A venue, 800
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Ardmore Avenue, 804
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Ardmore Avenue, 808
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Ardmore Avenue, 812
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, \0
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, II
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 14
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 15
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
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Date
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Hannum Drive, 18
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 19
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 22
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 23
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 26
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 30
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 3 I
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 34
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 35
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 35 Garage 12
1949-50
Builders
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 38
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 42
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 46
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Hannum Drive, 46 Garage 22
Hannum Drive, 50
1949-50
Hannum Drive, 50 Garage 22
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Ludwig, James A.
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Haverford College
1949-50
Ludwig, James A.
Panmure Road, 510
1950
Unknown
Wyom ing, Sooth, 24
1950
Unknown
Parker House
1952
Unknown
Security Building
1952-3
Unknown
Leeds
1952-5
Ewing, George
Field Hoose, Alumni
1953-8
Carroll, Grisdale & Van Alen
Tennis Courts
1954
Unknown
Old Railroad Ave., 10 Garage
1955 ca.
Binns, Arthur?
Old Railroad Ave., 10 Garage
1955 ca.
Binns, Arthur?
College Ave., 715
1956-7
Unknown
Swimming Pool (Faculty)
1959, 1994
Unknown
Frank H. Wilson
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Orchard Field
1960
None
Stokes
1960-3
Kling, Vincent G.
Gummere
1960-4
Kling, Vincent G.
College Ave., 765
1965
Lane, Jonathan
Duck Pond Lane, 440
1965-7
Cope & Lippincott
Dining Center
1965-7
Harbeson, Hough,
Comfurt
1966-8
Harbeson, Hough,
Jones
1966-8
Harbeson, Hough,
Lunt
1966-8
Harbeson, Hough,
Duck Pond l.ane, 451
1967
Cope & Lippincott
Duck Pond Lane, 452
1967
Cope & Lippincott
Duck Pond lane, 453
1967
Cope & Lippincott
Duck Pond Lane, 454
1967
Cope & Lippincott
Duck Pond Lane, 458
1967
Cope & Lippincott
Duck Pond Lane, Carport 2 1967
Cope & Lippincott
Duck Pond Lane, Carport 3 1967
Cope & Lippincott
Physical Plant
1968-9
Harbeson, Hough,
Silver Greenhouse
1969
Fletcher, Stevenson W.
Locker Building
1972-4
Harbeson, Hough,
Featherbed Fields
1979
None
Foundry
1982-3
Larson, I .ars
Squash Courts
1984-5
Geddes, Brecher, Qualls &
Trophy Gallery/Link
1985
Geddes, Brecher, Qualls &
Gate House (Lancaster
1986
Unknown
Marshall Fine Arts
1986-7
Cope Lippincott Slifer
Whitehead Campus Center 1989-93
Dagit Saylor
Johnson Track
1990
Unknown
Storage/Grandstand
1990
Unknown
Blli1den
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Name
Date
78
Foundry
1982-3
38
Gest Center
1850
41
Hall Building
1909-11
44
HiIIes
1928-9
51
Magill Library!Alumni Hall
1863
99
Marshall Fine Arts
1986-7
55
Observatory
1852-3
60
Roberts
1902-3
61
Sharpless
1916-18
65
Stokes
1960-3
53
Union
1908-10
86
Woodside Cottage
ca. 1811
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Function
6 College Lane
26
1887-8
Faculty Housing
7 College Lane
27
1887-8
Faculty Housing
9 College Lane
75
1858-9
Faculty Housing
Cricket Pavilion
29
1904
Athletic
1835, 1933
Administrative
Duck Pond
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Infrrmary, Morris
45
1911-12
Administrative
Magill Library!Alumni Hall
51
1863
Academic
36 Old Railroad Avenue
82
1836
Faculty Housing
Woodside Cottage
86
ca. 1811
Academic
Bam
74
1922
Administrative
Carvill Arch
90
1838
Administrative
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207
ca. 1904
Administrative
Class of 1905, Lloyd NE Gates
212
1931
Administrative
Class of 1906 Gate
208
ca. 1906
Administrative
Class of 1909 Gate
209
1915
Administrative
754 College Avenue
10
1906
Faculty Housing
757 College Avenue
11
1910
Faculty Housing
Edward Conklin Gate
210
1902
Administrative
Cricket (Cope) Field
135
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Drinker
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1903
Dormitory
629 Haydock Lane
43
1920
Faculty Housing
Oakley HOllse
54
1936
Faculty Housing
19 Old Railroad Avenue
81
1923
Faculty Housing
628 Overbill Road
56
1940
Faculty Housing
Strawbridge Gate
211
1883
Administrative
60 I Walnut Lane
103
1879
Faculty Housing
24 South Wyoming
63
1950
Faculty Housing
Yomall House
66
1900
Donnitory
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800 Ardmore Avenue
105
1949-50
Donnitory
804 Ardmore Avenue
137
1949-50
Donnitory
808 Ardmore Avenue
106
1949-50
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Function
1949-50
Donnitory
1922
Faculty Housing
1900-6
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Central Heating Plant
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Donnitory
739 College Avenue
7
1916-17
Faculty Housing
747 College Avenue
8
1916-17
Faculty Housing
753 College Avenue
9
1916-17
Faculty Housing
1860-1
Faculty Housing
6 College Circle
20
10 Hannum Drive
113
1949-50
Donnitory
II Hannum Drive
114
1949-50
Donnilory
14 Hannllm Drive
115
1949-50
DonnilOry
15 Hannum Drive
136
1949-50
DonnilOry
18 Hannum Drive
116
1949-50
DonnilOry
I 9 Hannum Drive
117
1949-50
Donnilory
22 Hannum Drive
118
1949-50
Donnitory
23 Hannum Drive
119
1949-50
Donnitory
26 Hannum Drive
120
1949-50
Donnitory
30 Hannum Drive
121
1949-50
Donnitory
31 Hannum Drive
122
1949-50
Donnitory
34 Hannum Drive
123
1949-50
Donnitory
35 Hannum Drive
124
1949-50
DonnilOry
38 Hannum Drive
125
1949-50
Donnilory
42 Hannum Drive
126
1949-50
DonnilOry
46 Hannum Drive
127
1949-50
Donnitory
50 Hannum Drive
128
1949-50
Donnilory
4
1911
Donnitory
2948 Rising Sun Road
83
1925
Faculty Housing
Skating Pavilion
62
1948; 1979
Athletic
1956-7
Faculty Housing
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765 College Avenue
12
1965
Faculty Housing
Comfort
28
1966-8
Donnitory
Dining Center
30
1965-7
Administrative
440 Duck Pond Lane
184
1965-7
Faculty Housing
451 Duck Pond Lane
32
1967
Faculty Housing
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Alumni Fieldhouse
Building number 35
Street Address
Date of Construction 1953-8
Architect / designer
George Ewing; Carroll, Grisdale & Van Alen
Evaluation
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Athletic
Unrated: built within the last fifty years; but an expedient structure that could be considered temporary.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
corrugated aluminum
windows
base
structure steel frame
Historic Name
trim
walls
foundation
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
corrugated aluminum & fiberglass
reinforced concrete
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A steel-framed fieldhouse faced in corrugated metal and fiberglass, with a rectangular plan, gambrel end
elevations, and clear span on the interior. The interior running track is rubberized.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
As early as 1925, an athletic building for indoor exercise was proposed by the Board of
Mangers. By 1953, a new fieldhouse had been identified as an essential component of a capital campaign for a building
program undertaken by the Board, along with a new dormitory (Leeds). These two buildings expanded the campus to the
south and west. The original scheme for the building by George Ewing, who designed Leeds, was for a much more
substantial structure with clerestory lighting. Reservations on the part of Board member Stanley Yarnall, who did not
“wish to see the Field House as a training arena for exhibitions,” and the move to erect a shell prior to full funding led to
the construction of the present building. Plans were drawn by Carroll, Grisdale and Van Alen in 1955, and the project
was nearing completion in spring of 1957. There were problems with roof leaks immediately.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 1/16/1925, 1/21/1944, 5/19/1944, 6/6/1952, 9/9/1952,
10/21/1952, 11/21/1952, 9/18/1953, 1/26/1954, 10/4/1954, 11/9/1954, 1/21/1955, 1/25/1957, 3/22/1957, 9/27/1957,
3/21/1958, 9/26/1958; Drawings - H.C. Physical Plant; Draft, “Haverford College Development Program,” 1953, Quaker
Collection.
Alterations and Additions
Date
1984
Architect Geddes, Brecher, Qualls and
Cunningham
Builder
John S. McQuade, Inc.
Description
replaced dirt interior with
concrete slab, new lighting, basketball nets, etc.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
1997
KSS Architects
Warfel Construction
rebuilt toilets for ADA accessibility
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 800 Ardmore Avenue
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
105
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 7 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 804 Ardmore Avenue
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
137
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 7 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 808 Ardmore Avenue
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Evaluation
Building number
Date of Construction
106
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim cast concrete sills and entryways
walls brick
windows 1/1 aluminum (replacement)
base cast concrete foundation reinforced concrete
structure steel frame
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to
sell the entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time
when the College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for
the construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path
and roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher.
The complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; Drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 7 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 812 Ardmore Avenue
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
138
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof tar paper
trim cast concrete sills and entryways
walls brick
windows 1/1 aluminum (replacement)
base cast concrete
foundation poured concrete
structure steel frame
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell
the entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when
the College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; Drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 7 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Barclay Hall
Street Address Founders’ Green
Architect / designer Addison Hutton
Evaluation
Building number
1
Date of Construction 1875-7
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Distinguished I: A significant building in the history of the college, by the most prominent Quaker
architect of the Philadelphia region.
Certifications
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
Haverford Township individual Certification
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING MUST
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
INCORPORATE HISTORICAL PLANNING AND THE
National Register Historic District
DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL PLANT MUST PREPARE A
National Register Individual Nomination
RESPONSE ON THE PRESERVATION ISSUES.
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof hexagonal, polychrome slate mansard
trim
walls
windows 2-over-2 modern replacement
base granite foundation
structure
Other features brick chimneys with decorative tops
Historic Name Barclay Hall
Origin of Name Named for Robert Barclay (1648-1690), author of An Apology for the true Christian divinity... (London,
1678), a crucially important early codification of Friends’ belief.
Builder Yarnall and Cooper
Description
Barclay is composed of a long, rectangular block articulated in a rhythm of two end pavilions connected
by hyphens to a central block. The style is a hybrid of Second Empire and Collegiate Gothic in the manner of the then
recently completed main building of the West Philadelphia campus of the University of Pennsylvania by Thomas Webb
Richards. The two lower floors, separated by a water table, are surmounted by a mansard roof with projecting dormers
except in the central pavilion which rises to an additional floor. The building was sited to form the east side of a quad
with Founders’ Hall. Originally a central tower surmounted the central pavilion.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance Barclay is the only major building on campus by Hutton, and the result of incoming College
president Thomas Chase’s move to greatly expand the institution to compete with recently revitalized and expanded
University of Pennsylvania, which had moved to its West Philadelphia location at the beginning of the decade. Chase’s
greater vision for the school was signaled by his recommendation to change its name from the Haverford School
Association to “The Corporation of Haverford College.” Barclay was the direct result of this expansion in order to
accomodate a larger number of students and to provide better classroom facilities. In contrast to what had by then become
old-fashioned facilities of Founders’ Hall, Barclay was planned from the beginning to have central steam heat and private
studies for the students. Rufus Jones recalled it as “lordly” in scope and noted that the architect was “highly praised for
the simple and appropriate beauty of the structure.” The central tower was demolished after being damaged in one of the
two fires that damaged the building. In fact, of all the campus buildings, Barclay seems to have been particularly prone to
fire - with damage done on the third floor in 1923 and extensive damage in 1946.
Bibliography; sources Yarnall pp. 51-52, 53, plate 16; Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes: 9/12/1875, 1/14/1876,
6/2/1876; Hutton papers, Quaker Collection, H.C.
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Barclay Hall, page 2.
Alterations and Additions 1885: fire escapes; 1886: walls repointed, chimneys repaired, tin roofs repainted; 1893: new fire
escapes; 1903 - division into 3 portions w/firewalls, new woodwork, new stair, new water tank; 1943: alterations to meet
U.S. Army regulations
Date 1946
Architect E. Nelson Edwards
Builder
Description Repairs and restorations after fire
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
1988-90
toilets upgraded
damage
Date 1951
Architect
Builder
Description Renovations in summer
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
efficient units
1995
windows replaced with energy
Date 1969
Architect Harbeson, Hough, Livingston and
Larson
Builder
Description Interior renovations
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prepared by: E. Cooperman
Date: September, 1998
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Barn Building number 74
Ownership Haverford College
Street Address
Date of Construction 1922
Group Administrative
Architect / designer
Walter Price
Evaluation Contextual 1: a remnant of the agricultural past of the institution, and the work of an alumnus architect
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingles over wood
walls vertical wood slats
plywood)
base stuccoed schist
structure wood frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
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PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
trim
windows
multi-light wood (2 sealed with plexiglass; others sealed with
foundation
rubble
Historic Name same
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
2-story wood barn with basement. A 1-story extension off the NE side (with a basement) forms an Lshaped plan. The main, 2-story portion has a gambrel roof; the extension has a gabled roof.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features A fieldstone wall extending to the South from the SE corner of the barn (not attached to
the barn).
History and Significance This is the last, and undoubtedly the smallest of a succession of barns built for the College, and
constitutes one of the few remnants of the farm that fed the College through the nineteenth century and into the twentieth.
It was built to replace a barn built in 1909 that burned in May of 1922.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 5/19/1922.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 7 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 2935 Berkley
Street Address same
Architect / designer Unknown
Road & Garage Building number
Date of Construction
2, 176 Ownership Haverford College
1922 Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation Contextual 2: a modest house with some historic character.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
trim
wood
walls brick, clapboard, stucco windows
wood 6/1, 6/6
base schist
foundation
stone
structure
load-bearing masonry walls, wood joists
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 ½ story double house (right/south side) with a rectangular plan. The gabled roof has gabled dormers
on the side and a brick chimney that is shared with the other half of the double. The front porch has a shed roof resting on
timber posts, and the front door sits slightly right of center. The side door is the main entrance, accessible via a slate and
then brick walk; and the door is sheltered by a pent eave. The front of the house is faced in a Flemish brick pattern with
red and black glazed bricks; the middle of the side of the house is faced in clapboard siding; and the rear is stuccoed above
a schist base. The driveway is shared with the house next door, as is a 2-car twin cinderblock garage with a hipped roof
(giving the property a 1-car garage).
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
One of a group of faculty houses from the surrounding suburban neighborhood,
built on the former Lloyd property “Wye House” south of Ardmore Avenue. Purchased by the College as a faculty
residence.
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Unknown
Architect
Builder
Description
Wood post deck off the back of the house.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Bridge
Street Address
Architect / designer
Evaluation
over Railroad Ave.
Building number
Date of Construction
Ownership Haverford College
1985 Group
Not rated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
trim
walls
windows
base
foundation
structure
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A curved iron truss bridge with a wood walkway, A-trusses, fieldstone bases on either side of the road,
and a chain-link fence enclosing the sides and top of the bridge passageway.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The first foot bridge over the railroad was established in 1834, soon after in the opening
of the school, to provide safe passage to the original Meeting House that was built that same year. The preceeding bridge
dates to 1903, and was a donation of Abraham F. Huston.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 10/29/1834, 3/20/1903
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Cadbury House/
Street Address 8 College Lane
Group Dormitory, Faculty Housing
Evaluation
8 College Lane
Building number 37, 87 Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction ca. 1890
Architect / designer
Unknown
Distinguished 2: One of the best houses of the historic College Lane group.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
slate
trim
wood, limestone lintels over the windows
walls fieldstone, and half-timbering windows
wood multi-light double-hung and casement
base fieldstone (rear)
foundation
fieldstone
structure
load-bearing masonry and frame walls, wood joists
Historic Name
Origin of Name
named for Henry J. Cadbury
Builder
Description
2 ½-story house with a gabled roof with ornate barge board and a ½ octagonal tower roof rising from a 2
½-story bay window on the west side of the house. In front, the first story is faced in fieldstone while the upper two
stories are half-timbered; at the rear, half-timbering rises above a fieldstone base. The main entrance is through a central
door in front. A front porch/patio wraps around to the west side of the building, open on the front and covered by a
hipped roof supported by wood posts on the west side; and a small wood post back porch sits on the east side of the
building, off the back door. The house has one brick and one stucco chimney at the east and west sides of the building.
Window shapes are picturesqely varied from rectangular to diamond sash. The Cadbury House portion of the building
serves as a student dormitory; the 8 College Lane portion of the house is faculty housing.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This is one of the group of faculty houses that were built on the “Warner Tract,”
as part of the important period of expansion put into motion by President Isaac Sharpless. It may have been one of five
houses for which faculty petitioned to build in 1890. It was probably designed by the same architect as number 5 College
Lane, which was built for Professor R. Rendel Harris in 1889, although the designer remains unidentified. Fortunately,
like the Harris house, this house retains much of its rich period detail.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 3/1/1889
Alterations and Additions
Date
Unknown
Architect
Builder
Description
Fire escape on E side of building.
Prepared by:
E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Carvill Arch
Building number
Street Address
Date of Construction
Architect / designer probably William Carvill
90
1838
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Administrative
Evaluation
Contextual 1: a reminder of the early history of the campus and its design, and of the origins of one of the
main points of emphasis of the curriculum.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
trim
walls fieldstone
windows
base
foundation fieldstone
structure
Historic Name Greenhouse
Origin of Name Named for William Carvill, who was hired as the professional campus gardener in 1838 and is said to
have introduced cricket at Haverford.
Builder
Description
A masonry wall with a central, round arch and a central, round-arch opening.
Significant Interior Features N/A
Significant Landscape Features The Mary Newlin Smith-Ruth Magill Memorial Gardens - with plantings, a slate
courtyard, and cast concrete benches - sit adjacent to the arch. The garden was relocated and rededicated by the Campus
Arboretum Association, October 28, 1984.
History and Significance The arch originally served as one of probably two masonry end walls built as part of a large
green house petitioned for by the Loganian Society in 1838 (a smaller greenhouse had existed in the vicinity since 1834).
The rear (north) wall was probably masonry as well, and provided heat to the structure through a flue system. Much was
made of the moral and educational benefit of plant study at the time of the Greenhouse’s construction. This, and the
construction of the observatory, were early manifestations of the interrest (linked to Friends’ beliefs) in the natural
sciences which would inform a crucial part of Haverford’s curriculum. The Greenhouse’s construction was linked to the
employment of professional gardener and Englishman William Carvill, who advised on the project and was hired at the
end of 1838. Carvill was also important as the designer of many features of the early campus. After Carvill’s departure in
1844 and after the re-opening of the College in 1848 after the suspension of activities, interest in the Greenhouse
dwindled. In 1851, the Board of Managers decided to cease maintaining it and to sell whatever plants were in it. In
March of 1855 the glass ranges were destroyed by fire in the heating flue system. The arch was dedicated in 1934.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 3/23/1838, 6/4/1838, 12/26/1838, 9/18/1851, 3/20/1855
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Carvill Arch, page 2
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 7 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Central Heating Plant
Street Address
Architect / designer
William S. Vaux
Evaluation
Building number
Date of Construction
58
1900-1906
Ownership Haverford College
Group Administrative
Contextual 2: a utilitarian but nicely detailed building by an alumnus architect
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
copper, terra cotta tile
walls schist, barn-dashed stucco
base
structure reinforced concrete
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
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PRESERVATION ISSUES.
trim wood, concrete and iron lintels over doors
windows wood, various sash configurations
foundation schist
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description A high, 1-story building with a flat roof with hipped edges in terra cotta tile. A large ‘barn’ door is situated
on the southern side of the east end; the main door is on the north side, located off-center to the west. The building is
attached to the east side of the corridor between the squash courts to the north and the fieldhouse to the south. On the
north side, two windows and one door have been filled and stuccoed. There is a small stucco shed attached to the
northeast corner of the building, on the east side, along a fieldstone wall that runs to the east off the northeast corner.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Designs by William S. Vaux, Jr. (class of 1893) for the construction of a new power
house were first authorized in 1900, after he had donated his services for the building of Whitall Hall (demolished for the
construction of the Dining Center) in 1896. The heating plant was not built until 1906, at the time when the construction
of the dining hall addition to Founders’, also by Vaux, was being completed.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 3/16/1900, 9/21/1900, 5/19/1905, 3/16/1906
Alterations and Additions
Date
1995
Architect
Kieran Timberlake & Harris
Builder
Brendan Stanton, Inc.
Description
Addition for emergency generators
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 15 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Chase Hall
Building number
Street Address north of Magill Library Date of Construction
Architects
Cope & Stewardson
3
1887-1888
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Administrative
Evaluation
Distinguished 2: a secondary central campus building by a nationally important firm who designed
several campus buildings.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof replacement cementitious slate-like shingle
trim slate, wood
walls schist
windows 1/1 modern replacement, wood
base slate
foundation schist
structure
Historic Name same
Origin of Name Named for President Thomas P. Chase
Builder
Description
2-story, stone building under a hipped roof; essentially L-shaped plan articulated with projecting wall
gables with slit windows and slate trim on the east and west facades and the southern, front elevation. A central,
Richardsonian Romanesque arched entrance is on the south elevation. Slightly projecting water table at bottom of second
floor fenestration. An octagonal, slate-roofed cupola centered over east entrance is visible from side facades. Heavy slate
lintels over openings. Two schist chimneys sit at the top of the hipped roof, close to the center of the building.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance Chase was built as a humanities classroom building, particularly to remedy the deficiencies felt
in teaching space for the natural sciences. Plans were presented to the Board of Mangers in the spring of 1887, and the
commission was announced in a trade newspaper the following spring. It was proposed to name the building after
recently resigned President Chase in September 1888. This was one of the first commissions of the architectural firm, one
of the most important in the region at the end of the nineteenth century, and was concurrent with the design of 2 College
Lane, also by Cope & Stewardson. Walter Cope was not an alumnus but had many family connections to the school.
Major alterations were made in 1915, 1945 and 1984.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meetings, 10/23/1886, 2/14/1887, 4/4/1887, 3/2/1888, 9/7/1888, 2/1/1984;
Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders’ Guide 3 no.11 (3/19/1888): p. 125.
Alterations and Additions
Date
1915
Architect
unknown
Builder
Description
new classrooms addition
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
1945
unknown
post-war modernization
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Chase Hall , page 2
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
1984
H2L2
Trico
exterior and interior renovations
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, M. Pisarski, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Class of 1888 Field
Street Address West of Walton Road
Architect / designer unknown
Evaluation
Building number
Date of Construction
134
ca. 1888
Ownership Haverford College
Group Athletic
Contextual Landscape: an important part of the open space of the campus, and an historic athletic ground.
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base
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structure
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A rectangular field hockey field raised by a terrace above Walton and the Class of ’22 fields. An
electronic scoreboard sits at the NW corner of the field.
Significant Interior Features
N/A
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Probably the field discussed in the 3/2/1888 Managers’ Meeting Minutes which describes
the creation of an “Athletic Ground” in “that portion of the old orchard adjacent to the observatory.”
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 3/2/1888, 5/18/1923.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 7 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Class of 1904 Lamp
Building number 207 Ownership Haverford College
Street Address between Magill Library & Founders’ Hall
Date of Construction ca. 1904-1930
Group Administrative
Architect / designer
Unknown
Evaluation
Contextual 1: a handsome and historic architectural feature.
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Construction Materials
roof
trim
walls
windows
base
foundation
structure cast bronze on granite base with milk glass globes and translucent glass lantern
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The Class of 1904 Lamp sits at the western edge of the green in front of Founders’ Hall, between
Founders’ and Magill Library. It consists of a cast bronze lamp in the form of a Tuscan order column surmounted by a
lantern embellished with cast swags. At the base of the lantern, two white-glass globes are suspended from cast swags.
The whole sits on a two-tiered, granite, octagonal base surrounded by a herring-bone brick circle. The base of the column
is inscribed “Presented by the Class of 1904.”
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Although the specific date and designer of this landscape feature are unknown, the Class
of 1904 Lamp is an important grace note in Founders’ green.
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman
Date: 2 July 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Class of 1905 & Lloyd Quadrangle Gates Building number 212
Ownership Haverford College
Street Address SW & NE corners of Lloyd Quadrangle Date of Construction 1931
Group Administrative
Architect / designer
Mellor & Meigs
Evaluation
in the region.
Contextual 1:
Important, space-defining architectural features designed by one of most important firms
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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Construction Materials
roof
walls
schist
base
schist
structure
schist
trim
windows
foundation
Historic Name
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limestone moldings
stone
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The southwestern gate consists of schist walls capped by slate attached to the southwest corner of Lloyd
Hall’s south wing and the northeast corner of the Founder’s Hall extension. Gate posts at the end of each wall are capped
by limestone moldings and acorns resting on ornamental bases. “Class of 1905” is inscribed on the northern gate post;
and both gate posts have smoothed schist masonry, lending the stones a ‘brushed’ effect. A plaque on the southern post
records the dedication of the “Stokes Family Walk, Dedicated to the descendants of Thomas & Mary Stokes, for their
continuing concern and support of Haverford College, 1986.” The walk is paved in brick lined with concrete. The
northeastern gate is a similar structure between the northwest corner of Union Hall and the southeast corner of the east
wing of Lloyd Hall. Its schist walls are capped in limestone, and its posts are capped by limestone moldings and pine
cones resting in acanthus leaves. The posts have bases with limestone moldings; and the walls meet the square posts at
their corners.
Significant Interior Features N/A
History and Significance
These gates were created with a “substantial” gift and were part of a landscaping
design of the whole quadrangle, which included plantings, walkways, and the elimination of a road between Founders’
and Lloyd. This work was undertaken by Mellor & Meigs. The firm was probably responsible for at least two other
gates in this part of the campus, the Conklin Gate and the Class of 1909 Gate, and designed Hilles Hall and a major
renovation to the Observatory.
Bibliography; sources
Drawings: H.C. Physical Plant; Oakley Files, Series 910A, Quaker Collection.
Alterations and Additions
Date
1986
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Realignment of southwest gate as part of creation of Stokes Walk.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Class
Street Address
Architect / designer
of 1905 & 1906 Gates
Building number
Ownership
Date of Construction Group
Haverford College
Evaluation
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Construction Materials
roof
trim limestone moldings
walls schist
windows
base schist
foundation schist
structure schist
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description The Class of 1905 gate consists of schist walls capped by slate attached to the southwest corner of Lloyd
Hall’s south wing and the northeast corner of the Founder’s Hall extension. Gate posts at the end of each wall are capped
by limestone moldings and acorns resting on ornamental bases. “Class of 1905" is inscribed on the northern gate post;
and both gate posts have smoothed schist masonry, lending the stones a ‘brushed’ effect. A plaque on the southern post
reads, “Stokes Family Walk, Dedicated to the descendants of Thomas & Mary Stokes, for their continuing concern and
support of Haverford College, 1986.” The walk, leading from the gate to Roberts Hall, is paved in brick lined with
concrete.
The Class of 1906 Gate is a similar structure between the northwest corner of Union Hall and the southeast corner of the
east wing of Lloyd Hall. Its schist walls are capped in limestone, and its posts are capped by limestone moldings and pine
cones resting in acanthus leaves. The posts have bases with limestone moldings; and the walls meet the square posts at
their corners.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Class of 1906 Gate
Building number
208
Ownership Haverford College
Street Address
Carter Road exit
Date of Construction ca. 1906 Group Administrative
Architect / designer
probably Mellor & Meigs
Evaluation
Contextual 1: A handsome architectural feature that articulates an important entrance to the campus,
probably by one of the most important firms in the Philadelphia region in the period.
Certifications
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Construction Materials
roof
trim
limestone
walls schist
windows
base limestone
foundation
structure
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
Two L-shaped schist gate posts with limestone bases, moldings, sculpted brackets, and inscriptions
reading “Haverford College” and “Class of 1906” flank the driveway entrance to the College from the intersection of
Carter Road and Old Railroad Avenue. Iron lamps sit on top of the gate posts.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This handsome gate is part of the group of college entrances on the northern perimeter
that articulate the character of the campus and complement that character of its historic buildings. This gate was probably
designed by Walter Mellor, an alumnus, and was one of the first commissions for the firm of Mellor & Meigs.
Bibliography; sources
Tatman & Moss, p. 527.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 15 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Class of 1909 Gate
Street Address Walton Road and College Avenue
Architect / designer
unknown
Building number
Date of Construction
209
1915
Ownership Haverford College
Group Administrative
Evaluation Contextual 1: A handsome architectural feature that articulates an important entrance to the campus.
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
trim
walls schist
windows
base schist
foundation
structure
schist
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limestone
schist
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
Fieldstone L-shaped gate posts with cast concrete mouldings and ballustrades. The fieldstone is
rusticated with drill marks. Cast concrete urns depicting stylized palm leaves sit atop each post; lamps are affixed to the
driveway side of each post; cast concrete flower urn sits on the wall of the western post. The eastern post is inscribed “
Erected by the Class of 1909 Haverford College 1915”; the western post’s incription reads: “In loving memory of their
classmate George S. Bard.”
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This handsome gate is part of the group of college entrances on the northern
perimeter that articulate the character of the campus and complement that character of its historic buildings. This gate
was probably designed by one the alumnus architects who worked frequently with the school.
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Class of ’16 Field
Street Address North of Featherbed Lane
Architect / designer
Unknown
Building number
Date of Construction
132
ca. 1916
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Athletic
Evaluation Contextual Landscape: open space that contributes to the life of the campus, and an historic athletic field.
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Construction Materials (of dugouts)
roof
corrugated metal
trim
walls cinderblock
windows
base
foundation cinderblock
structure cinderblock
Historic Name same
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
Baseball field with sunken cinderblock dugouts and a chain link perimeter fence. A plywood scoreboard
sits atop the home dugout; an electronic scoreboard is in right field.
Significant Interior Features
N/A
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The Class of 1916 raised money at the time of its twentieth reunion in 1936 for five
tennis courts and for this field adjoining Walton Field.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 5/15/1936.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello.
Date: 7 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Class
Street Address
Architect / designer
Evaluation
ground.
of 1922 Field
Building number
Date of Construction
133
1922
Ownership Haverford College
Group Athletic
Contextual Landscape: a contributing part of the open space of the campus, and an historic athletic
Certifications
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walls
windows
base
foundation
structure
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
Two rectangular lacrosse/soccer fields oriented north-south, adjacent to the Class of ’88 field to the east
and the tennis courts to the south. The fields are raised on a terrace which aids draining.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The Class of 1922 began raising money for the improvements to create this athletic field
in the year after their graduation. Work on it had been completed by September 1925.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 5/18/1923, 9/18/1925
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 710 College Avenue
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Unknown
& Garage
Building numbers 5, 177
Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction ca. 1899 or earlier
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: a nineteenth-century house whose alterations have compromised much of its historic integrity.
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
trim
walls fieldstone, stucco
windows
base fieldstone (rear)
foundation
structure load-bearing masonry walls, wood joists
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wood
wood
stone
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
HOUSE: 3-story house with a rectangular plan and a 1-story rear el. The first floor is fieldstone, with
stucco above; the extension has a fieldstone base with stucco above. The mansard roof has dormers. There is a bay
window on the east side of the first floor, and a small pent eave over the door on the south side.
GARAGE: 2-story carriage red brick carriage house with large (stable) doors in the ground and upper
floors. On a fieldstone foundation and base, the brick walls rise to an asphalt shingle mansard roof with dormer windows.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
One of the houses from the community that grew up around the school in the
nineteenth century, purchased by the College.
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Unknown
Architect
Builder
Description
Fire escape on west side of the house.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 715 College Avenue
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Unknown
Evaluation
Building number
6
Ownership
Date of Construction 1956-1957 Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Unrated: less than 50 years old.
Certifications
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National Register Historic District
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Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
walls red brick
base
structure
trim
windows
foundation
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brick sills
wood, multi-light, double-hung with wood shutters
reinforced concrete or concrete block
Historic Name Professor Williams house - first owner.
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 1 ½-story rectangular brick house in two gabled, slightly off-set volumes with an attached, gableroofed, wood garage with a brick base and reinforced concrete foundation. The house combines contemporary ranch
house themes with Colonial allusions. The gable ends of the house are clapboarded and a single, brick chimney sits at the
end of the off-set (western) volume.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features Landscaping by Stevenson Fletcher.
History and Significance
This house was built for Professor Williams. The need to construct faculty housing was
felt through the 1950s. The location of this house was discussed by the Board of Managers in 1956 and plans were
approved at the end of the same year. Construction took place in the following season. The landscaping was designed by
the Stevenson Fletcher, who directed many landscaping projects on campus into the 1970s.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 5/20/1955, 10/16/1956, 11/30/1956.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 739 College Avenue
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Baily & Bassett
& Garage
Building number 7, 178
Date of Construction 1916-17
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation
Contextual 2: a modest house by alumnus William L. Baily (1883), who served as de facto campus
architect during the 1910s.
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
walls clapboard (wood)
base fieldstone (with brick porch)
structure wood frame
trim
windows
foundation
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wood
multi-light, double hung, wood with wood shutters
rubble fieldstone
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
2 ½-story, gambrel-roofed house, with a symmetrical principal facade of three registers, a rectangular
plan and a rear extension. An enclosed porch sits on the west side of the house. The first- and second-story window
shutters are of different types, recalling the traditions of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century practice when paneled shutters
on the first floor for security and louvered shutters on the second floor for ventilation were the norm. A pent eave
articulates the main facade and further recalls Pennsylvania early architectural traditions. The house has a gabled roof,
and a single, brick chimney at the western end. The garage is made by Sears and is similar to those at numbers 747 and
753 College Avenue: clapboard siding with a hipped asphalt shingle roof.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This cottage is one of a group of three faculty houses (with adjacent 747 and 753
College Avenue) designed by Baily & Bassett during the continued expansion of the school begun by Isaac Sharpless.
These houses were designed at the same time that the firm was building the Sharpless building at the center of campus.
Bibliography; sources
Drawings (for 747 College Ave.) - H.C. Physical Plant; Tatman & Moss, p. 22.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 747 College Avenue
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Baily & Bassett
& Garage Building number
8, 175
Date of Construction 1916-17
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation Contextual 2: a modest house by alumnus William L. Baily (1883), who served as de facto campus architect
during the 1910s.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
walls clapboard (wood)
base
structure wood frame
trim
windows
foundation
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wood
multi-light casement and double-hung wood with wood shutters
fieldstone
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 1/2- story house clapboarded house with a rectangular, asymmetrical plan and two secondary
volumes at the east and west ends. Its gabled roof is enlivened by a wall gable dormer above the main door in front and a
shed dormer to the east. A shed dormer articulates the rear, and a brick chimney rises above the western end of the
principal volume. A small balcony extends off the SW corner of the second floor, rear. The Sears-made garage is
roughly identical to those of numbers 753 and 739: clapboard siding with a hipped asphalt shingle roof.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This cottage is one of a group of three faculty houses (with adjacent 739 and 753
College Avenue) designed by Baily & Bassett during the continued expansion of the school begun by Isaac Sharpless.
These houses were designed at the same time that the firm was building the Sharpless building at the center of campus.
Bibliography; sources
Drawings - H.C. Physical Plant; Tatman & Moss, p. 22.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description new garage door; posts supporting balcony (both mid-1990s, as per resident Barbara Hohenstein).
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 753 College Avenue
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Baily & Bassett
& Garage Building number
9, 174
Date of Construction 1916-17
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation Contextual 2: a modest house by alumnus William L. Baily (1883), who served as de facto campus architect
during the 1910s.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
walls clapboard (wood)
base
structure wood frame
trim
windows
foundation
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wood
multi-light double-hung wood with wood shutters
fieldstone
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 3-story house with a rectangular, symmetrical plan and a 1-story rear el, side porch and eastern
secondary volume. The main entrance is articulated by a gabled pediment, and, with shutters on the windows, recalls the
traditions of Pennsylvania architecture. The gabled roof has shed, gabled, and ‘eyebrow’ dormers on the third floor, as
well as a brick chimney at the western end. The open porch off the west side of the house has a brick floor and wood
frame. The Sears-made garage is roughly identical to those at numbers 747 and 739: clapboard siding with a hipped
asphalt shingle roof.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This cottage is one of a group of three faculty houses (with adjacent 747 and 739 College
Avenue) designed by Baily & Bassett during the continued expansion of the school begun by Isaac Sharpless. These
houses were designed at the same time that the firm was building the Sharpless building at the center of campus.
Bibliography; sources
Drawings (for 747 College Ave.) - H.C. Physical Plant; Tatman & Moss, p. 22.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
new roof, siding replaced (as per resident).
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 754 College Avenue,
Ownership
Haverford College
Group
Faculty Housing
Garages 1&2
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Building numbers 10, 172, 173
Date of Construction 1906
Unknown
Evaluation Contextual 1: a house that contributes to the historic character of the College Avenue group.
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
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Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
trim
wood
walls fieldstone, wood shinglewindows
wood
base fieldstone (rear)
foundation
fieldstone
structure
load-bearing masonry and frame walls, wood joists
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 3-story house with a fieldstone first floor and shingles above and timber details; shingles cover all three
floors above a schist base at the rear of the house. The gambrel roof has half-timbered ends on the east and west sides of
the house, as well as a fieldstone chimney. A fieldstone and wood frame porch/patio wraps around the south and
southwest sides of the house. Behind the house sits a two-car garage with a wood frame faced in wood shingles and a
gabled asphalt shingle roof; a one-car garage (or shed) with clapboard siding and a gabled asphalt shingle roof sits next to
the first garage.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
One of the houses from the suburban neighborhood that developed around the College in
the nineteenth century. Purchased by the College as faculty housing. Like many of the houses immediately to the north
of the school, this was probably owned by a Quaker with family connections to the College and the meeting.
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Unknown
Architect
Builder
Description
fire escape on the west side of the house.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 757 College Avenue
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Unknown
Building number
Date of Construction
11
1910
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Evaluation Contextual 1: A handsome house of the period looking to the traditions of regional architecture, and reflecting
the interests of Philadelphia-area architects of the time.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
trim
walls fieldstone, barn-dashed stucco windows
base
foundation
structure fieldstone
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wood
8/8 wood with wood shutters
fieldstone
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 1/2-story Colonial Revival, fieldstone house with a balanced, rectangular plan and attached 1 ½-car
garage on the east side, and an open porch on the west. The gabled roof has gabled, centrally-placed dormers and two
fieldstone end-chimneys. The entrance is articulated by a centrally-placed pent eave between the first and second floors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features A circular driveway.
History and Significance
Many features of early eighteenth-century Pennsylvania architecture are revived and the
richness of Philadelphia-area design in the period are reflected in this handsome house by an unknown architect. These
features include the wonderful barn-dashed surface, the pent eave over the door, the louvered and paneled shutters and
the heavy timbers of the open porch. Careful attention should be paid to any alterations or repairs to the masonry, which
is a significant feature of the house and regional practice.
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 765 College Avenue
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Jonathan Lane
Evaluation
Building number
Date of Construction
12
1965
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Unrated: less than 50 years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
walls vertical wood siding
base concrete
structure wood frame
trim
windows
foundation
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wood
1-by-1 aluminum
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Professor Wallace MacCaffrey House
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A wood house with composed of a 2-story, rectangular volume recessed on the second floor at the eastern
end, with a garage below the recess. A one-story el adjoins the main volume at the western end. The shallow-pitched
gabled roof has two brick chimneys.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This house just preceded the group of houses on Duck Pond Lane. While those houses
and this are by different designers, they share the modern vocabulary of the period.
Bibliography; sources
Drawings: H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 773 College Avenue
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Baily & Truscott
& Garage Building number
13, 171
Date of Construction 1901-2
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation Distinguished 3: a substantial, handsome house by an alumnus architect (William L. Baily) who designed a
significant number of campus buildings.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
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Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingles
trim wood
walls schist, clapboard (wood)
windows multi-light, double-hung wood with wood shutters, mostly 8/1
base
foundation schist
structure
masonry load-bearing walls, wood joists
Historic Name Professor Albert E. Hancock house - first owner
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 1/2-story, schist house with a rectangular, balanced plan and a gabled roof with wood shingles laid in
the gable ends. A 1-story clapboard el with a hipped roof on the rear. Features include a front porch with a schist base
and three pairs of Tuscan columns supporting a shed roof, a brick chimney near the eastern end of the building, a bay
window on the east side of the house, and a two-car clapboard garage with a hipped, asphalt shingle roof.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance This house was designed by a firm headed by alumnus William Lloyd Baily (class of 1883), who
had designed a house at 5 College Circle the year before. Both these houses were part of the group of faculty housing that
corresponded to the important period of expansion put into motion by President Isaac Sharpless. The house was built for
Professor A. E. Hancock, and was the second house built on College Avenue (after President Shapless’s house
immediately to the east) for the College.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/15/1901, 3/21/1902; Tatman & Moss p. 20.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Unknown
Architect
Builder
Description
fire escape on the west side of the house.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 791 College Avenue & Garage Building number 14, 170
Street Address same
Date of Construction 1882
Architect / designer
Unknown; probably Addison Hutton
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation
Distinguished 2: important as the home of long-term College president and the first faculty houses built in
a period of expansion of the institution.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
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Construction Materials
roof
slate, copper
trim wood
walls brick, wood shingle
windows wood
base fieldstone
foundation rubble stone
structure masonry walls with wood joists
Historic Name Professor Isaac Sharpless house - first owner, long-time resident and College president
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 1/2-story house of red brick with horizontal courses of glazed bricks between panels of sawtooth
soldier courses of red bricks above first and second story windows, on a fieldstone base. The T-shaped plan has been
added onto with a one-story brick addition on the east side of the building, which forms the main entrance to the house,
with a low relief gable over the door. The roof is gabled, with wood shingles and clapboard siding in the gabled ends as
well as gabled and shed dormers. Features include two wood frame front porches, one of which wraps around to the west
side of the house, and one paneled brick and one stucco chimney at the east and west sides of the building. The rear wing
has a brick first floor with shingled second and third floors (perhaps the 1908-09 addition). A three-car clapboard-sided
garage has a gabled asphalt shingle roof.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This house marks the beginning of a campaign of construction of faculty residences on
campus concentrated between 1882 and World War I. Isaac Sharpless, then a professor of Mathematics (later Dean and
then President of the College), petitioned the Board of Managers for permission to build a house at his own expense in
1882 at the “southwest corner of the grove on the college grounds.” The architect for this project is not known, although
it is conceivable that it is the design of Addison Hutton, who was consulted in this period about alterations to the
gymnasium in what is now the Gest Center. The rear of the house was enlarged by adding upper floors for guest rooms in
1908-9 during Sharpless’s presidency.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes, 6/2/1882, 11/20/1908, 6/8/1909.
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
791 College Avenue, page 2
Alterations and Additions
Date
1908-9
Architect
unknown
Builder
Description
alterations for guest rooms in rear.
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
1994
HC maintenance
Deck with wheelchair-accessible ramp in rear.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 1 College Circle & Garage 2 Building number 15, 157
Street Address "
Date of Construction 1887-9
Architect / designer
Unknown, possibly Harrison Albright
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation Distinguished 3: a contributing member of the handsome group of faculty houses on College Circle, which
together form an important ensemble.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof asphalt shingle
trim wood
walls
light
base fieldstone (rear) foundation fieldstone
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fieldstone, wood shingle
windows wood, double-hung, multi-
structure load-bearing masonry and frame walls, wood joists
Historic Name Professor Francis B. Gummere house - first resident
Origin of Name
Builder
Description A 2-1/2-story house with an irregular plan, a schist first floor with shingles above, and a gambrel roof with
dormers. At the rear, shingles cover all three floors, above a schist base. An octagonal wood and shingle porch extends
off the northwest corner of the house. The southern wing of the building is a guest house, with a schist base and shingles
above. The two-car garage with attached shed has clapboard siding and a gambrel roof with asphalt shingles.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features Semicircular driveway in front of house.
History and Significance
English Professor Francis B. Gummere petitioned to build a house the same year he came
to the College, 1887. His proposal for a house and its site were approved by the Board of Managers in 1889. The house
was renovated in 1940, which is probably when the southern end of the front porch was enclosed by stone and a window
bay was added on the second floor above. This house may have been designed by Harrison Albright, who announced a
construction of a single house at Haverford College in May, 1888. This is currently the college president’s house.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes, 7/12/1887, 11/12/1887, 3/1/1889, 6/7/1889, 12/6/1889,
9/20/1940; Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders’ Guide 3, no. 18 (May 7, 1888); Rufus Jones, Haverford
College, pp. 98-99.
Alterations and Additions
Date
1940
Architect
Builder
Description
extensive renovations, probably including enclosure of southern end of porch and window bay
addition above.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 2 College Circle
Street Address "
Architect / designer
Unknown
Building number
16
Date of Construction 1890
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Evaluation Distinguished 3: a contributing member of the handsome group of faculty houses on College Circle, which
together form an important ensemble.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
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Construction Materials
roof
slate
trim
wood
walls fieldstone, clapboard, shingle windows
wood, multi-light, double hung; leaded glass in 1/2-round bay.
base fieldstone (rear)
foundation
fieldstone
structure load-bearing masonry and frame walls, wood joists
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 1/2-story house with a fieldstone first floor and shingles (rectangular and scalloped) and clapboard
siding above. The principal, gabled volume, which runs east-west, is enlivened by a half-round turret on the secondary
volume on the north, which is detailed with leaded glass windows. Quatrefoils decorate the central panel between second
and third floor windows on the main (west) facade. The slate roof is gabled, a 1/4 turret, and hipped and eyebrow
dormers. The windows are picturesquely varied in size and shape, including rectangular, oval, ‘eyebrow,’ and curved
(with leaded glass). The house has wood back and front porches with shaped timber posts and two brick chimneys.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This is one of a group of five faculty houses built the same year for Professors L.B. Hall,
Seth K.Gifford, Henry Crew, Francis Leavenworth, and William Ladd on College Circle and College Lane. A fire escape
was added in the rear at an unknown date.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 4/18/1890, 6/6/1890; 11/19/1954
Alterations and Additions
Date
1954
Architect
unknown
Builder
Description
alterations to second and third floors
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 3 College Circle
Street Address "
Architect / designer
Unknown
& Garage Building number
Date of Construction 1890
73, 169 Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Evaluation Distinguished 3: a contributing member of the handsome group of faculty houses on College Circle, which
together form an important ensemble.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
trim
walls brick, wood shingle, half-timbering
windows
base sandstone
foundation
structure load-bearing masonry and frame walls, wood joists
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wood
wood, double-hung, multi-light
sandstone (?)
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 ½-story house with an irregular plan and a picturesquely varied roofline of primary and secondary
gables. Above a sandstone base, long yellow bricks form the first floor walls, while a mix of wood shingle cut and hung
in decorative patterns(rectangular and wave motifs), and half-timbering cover the upper stories. A wood porch with
decoratively turned post wraps around the north and west sides of the house and shelters the principal entrance. The
gabled roof has two panelled, brick chimneys. The two-car garage has clapboard siding, a gabled roof with asphalt
shingles, and a post in the entryway dividing the car spaces. The driveway is shared with number 4.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance This is one of a group of five faculty houses built the same year for Professors L.B. Hall, Seth
Gifford, Henry Crew, Francis Leavenworth, and William Ladd on College Circle and College Lane.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 4/18/1890, 6/6/1890.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 4 College Circle
Street Address "
Architect / designer Unknown
& Garage
Building number 18, 168
Date of Construction 1900
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation Distinguished 3: a contributing member of the handsome group of faculty houses on College Circle, which
together form an important ensemble.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
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Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
trim wood
walls fieldstone, stucco, wood shingle windows wood
base fieldstone (rear)
foundation fieldstone
structure load-bearing masonry and frame walls, wood joists
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 ½-story house with an irregular plan, a fieldstone first floor and shingles above and Queen Anne
decorative detail throughout. Rectangular window bays are faced in a mix of shingle half-timbering, and shingle
“skirting” defines the upper floors and the drip line over the windows. The cross-gabled roof has one small shed dormer
on the north side of the volume facing College Circle and two brick chimneys. There are wood porches in the front and
back of the house, detailed with turned posts and japanesque screen motifs. The 2-car garage has clapboard siding, a
wood frame, and a gabled roof with asphalt shingles. The driveway is shared with number 3.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This is one of a group of five faculty houses built the same year for Professors L.B. Hall,
Seth Gifford, Henry Crew, Francis Leavenworth, and William Ladd on College Circle and College Lane. A fire escape
was added in the rear at an unknown date.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 4/18/1890, 6/6/1890
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 5 College Circle & Garage Building number 19, 167 Ownership
Street Address "
Date of Construction 1901
Group
Architect / designer
Baily & Truscott
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Evaluation Distinguished 3: a contributing member of the handsome group of faculty houses on College Circle, which
together form an important ensemble, and the work of an alumnus architect who designed a number of important campus
buildings.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
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Construction Materials
roof asphalt shingle
trim wood
walls brick, stucco
windows
wood, double-hung, 6- and 8-over-1
base brick
foundation
rubble masonry
structure
load-bearing masonry walls, wood joists
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 ½-story house with a rectangular plan with a rear el; a red brick base and first floor with stucco
above, surmounted by half-timbering in the gable ends. At the rear, stucco covers the walls above a brick base. Wood
porches with turned posts adorn the front, back, and west sides. The main, north facade is articulated by a central shedroofed dormer surmounted by a gable. Brick and stucco chimney are placed at the ends of main volume of the house.
The small, one-car wood frame and clapboard garage has a hipped roof with asphalt shingles.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Professor Ernest W. Brown requested to build a house on College Circle in March 1901,
and the Board of Managers approved a site in May of the same year. The house is one of a group of campus buildings by
alumnus William Lloyd Baily (class of 1883).
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 3/15/1901, 5/17/1901; Tatman & Moss, p. 20.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 6 College
Street Address "
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Circle & Garage Building number
20, 166 Ownership
Haverford College
Date of Construction 1860-1
Group Faculty Housing
Contextual 2: a modest, much altered, utilitarian house built for the hired farmer.
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
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Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
trim wood
walls fieldstone, barn-dashed stucco windows wood
base
foundation fieldstone
structure fieldstone
Historic Name Farmer’s house
Origin of Name
Builder
Description A modest, 2 ½ -story barn-dashed stucco on fieldstone farm house with a rectangular plan and a clapboard
addition on the SW side. The roof is gabled, and shed roofs cover the front and back entryways. The back porch is
enclosed. The adjacent clapboard garage/shed fronting on Coursey Road has a gabled roof covered with asphalt paper.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance This house was built as the tenant farmer’s house in a period when the College sought to begin
to reduce the farming operations at the school and to use the earlier farm houses (Woodside Cottage and 1 Featherbed
Lane) for faculty and visitor accomodation. Rather than a home for an important resident, it was constructed as minimal
housing for a “hired man” farmer who would be under the supervision of the administration. The house was repaired
extensively renovated in 1886 and in 1911.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 5/4/1860, 12/21/1860, 3/1/1861; 3/5/1886, 3/27/1886,
1/20/1911, 3/17/1911.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name College
Street Address
Architect / designer
Circle
Building number 68
Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction 1889
Group Administrative
Evaluation
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
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Construction Materials
roof
trim
walls
windows
base
foundation
structure
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description College Circle is a scenic drive paved in asphalt with no curbs. Its tree-lined path curves around the south
and east sides of the Cricket Field, forming much of the border of that field. Historic faculty houses border the side of the
Circle opposite the Cricket Field.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 1 College Lane
Street Address "
Architect / designer
Unknown
& Garages
Building number 21, 164, 165 Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction 1887-8
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation Distinguished 3: part of the ensemble of historic faculty houses on College Lane
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle, tar paper
trim
walls fieldstone, wood shingle, stucco
windows
base fieldstone, brick
foundation
structure load-bearing masonry walls, wood joists
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wood
wood
fieldstone
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 ½-story house with an essentially rectangular plan, a 1-story stuccoed addition on the east side with a
fieldstone and brick base, and a 3-story stuccoed addition on the rear (S). Two-story shingled bay windows are on the E
and W sides of the house. The additions both have flat roofs, while the main house has a hipped roof with gabled dormers
with shingled pediments and asphalt shingle walls, as well as four brick chimneys. There are multiple apartments in the
house. The four-car stuccoed cinderblock garage has a flat roof and separate bays; and a 2-car cinderblock garage with a
gabled roof with asphalt shingles.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance This was one of the first houses built on the Warner Tract, acquired by a syndicate of the Board
of Managers in 1886 and sold to the College two years later. The Minutes of the Board of Managers suggest that this was
among the first houses built after the purchase, although the designer is unknown. These houses mark part of the
expansion of the college under President Isaac Sharpless. The house is somewhat disfigured by the loss of its original
porch on the north side.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/12/1887
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 2 College Lane & Garage
Street Address "
Architect / designer
Cope & Stewardson
Building number 22, 163
Date of Construction 1888
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation Distinguished 3: part of the ensemble of historic faculty houses on College Lane, and a very early work of one
of the most important firms in Philadelphia at the end of the nineteenth century.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
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Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
trim
wood
walls fieldstone, wood shingle
windows
wood, 6/1
base
foundation
fieldstone
structure load-bearing masonry and frame walls, wood joists.
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 ½-story house with an L-shaped plan and a one-story stucco addition on the rear. The first floor of
the house is fieldstone, while the upper stories are faced in shingles, except for the center of the facade, which shows
fieldstone on the first and second floors. Framing the central front door, a small wood front porch has a gable with
pebbled stucco in the gable end, and a wall gable rises behind the porch. Immediately to the west of this entrance, a bay
window rises two stories. The house’s gabled roof has three brick chimneys at the center of the front and on the east and
west sides in back, as well as hipped dormers and wall gables. Behind the house, there is a one-car garage faced in wood
shingles with four side windows and a gabled roof with asphalt shingles.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This was one of the earlier houses built on the Warner Tract, acquired by a syndicate of
the Board of Managers in 1886 and sold to the College two years later. These houses mark part of the expansion of the
college under President Isaac Sharpless, and is significant as the first building on campus by the architects. Walter Cope,
although not an alumnus, had many family connections to the school, as did his partner John Stewardson, and had worked
in the office of Addison Hutton. This was one of the first independent works by the firm, and was concurrent with the
construction of Chase Hall by the same firm.
Bibliography; sources
Drawings: H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 3 College Lane
Street Address "
Architect / designer
Unknown
& Garage
Building number 23, 162
Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction ca. 1890 Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation
Distinguished 3: a contributing, although less distinguished member of the group of historic faculty
houses on College Lane.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle trim wood, fieldstone, brick, slate
walls fieldstone, brick, wood shingle, slate
windows
wood, multiple sash configurations: 4/4, 6/1, 6/6, 9/1, 15/1
base fieldstone (rear)
foundation
rubble structure load-bearing masonry and frame walls, wood joists
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder Unknown
Description
A 2 ½-story house with a hipped roof with one central brick chimney. In front and along the sides, the
first floor is fieldstone and the upper stories are brick; at the rear, the first floor is fieldstone, the second floor is faced in
wood shingle (rectangular and ‘keyhole’ patterns), and the third floor is faced in slate shingle. The west wing of the house
consists of three stories of enclosed porches: the first story rests on heavy schist arches, while the upper storeys are
supported on brick pilasters. There is a small fieldstone and wood porch with heavy schist arches over the front entryway,
on the east side of the front elevation. A bay window rises in the second and third stories above the front entrance. In the
middle of the front elevation is a rectangular bay window, and another rectangular bay window is found on the west side
of the house. Window sash is picturesquely varied throughout the house. A later, 2-car cinderblock garage with a gabled
asphalt shingle roof sits behind the house.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This may have been one of the five houses for which faculty members petitioned
the Board of Managers for permission to build in 1890. A sleeping porch was added in 1929 (probably on the west end)
and the house was converted to faculty apartments in 1934 due to a housing shortage at the time. A fire escape was added
at the rear of the house at an unknown date.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 9/20/1929, 5/18/1934
Alterations and Additions
Date
1929
Architect
Builder
Description
addition of sleeping porch
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
1934
conversion to faculty apartments
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 4 College Lane
Street Address "
Architect / designer
Unknown
& Garage
Building number 24, 161
Date of Construction ca. 1890
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation
Distinguished 3: a contributing, although slightly less distinguished member of the group of historic
faculty houses on College Lane.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
National Register Historic District
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
National Register Individual Nomination
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
National Historic Landmark
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof asphalt shingle
trim wood, limestone walls fieldstone, shingle, stucco & half-timber
windows wood, multi-light, double-hung and casement base fieldstone (rear) foundation rubble stone
structure
load-bearing masonry walls, wood joists
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A long 2 ½-story house with fieldstone first floor and shingles (in rectangular and ‘keyhole’ patterns) and
stucco and half-timber above. The plan is roughly L-shaped: the west side of the house is flat except for a bay window
which rises from the ground floor to a wall gable in the roof; while the volumes on the east side of the house step back
from a rectangular enclosed wood porch in front to a slender rear wing. The gabled roof has a mix of shingles, stucco
and half-timber, and ornate, pierced barge board in the end gables, as well as three brick chimneys (one centrally placed in
the front of the house, two on the sides of the back of the house - one of which has fieldstone courses, as well) and shed
and hipped dormers. A small porch with a heavy schist arch and wood rail adorns the main entryway on the west side of
the front elevation. The window sashes form various patterns, including rectangular, square, and hexagonal shapes. The
2-car garage has clapboard siding and a hipped asphalt shingle roof.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This may have been one of the five houses for which faculty members petitioned the
Board of Managers for permission to build in 1890. This house was probably the work of the same designer as its near
neighbors #5 and #8 (Cadbury House), although the identity of the architect remains unknown. The garage is
contemporary.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 4/18/1890
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 5 College Lane
Street Address "
Architect / designer
Unknown
Building number
Date of Construction
25
1889
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Evaluation Distinguished 2: One of the most interesting houses of the College Lane group, built specifically for an
important member of the faculty.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle trim wood
multi-light
base fieldstone (rear) foundation
walls
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fieldstone, half-timber windows wood, double-hung and casement,
fieldstone
Historic Name Professor J. Rendel Harris house
structure masonry and frame load-bearing walls, wood joists.
Origin of Name
Original occupant
Builder
Description
A 2 1/2-story house with a gabled roof, essentially rectangular plan. The house is ornamented throughout
by typical Elizabethan trim, including ornately pierced barge boards, shaped brick chimneys, half-timbering, and multilight windows. The first story is fieldstone, with half-timbering above. In the rear, half-timbering rises above a fieldstone
base. The entrance pavilion on the principal (north) facade is articulated as a small cross-gable. A small wood porch with
shaped timbers was added early in the twentieth century and adorns the front, while the wood porch in the rear is
enclosed. The house’s window sashes are of picturesquely varied. A recent wood shed sits in back of the house.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This house was built in 1889 for a prominent member of the faculty, who had
been recruited as part of president Isaac Sharpless’s plan to expand the school. Harris had been born and educated in
England and taught Biblical Languages and Ecclesiastical History. In March of 1889, the Board of Managers first
recorded the need to provide him with a house, and plans for the building by an unknown architect were approved in June
of 1889. He moved in in the fall. The house retains most of its original character and decorative exterior detail, which
should be thoughtfully preserved, although the decorative pinnacle at the entrance gable has been lost.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 3/1/1889, 6/7/1889; Garrett, ed. A History of Haverford
College (1892), 533, 575.
Alterations and Additions
Date
unknown - early 20th century
Architect
Builder
Description
front porch added
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 9 College Lane
Building number
Street Address "
Date of Construction
Architect / designer Yarnall & Cooper
75
1858-59
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation Distinguished 3: one of the earliest purpose-built faculty houses.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
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PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
trim
wood
clapboard
windows
wood with wood shutters, 4/4 base fieldstone
structure
load-bearing masonry with wood joists; wood frame
Historic Name
walls
fieldstone,
foundation
barn-dashed
stucco;
fieldstone
Origin of Name
Builder Yarnall and Cooper
Description A 2-story, fieldstone and barn-dashed stucco farmhouse with a long wood front porch, an originally
symmetrical front elevation with a central front door, and a gabled, bracketed roof with two brick chimneys at the east end
of the original building (with a rectangular plan) and in the southern, early fieldstone addition (which forms an L-shaped
plan for #9). #9B is a clapboard addition on the back of the original house (see below). The 2-car clapboard garage has a
gabled asphalt shingle roof and side windows and door.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The Committee on Property of the Board of Managers approved the “erection of a Stone
Building suitable for the accomodation of the family of a Teacher” in July, 1858. The house was reported under
construction by the builders Yarnall & Cooper, who would later build Barclay Hall from the designs of Addison Hutton.
The porch, which extends across the north front only, originally extended around the western end of the northern volume
as well. The first occupant was Timothy Nicholson, who served both as teacher and as Superintendent. For a long period
the house was the home of Pliny Earle Chase, professor and brother of President Thomas Chase. The large rear addition
was put on the back of the house in 1880.
Bibliography; sources
612.
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 7/13/1858, 1/7/1859; Garrett, ed., History of H.C., 273,
Alterations and Additions
Date
1880
Architect
Builder
Description
A clapboard addition with an Lshaped plan, a fieldstone base, two brick chimneys, a
wood post side porch with a gabled roof and two
landings, and a wood deck on the back.
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
1992
Kreider/Matsinger Associates
Cherokee Construction
Conversion to apartments
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
9 College Lane, page 2
Date
1999
Architect
Builder
Description A clapboard addition with a reinforced
concrete foundation and wood windows on the west side
of front block; repointing.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 6 & 7 College Lane & Garages
Ownership
Haverford College
Street Address
Group
Faculty Housing
Architect / designer
Building number 26, 27, 159, 194
same as name
Date of Construction
George T. Pearson
1887-8
Evaluation Distinguished 3: a more modest double house, but part of the important ensemble of historic faculty houses on
College Lane
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingles
trim wood
walls
windows
wood (with one leaded glass window on #6)
base
structure
load-bearing masonry and frame walls, wood joists
Historic Name
fieldstone, wood shingle
schist
foundation
stone
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 3 ½-story double house with a steep gabled roof and gabled front porches at each corner (the porch on
#6 forms the entryway, to the east; the porch on #7, to the west, is enclosed). Shingles (in rectangular and ‘keyhole’
patterns) adorn the front of the house (the pediment of the gable), as well as the porches. The first floor is fieldstone. An
ornate wooden panel adorns the facade above the central second floor windows. The open porch entrance to #7 is on the
west side of the building. The house has a stucco chimney. #6 has a 1-car garage with clapboard siding and a gabled
asphalt shingle roof; #7 has a 2-car garage of the same materials.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This was one of the first faculty houses built on the Warner tract, which corresponded to
an important period of expansion put into motion by President Isaac Sharpless. It was first proposed to build a double
house on this land in July, 1887, and plans were approved in November of the same year. Construction took place the
following season. The Board of Managers contemplated naming the houses “Chase Cottage” in honor of either the late
Professor Pliny Chase or his brother former President Thomas. It is not known how the architect received the
commission, since he had no particular known connection to the school or the Board beyond his former employment in
the office of Addison Hutton.
Bibliography; sources
596.
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 7/12/1887, 11/12/1887, 11/3/1888; Tatman & Moss, p.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name College
Street Address
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Lane
Contextual 1:
Building number
Date of Construction
69
1833
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Administrative
The historic main access to the campus.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
trim
walls
windows
base
foundation
structure
Historic Name “the road to the Turnpike”
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
College Lane is a straight road paved in asphalt between the Lancaster Avenue College Gate and the
southeast corner of the Founder’s Hall Green. College Lane’s tree-lined path passes the Merion Fields, the historic
College Lane faculty houses, the Duck Pond, the East Meadow, and the Cricket Field, serving as the primary and historic
route to each of these areas. The Lane has asphalt speed bumps, slate curbs, and an asphalt sidewalk on its north side.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The Board of Managers sought the cooperation of “persons residing in the vicinity of the
school” to open a road “along the south side of the farm, connecting the Lancaster Turnpike & Haverford Road” in
October 1833. The road was not opened until 1836, however, after permission had been obtained from landowner Isaac S.
Lloyd Plans in the Quaker collection indicate that College Lane was one of the many allees of trees created according to
William Carvill’s plan. In 1879, the road was raised on a dam at the outlet of the skating (duck) pond and a dry wall was
built on the south side of the road.
Bibliography; sources
8/1836, 4/26/1837, 5/30/1837
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Comfort
Building number 28
Street Address south of Old R. R. Ave.
Date of Construction 1966-68
Architect / designer
Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson
Evaluation
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Dormitory
Unrated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
walls fieldstone
base
structure reinforced concrete
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
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trim slate, fieldstone
windows metal
foundation reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name named for President William Comfort
Builder
Description
A four-story dormitory with a square plan with protuding corners and a hipped roof with deep
overhanging eaves. The building is faced in fieldstone, with regularly-spaced windows with slate and fieldstone sills.
Comfort Hall is the easternmost of the group of dormitories, including Jones and Lunt Halls, that are placed in a triangular
composition at the northern edge of the main part of the campus, and are nearly identical.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The construction of the “Northern Dormitories” was part of the campus plan prepared by
the same architects, whose original connection to the school was through alumnus William Hough (class of 1950). The
firm was one of the most prominent in the Philadelphia area in the period. Plans were presented by principal Roy Larson
and were approved July, 1966. Design was completed the following year. A fourth domitory was considered, but not
built.
Bibliography; sources Drawings - H.C. Physical Plant; Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 2/17/1966, 7/6/1966,
11/18/1966
Alterations and Additions
Date
1993
Architect
Builder
AWS, Inc.
Description
Window replacement
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Edward B. Conklin Gate
Street Address Old Railroad Ave.
Architect / designer
perhaps Walter Mellor
Building number
Date of Construction
210
1902
Ownership Haverford College
Group Administrative
Evaluation
Contextual 1: A handsome memorial structure that recalls the emphasis on class relationships while
providing a handsome entrance to one of the campus walks.
Certifications
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
Haverford Township individual Certification
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING MUST
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
INCORPORATE HISTORICAL PLANNING AND THE
National Register Historic District
DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL PLANT MUST PREPARE A
National Register Individual Nomination
RESPONSE ON THE PRESERVATION ISSUES.
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
trim
schist
walls Limestone
windows
base
foundation
structure
Historic Name Edward B. Conklin Gate
Origin of Name Named in honor of member of the class of 1899 who died in 1900.
Builder
Description
The Conklin gate consists of a semi-circular plaza framed by curved memorial benches and gate posts that
frame a path into the woods on the north end of the campus along Railroad Avenue.
Significant Interior Features
N/A
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Given as a memorial to a member of the class of 1899, it was presented to the
College June 10, 1902; described as “an artistic structure of Indiana Limestone,” it cost around $1,200 which was
provided by members of the class and friends through a subscription. This designer is unidentified, but the features of the
gate strongly recall the work of Mellor & Meigs. At the time of construction, however, alumnus Walter Mellor had just
graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering the previous year. One of the firm’s first commissions was a memorial
gateway for the school, probably the class of 1906 gate at the Carter Road exit.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 9/1/1902
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prepared by: George E. Thomas, E. Cooperman
Date: June 1998
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Coursey
Street Address
Architect / designer
Road
Building number 101 Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction 1920
Group Administrative
Evaluation
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
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MUST
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PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
trim
walls
windows
base
foundation
structure
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description Between College Lane and College Avenue, Coursey Road delineates the Cricket Field and the southeast side
of Founder’s Green. The Road is paved in asphalt, with concrete curbs and a concrete sidewalk on the west side of the
road. This stretch of Coursey Road is lined with trees.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Cricket (Cope) Field
Building number
135
Ownership Haverford College
Street Address intersection of College Lane & Coursey Rd.
Date of Construction by 1884Group Athletic
Architect / designer
Unknown
Evaluation
cricket
Contextual 1: an historic athletic ground that recalls and maintains the college’s link to its tradition of
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
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MUST
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PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
trim
walls
windows
base
foundation
structure
Historic Name
Origin of Name Named for Henry Cope (class of 1869), for his long connection to H.C. cricket playing
Builder
Description
A cricket field ringed by the trees of College Circle and bordered on the west by the Cricket Pavilion.
Significant Interior Features N/A
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Early prints suggest that cricket was played historically in front of Founders’
Hall, with areas established for it further toward the west as time went on. By 1884, this field was being used for the
game, as indicated by the plan that Addison Hutton drew of the College grounds. In 1901, College Circle is referred to in
the Board of Managers’ Meeting minutes as “Cricket Circle.” The decision to name the field after Henry Cope was made
in 1903.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes, 3/15/1901, 7/10/1903
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Cricket Pavilion
Building number
Street Address Coursey Rd. at College Circle Date of Construction
Architect / designer
Walter F. Price (class of 1881)
29
1904
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Athletic
Evaluation Distinguished 3: a building by an alumnus that is part of the rich tradition of the game at the College
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingles
walls wood shingle
base
structure wood frame
trim
windows
foundation
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
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wood
wood
fieldstone
Historic Name John A. Lester Cricket Pavilion, named for a member of the class of 1896.
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A one-story rectangular field house faced in shingles. A porch with a broad stairway runs along most of
the length of the side facing the cricket field. A bay window extends off the north end of the building, and a wood
scoreboard is attached to one post of the porch. The building has a gabled roof.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features Shrub plantings encircle the building; a small area of slate paving sits in front of the
porch stairs.
History and Significance
By July, 1903 the Alumni Association had raised money to build this building.
The architect was an alumnus and an important regional figure who had also served as College librarian.
Bibliography; sources
1904.
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 7/10/1903; Alumni Association Meeting Minutes, June 10,
Alterations and Additions
Date
Unknown
Architect
"
Builder
Description
Toilet facilities.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name
Street Address
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Dining Center
Building number
30
south of Carter Road Date of Construction 1965-67
Harbeson, Hough, Livingston and Larson
Ownership Haverford College
Group Administrative
Unrated: built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
slate, single-ply membrane
walls fieldstone
base
structure reinforced concrete
trim
windows
foundation
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
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wood, concrete
wood
reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A one-story dining hall with a basement, a skylit central hall and two ‘wings,’ and an alternately pitched
and flat roof. The public entrance is at the south; a service loading dock and kitchens are at the north; and slate patios ring
the south, east, and west sides. The dining hall is faced in fieldstone, with wood and concrete details.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features Gertrude Chattin Teaf Memorial Garden on west side of the building.
History and Significance
This building was the solution to a shortage of dining space for the college in the mid1960s, when the addition to Founders’ Hall was inadequate in meeting the needs of the school. The topic was under
discussion by the Board of Managers in March 1965, and by September of the same year the decision had been made to
build. The architects were hired to do a feasibility study at that time, and in July of the following year Roy Larson
proposed the site that was used. Drawings were completed by the fall of 1967. In 1973, renovations were made to create
a bookstore. In 1993 renovations were made to the basement after the construction of the Campus Center and the
relocation of the bookstore there.
Bibliography; sources
H.C. Physical Plant
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 3/19/1965, 9/24/1965, 7/6/1966, 5/21/1971; Drawings -
Alterations and Additions
Date
1971-73
Architect
Cope & Lippincott
Builder
Description
Bookstore/Student
creation
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Center
Date
1992-1994
Architect
Kreider/Matsinger Associates
Builder
E. Allen Reeves, Inc.
Description
Kitchen, other interior alterations,
including creation of lounge, 2 classrooms, misc.
student spaces.
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Drinker
Street Address 50 Walton Road
Architect / designer
Unknown
Building number
Date of Construction
31
1903
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 1: a contributing member of the group of historic faculty houses, although somewhat isolated from
the ensemble.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingles
trim
walls stucco and half-timber windows
base fieldstone
foundation
structure load-bearing masonry, wood joists
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wood
wood, double-hung, multi-light
fieldstone
Historic Name Dr. William Comfort house - first resident; Henry S. Drinker Center
Origin of Name named for Henry S. Drinker when converted to home of Music department in 1961.
Builder
Description A 2 ½-story central-hall house with a rectangular plan and a 2-story northern wing. Above a fieldstone base,
the walls are faced in stucco, with half-timbering in the gable ends. Window shapes and sashes vary, including
rectangular and diamond sashes, and rectangular and ‘oriental’ peaked window frames. The gabled roof has shed dormers
and two brick chimneys.
Significant Interior Features
A wooden staircase with turned and carved details.
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This house was originally built for Professor William Comfort before he became
president of the College in 1917, and its construction came in the period of expansion begun under President Isaac
Sharpless. The designer is unknown, but the house could have been the work of Baily & Truscott, who had designed #5
College Circle two years previously. In 1961, the house was renovated to become the home of the Music department and
received its current name. The house was converted in 1974 to dormitory use to meet a housing shortage.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 1/16/1903, 3/17/1961, 9/22/1961
Alterations and Additions
Date
1961
Architect
unknown
Builder
Description
Renovations
department
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
for
Music
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
1974
unknown
Conversion to dormitory
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Driving
Street Address
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Range
Building number
Date of Construction
199
1916
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Athletic
An open space that contributes to the rural setting of the campus.
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
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roof
trim
walls
windows
base
foundation
structure
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A long golf driving range oriented north-south bordered by the trees of the Pinetum. A sand trap is
located at the south end of the range, along Featherbed Lane.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 440
Street Address "
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Duck Pond Lane
Building number
Date of Construction
184
Ownership
1965-7 Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Cope & Lippincott
Unrated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof asphalt shingle
walls vertical wood siding
base
structure wood
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trim wood
windows aluminum
foundation poured concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A one-story wood house with a rectangular plan, a pitched (shed) roof with windows in a central
clerestory and a brick chimney. A wood L-shaped wheelchair-accessible ramp leads to the front door; and a small slate
patio sits off the back door. A wood garage is attached to the east side of the house.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
One of the group of houses on Duck Pond Lane designed by alumnus Paul Cope.
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/18/1966, 2/24/1967, 3/31/1967
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 451
Street Address "
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Duck Pond Lane
Building number
Date of Construction
32
1967
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Cope & Lippincott
Unrated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
trim
walls plywood, wood shingles windows
base poured concrete
foundation
structure wood frame
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aluminum
reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2-story, prefabricated wood house with a gabled roof, a rectangular plan, and a brick chimney.
Plywood sheets cover the spaces between the first- and second-story windows, while the rest of the house is sided in wood
shingles. Two stories of enclosed porches sit on the southwest end of the house.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This is one of a group of five pre-fabricated faculty houses on Duck Pond Lane built in
Lower Merion Township. The designer was Paul Cope.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/18/1966, 2/24/1967, 3/31/1967
Alterations and Additions
Date
1998
Architect
Design Management Solutions, Unlimited
Builder
CDF Construction
Description
740 sq. ft. addition; central A.C.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 452 Duck Pond Lane
Street Address "
Architect / designer Cope & Lippincott
Evaluation
Building number
Date of Construction
33
1967
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Unrated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
walls plywood, wood shingles
base poured concrete
structure wood frame
trim
windows
foundation
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aluminum
reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2-story prefabricated wood house with a gabled roof, an L-shaped plan, and a brick chimney. Plywood
sheets cover the spaces between the first- and second-story windows, while the rest of the house is sided in wood shingles.
A concrete patio slab extends off one end of the house.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This is one of a group of five pre-fabricated faculty houses on Duck Pond Lane built in
Lower Merion Township. The designer was Paul Cope.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/18/1966, 2/24/1967, 3/31/1967
Alterations and Additions
Date
1997
Architect
Design Management Solutions, Unlimited
Builder
D’Orazio
Description
505 sq. ft. addition
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 453
Street Address "
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Duck Pond Lane
Building number
Date of Construction
34
1967
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Cope & Lippincott
Unrated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
trim
walls plywood, wood shingles windows
base poured concrete
foundation
structure wood frame
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aluminum
reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2-story, prefabricated wood house with a gabled roof, a rectangular plan, and a brick chimney.
Plywood sheets cover the spaces between the first- and second-story windows, while the rest of the house is sided in wood
shingles. A concrete patio slab extends off one end of the house.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance This is one of a group of five pre-fabricated faculty houses on Duck Pond Lane built in Lower
Merion Township. The designer was Paul Cope.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/18/1966, 2/24/1967, 3/31/1967
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 454
Street Address "
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Duck Pond Lane
Building number
Date of Construction
76
1967
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Cope & Lippincott
Unrated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
walls plywood, wood shingles
base reinforced concrete
structure wood frame
trim
windows
foundation
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aluminum
reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2-story, prefabricated wood house with a gabled roof, a rectangular plan, and a brick chimney.
Plywood sheets cover the spaces between the first- and second-story windows, while the rest of the house is sided in wood
shingles. A concrete patio slab extends off one end of the house.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance This is one of a group of five pre-fabricated faculty houses on Duck Pond Lane built in Lower
Merion Township. The designer was Paul Cope.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/18/1966, 2/24/1967, 3/31/1967
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 458
Street Address "
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Duck Pond Lane
Building number
Date of Construction
77
1967
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Cope & Lippincott
Unrated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
walls plywood, wood shingles
base reinforced concrete
structure wood frame
trim
windows
foundation
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aluminum
reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2-story prefabricated wood house with a gabled roof, a rectangular plan, and a brick chimney. Plywood
sheets cover the spaces between the first- and second-story windows, while the rest of the house is sided in wood shingles.
A concrete patio slab extends off one end of the house.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance This is one of a group of five pre-fabricated faculty houses on Duck Pond Lane built in Lower
Merion Township. The designer was Paul Cope.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/18/1966, 2/24/1967, 3/31/1967
Alterations and Additions
Date
1995
Architect
Design Management Solutions, Unlimited
Builder
Sunpower Builders
Description
800 sq. ft. addition, central air conditioning.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Duck Pond Lane Carport 2
Building number 155
Street Address Duck Pond Lane
Date of Construction 1967
Architect / designer
Cope & Lippincott
Evaluation
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Unrated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
tar paper on plywood
walls wood
base reinforced concrete
structure wood beams
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trim
windows
foundation reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
Flat-roofed two-car carport open on three sides, with two enclosed sheds/storage closets on the rear side.
The structure’s wood posts are sunk into poured concrete posts which are themselves laid in a poured concrete foundation.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Part of the design project of the pre-fabricated houses on Duck Pond Lane
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/18/1966, 2/24/1967, 3/31/1967
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello, E. Cooperman
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Duck Pond Lane Carport 3
Building number 156
Street Address Duck Pond Lane
Date of Construction 1967
Architect / designer
Cope & Lippincott
Evaluation
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Unrated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
tar paper on plywood
walls wood
base reinforced concrete
structure wood beams
trim
windows
foundation
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reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
Flat-roofed three-car carport open on three sides, with three enclosed sheds/storage closets on the rear
side. The structure’s wood posts are sunk into poured concrete posts which are themselves laid in a poured concrete
foundation.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Part of the design project of the pre-fabricated houses on Duck Pond Lane
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/18/1966, 2/24/1967, 3/31/1967
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name
Street Address
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Duck Pond
College Lane
Building number
139
Date of Construction 1835, 1933
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Administrative
Distinguished 3: an historic and important feature of the campus landscape.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
trim
walls fieldstone, concrete
windows
base
foundation
structure
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Historic Name Bathing pond, skating pond
Origin of Name
Builder Isaac Collins
Description
The Duck Pond is one of the most prominent landscape features of the campus. It is surrounded by a
split timber fence with wire mesh covering the space between the bottom rail and the ground. A slate and fieldstone
border and walls border the pond. Three birdhouses form a line in the middle of the pond. Trees border the pond.
Significant Interior Features N/A
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
It is likely that the Duck Pond was the original bathing pond excavated for the use of the
students in 1835, and was used through the nineteenth century as a skating pond. It was probably never very large, and
by the early twentieth century it had silted in to the point where its existence was seasonal, and the area became pasture in
the summer. In 1930, plans were begun to make a year-round pond in time for the school’s Centennial in 1933.
Extensive excavation created the present configuration.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers Meeting Minutes 9/30/1835, 10/16/1956; The Spirit and the Intellect:
Haverford College, 1833-1983, 44.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name East
Street Address
Architect / designer
Meadow
Building number
Date of Construction
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Evaluation
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Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description The “East Meadow” is the field bordered by the Duck Pond and Roberts Hall, College Lane and the Nature
Walk along College Avenue. It is crossed by the Fletcher Street Walk. The grass field is bordered by and planted with
trees.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The “East Meadow” is an important part of the scenic landscape of the eastern area of the
campus.
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Faculty
Club
Street Address
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Swimming Pool Building number
Date of Construction
94
Ownership
Faculty Swim
1959; 1994
Group Administrative
Unrated: built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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Construction Materials: Changing Room Building
roof
asphalt shingle trim
aluminum
walls concrete block windows
aluminum
base
foundation
reinforced concrete
structure concrete block
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
An L-shaped concrete swimming pool with a low diving board, and a small rectangular children’s pool.
The changing room building is a one-story building with a rectangular plan and a gabled roof with aluminum siding in the
end gables. It houses men’s and women’s changing/restrooms.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The Board of Managers approved a proposal to build a faculty swim club in May 1959,
and the pool was opened in September. The pool was completely replaced and the changing room building reconstructed
in 1994.
Bibliography; sources
Plant.
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 3/20/1959, 5/22/1959, 9/25/1959; Drawings: H.C. Physical
Alterations and Additions
Date
1994
Architect
Builder
D’Orazio
Description
Replaced pool and changing building.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 15 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Featherbed Field,
Ownership
Haverford College
Street Address
Architect / designer
unknown
Evaluation
Class of 1995 Field
Date of Construction
Building number
1979; 1995-6
131,200
Group Athletic
An open space that contributes to the rural setting of the campus
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
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structure
Historic Name
Origin of Name Class of 1995 field named for donor class
Builder
Description
At the eastern end of the fields there is a small softball/baseball field (Class of 1995 field) with an
electronic scoreboard and a chain link backstop. To the west, there are two rectangular soccer/lacrosse fields. A split
timber fence borders the east and south sides of the fields. On the east side of the fields, on a raised terrace, sits a line of
Japanese cherry trees contributed by Bun-Ichi Kagami, ’37, “on the occasion of his 50th reunion, 1987” (as per
commemorative plaque on the site).
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Historically, these playing fields were part of the farm on which the school was built.
The Class of 1995 Field was endowed at the moment when softball became a varsity sport
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 1 Featherbed
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Lane
Building number
Date of Construction 1834
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Evaluation
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
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structure
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by:
Date:
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Featherbed
Street Address
Architect / designer
Lane
Building number 98
Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction 1850
Group Administrative
Evaluation
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Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description A straight road between Haverford Road and Walton Road. From Walton Road to the Featherbed Fields’
baseball diamond, Featherbed Lane is paved in asphalt; from the baseball diamond to Haverford Road, the Lane bed is
gravel. Trees line Featherbed Lane.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Founders’
Street Address
Architect / designer
Green
Building number
Date of Construction
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Evaluation
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
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Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description Founders’ (or College) Green is the central landscape of the Haverford College Campus. Its grass, trees, and
flower and shrub plantings surround Founders’ Hall, in the area of the main academic, administrative, and dormitory
buildings. Asphalt, concrete, and brick walkways, as well as Harris Road traverse the green and facilitate access to
surrounding buildings.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Founders’ Hall
Street Address Founders’ Green
Architect / designer
George Seneff
Evaluation
Building number 36
Date of Construction
Ownership
1832-1834
Haverford College
Distinguished 1: the original building of the institution.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
X
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
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Construction Materials
roof
slate with copper fittings, standing-seam metal on porch trim
wood: original doors, fanlight
walls rubble, barn-dashed stucco
windows
wood sash, various configurations
base fieldstone
foundation
fieldstone
structure load-bearing masonry walls, wood joists
For information on the quarry from which the stone was brought, see A History of Haverford College for the First Sixty Years
of its Existence , p, 77
Historic Name The School Building; later same as present
Origin of Name First building of the campus
Builder Joseph Esrey - mason; Isaac Attmore - carpenter
Description
A rectangular block with shallow end wings, each with two brick chimneys. A raised ½-basement story is
accessible via a trench that runs around the perimeter of the building. The central block and end wings have gabled roofs,
and an octagonal cupola caps the center of the central block. A long wood front porch runs along the front of the central
block between the two wings, and small wood porches (entryways with limestone stairs and wood benches) are located at
the back and ends of the building. All four porches have standing seam metal roofs and are raised on red brick bases.
Significant Interior Features A double staircase in the central hall. All original detail in Founders’ should be carefully
considered.
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Founders’ was the original building of the college, and was simply refered to as the
“school building.” It was the only classroom building until the construction of the annex (now the Gest Center) and only
dormitory until Barclay was built in 1875-7. The original building was largely planned by the Board of Managers,
although Philadelphia carpenter and sometime architect George Seneff provided drawings from which the builders, Esrey
and Attmore, worked. Attmore lived on site and supervised the construction. By the end of 1831, the Board had
determined the site for the building, and by September 1832, the exterior walls had been completed and the structure was
closed in late in the fall for the winter, although some work continued. When the school first opened in October of 1833
the building was not yet finished, and the carpenters’ finish work was not wholly done until the following summer.
Interior changes were multiple in the nineteenth century as the school grew and developed. Among the most momentous
for the inhabitants were the introduction of utilities, including the installation of a tank to create and pressurize a central
water system in 1837, the construction of the first furnace in 1843, and the introduction of gas lighting in 1852. Problems
with rising damp were addressed by excavation around the building in 1860, creating the grade that exists today. Even
with the construction of later buildings, Founders’ continued to play an important role in the school, and, with the large
addition by Morris & Vaux in 1904-6, remained the main dining facility for the college until the construction of the
Dining Center.
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Founders’ Hall, page 2
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes - 12/10/1831, 1/21/1832, 3/31/1832, 4/28/1832, 7/7/1833,
8/28/1833, 10/28/1833, 11/27/1833, 7/30/1834, 4/29/1835, 8/26/1835, 11/24/1837, 10/28/1840, 1/25/1843, 3/29/1850,
6/28/1850, 8/6/1852, 3/4/1853, 5/4/160, 7/7/1862, 12/2/1863, 11/9/1880, 4/7/1885, 9/4/1885, 7/15/1889, 6/6/1890,
9/4/1891, 6/2/1893, 9/18/1903, 10/10/1904, 11/4/1904, 1/20/1905, 9/15/1905, 3/16/1906, 3/17/1911, 5/17/1911,
9/20/1912, 9/18/1925, 9/15/1925, 9/20/1940, 9/19/1941, 9/21/1945, 11/16/1951, 3/18/1955, 9/25/1959, 9/22/1961,
1/15/1965, 3/19/1965, 9/24/1965, 2/17/1966, 2/27/1967, 5/24/1968, 3/9/1979, 4/6/1979, 12/1/1984
Alterations and Additions
Date
1904-1906
Architect
Morris & Vaux
Builder
Description
Rear addition consisting of a wide connecting hall leading to open dining hall, both with a
fieldstone base with stucco above on the exterior. William S. Vaux, Jr. had received a degree in engineering from the
College in 1895, and although his partner George S. Morris was not an alumnus, but he was also a member of the Society
of Friends, a graduate of Westtown, and had worked in the offices of both Addison Hutton and Cope and Stewardson
before establishing his own practice with Vaux.
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
1984
H2L2
E. Allen Reeves
Major rehabilitation of exterior and interior.
Prepared by: Emily Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name
Street Address
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Foundry
Building number
Date of Construction
78
Ownership
1982-3 Group
Haverford College
Academic
Nels Larson
Unrated: built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat; asphalt shingles
walls concrete block
base
structure concrete block
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trim
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foundation reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A metal arts studio with a rectangular plan, a flat roof on the north side and a shallow-pitched shed roof
on the south side, fire doors, and a roll-up ‘garage’ door on the north side. A cinderblock shed with a corrugated metal
roof is attached to the building’s north side at the northeast corner.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The decision was made in 1982 to move the art studio to a “modest utilitarian building,” and to
move the foundry from Hilles to this new building. It was designed by alumnus Nels Larson (1969).
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 4/23/1982; Drawings: H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Douglas B. Gardner ’83 Integrated Athletic Center Building number Ownership Haverford
College
Street Address Coursey Road
Date of Construction 2004-2005 Group Athletic
Architect / designer
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Evaluation
Unrated: built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
foundation
structure
trim
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walls
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base
Historic Name
Origin of Name Douglas Gardner, class of 1983,, a skilled student-athlete and men's basketball letterman, died in the
World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. He had been co-chair of the Athletics Steering Committee formed to oversee the
development of the Center.
Builder: Alvin Butz
Description
100,000-square-foot
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The Gardner Center will feature materials and design that are environmentally friendly. If
approved, it will be one of the first LEED-certified athletic buildings in the United States.
Bibliography; sources HC website: http://www.haverford.edu/athletics/iac/index.htm
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by:
Date: 17 Sept. 2005
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name
Street Address
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Gate House
Lancaster Avenue Entrance
Unknown
Building number 189
Date of Construction 1986
Ownership Haverford College
Group Administrative
Unrated: built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
walls cementitous material
base cementitous material
structure
trim
windows
foundation
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aluminum
metal frame
reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A rectangular gate/security post. The bottom three feet are faced in granite to ‘mirror’ the gate posts
along the road; the top three feet are glass set in an aluminum frame.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Gest Center
Street Address Rear of Founders’ Hall
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Building number
Date of Construction
38
1850
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Academic
Distinguished 1: the first addition to Founders’ Hall, and thus a key piece of the College’s history
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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Construction Materials
roof
slate
trim wood
walls fieldstone rubble, barn-dashed stucco windows wood
base
foundation fieldstone
structure load-bearing masonry walls, wood beams
Historic Name Gymnasium, laboratory
Origin of Name Donor Margaret Gest
Builder William Miles
Description
A 2-story, 6-register building with a rectangular plan and gabled roof - much like the form of
contemporary mill buildings. The building’s materials mirror those of adjacent Founder’s Hall, and it is connected to the
northern extension of Founder’s Hall via a stuccoed bridge from the 2 central registers of the second story (a later
alteration/addition). On the eastern side of the building, the first story window mouldings of two northernmost registers
are irregularly angled (with the slope of the hill), and they contrast with the right angles of the window sashes and the
windows themselves. There are lamps attached to the building’s exterior walls.
Significant Interior Features
centerline of the building.
On the ground floor, several wood supporting posts remain along the lengthwise
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
What is now the Gest Center was the first addition to Founders’ Hall. The
construction of a “playhouse” in frame was contemplated in 1850, and an agreement with a builder was made for a stone
building for exercise “during the inclement season” in September. Two years later, the students had raised $300 for
equipment and William Eyre, who was building the Observatory, put in a new floor. The building was “extended and
elevated” in 1853 for a laundry on the first floor, and, on the second floor, the College’s first laboratory and a lecture hall
were placed. $1,500 was suggested as an appropriate price for equipment. In 1878, extensive renovations were made to
the laboratory and lecture room on the second floor, including a new ventilation shaft, and reinforcement to the floor.
Addison Hutton consulted on extensive alterations to the first floor gymnasium in 1881. After the construction of the Hall
building in 1910, money was raised for adaptation of the laboratory spaces in 1911. Thanks to a bequest by Margaret
Gest, the annex was adapted as the Gest Center for Cross-Cultural Study of Religion, opened in 1977, although
adaptations had been begun in 1970 from designs by Cope & Lippincott.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes: 3/29/1850, 9/3/1852, 1/7/1853, 3/4/1853, 11/9/1880,
6/3/1881, 3/17/1911, 5/17/1911, 10/23/1970; Quaker Collection, Series 910A; The Spirit and the Intellect, 67.
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Gest Center, page 2
Alterations and Additions
Date
1878
Architect
Builder
Description
Renovations to second floor: partitions moved, for new arrangement for Laboratory, chemical
classroom lecture room, and apparatus room. Ventilation shaft through roof added in lab and in the lecture room. On first
floor, gyn enlarged by taking over old wash room; floor of the lecture room strengthened by a new beam and columns;
new tin roof.
Date
1881
Architect
Addison Hutton
Builder
Description
Renovations to gymnasium: wooden floor removed and earth fill brought in, covered with broken
stone and cement. New Florida yellow pine floor built. Wainscot replaced with new Florida Yellow pine wainscot, new
ceiling of white pine put in with a cornice, finished in oil and shellac; walls stripped, lathed and plastered, rough finish the
last coat tinted with lampblack; old single gas brackets replaced with Cornelius lamps: double brackets with polished
brass finish and glass globes; dressing room added.
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by:
1970-1977
Cope & Lippincott
Creation of Gest Center
E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name
Street Address
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Greenhouse
west of Walton Road
Building number
Date of Construction
196
1996
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Administrative
Unrated:built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
aluminum & glass
trim
walls aluminum & glass
windows
base concrete block
foundation
structure concrete block & aluminum frame
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aluminum frame
reinforced concrete/concrete block
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A greenhouse with a rectangular plan and gabled roof.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Gummere
Building number
39
Street Address east of Walton Road
Date of Construction 1960-4
Architect / designer
Vincent G. Kling
Evaluation
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Unrated: less than fifty years old
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof slate
trim
walls fieldstone
windows
base
foundation
structure steel-reinforced concrete
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granite, wood, aluminum
aluminum
reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name named for President Samuel Gummere
Builder
Description
A three-story dormitory building with a basement and an irregular plan. The building follows the
downward slope of the hill (west to east), alternating between hipped and gabled roof lines. Heavy granite window sills
and roof brackets and wood mouldings below the eaves are its main ornamental features. Stairs and window wells are of
reinforced concrete. Straight horizontal courses of fieldstone delineate each story within the rubble pattern of fieldstone
wall facing.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Vincent Kling became “consulting architect” for the college in 1959 as part of the effort
to expand and modernize the school in the period. Early in 1960, he submitted plans for new dormitories for 74 students,
and by September 1962 the final site had been selected. At this point it was proposed to end Walton Road at the new
building rather than altering the roadbed to go around the building, as was done. Kling was authorized to proceed with a
full set of plans and obtain estimates, and presented his developed scheme in May 1963. One suspects that he was urged
to add details that would harmonize with the rest of the campus, like the stone trim and slightly pitched roofs; these were
at odds with his tendency to follow International Modern trends.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 3/18/1960; 9/28/1962; 1/25/1963; 5/24/1963; 9/11/1963;
Drawings: H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1994
Architect
Builder
Description
Windows replaced
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Lyman Beecher Hall
Street Address Founders’ Hall Green
Architect / designer
Baily & Bassett
Evaluation
Building Building number 41
Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction 1909-11 Group Academic
Distinguished 2: one of the major campus buildings and part of the Baily & Bassett group.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
cementitious slate-like shingle trim
windows
wood, 2/2/2, 1/1/1
base
structure
Historic Name same
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limestone quoins and lintels; wood
schist
walls schist
foundation stone
Origin of Name named for Chemistry Professor L.B. Hall
Builder F.L. Hoover & Sons
Description A two-story, Colonial Revival building with the basement exposed on three sides, a rectangular plan with
offices and classrooms flanking a central hallway. A rectangular addition containing fire stairs and an elevator sits at the
midpoint of the rear elevation. The building’s hipped roof has four ornamental brick chimneys situated near the four
corners of the building. The symmetrical front elevation fronts on Founder’s Hall green and has a projecting pediment
with a circular window at its center. The central door is framed by Tuscan columns supporting an overhanging
entablature, above which a large arched window lights the central stair inside the door. Ornamental wrought iron
handrails flank the front stairs. Rectangular windows are found on the sides of the front elevation, as well as throughout
the rest of the building; they have wood sills and limestone lintels with a stepped keystone motif.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The construction of the Hall building was first announced in the January, 1910 Board of
Managers’ Minutes. It was the first purpose-built Chemistry building for the campus, and was an enormous leap beyond
the facilities in the Founders’ Hall Annex. The building was opened in October, 1911. Interior renovations have taken
place in 1964 and 1967 from designs by Louis T. Klauder and Associates and in 1997 under the direction of Kieran,
Timberlake and Harris. The Hall building was one of a group designed by alumnus William Lloyd Baily (Class of 1883),
including the nearly contemporary Morris Infirmary.
Bibliography; sources Construction drawings, H.C. Physical Plant files, Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes
1/21/1910, 3/18/1910, 1/20/1911, 6/25/1959, 9/25/1959, 10/20/1959, 3/20/1964, 5/22/1964, 11/18/1966.
Alterations and Additions
Date
1964; 1967
Architect
Louis T. Klauder and Associates
Builder
Description
Interior alterations
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
1997
Kieran, Timberlake and Harris
Interior alterations
Date: 14 June 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 11 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
114
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
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cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell
the entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when
the College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 14 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
115
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
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cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 15 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
136
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
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cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 18 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
116
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 19 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
117
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 22 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
118
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 23 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
119
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 26 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
120
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 30 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
121
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
ca. 1988
Architect
Builder
Description
Student
computer
created in basement
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
cluster
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
1991
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Site changes for accessibility
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 31 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
122
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 34 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
123
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 35 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
124
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 35 Hannum Drive,
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Evaluation
Garage 12 Building number
143
Date of Construction 1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Unrated: a utilitarian service structure
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
walls brick, concrete block
base
structure concrete block
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
trim
wood
windows
foundation reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
This row of 12, 1-car garages fronting on County Line Road is faced with light orange bricks and roll-up
wood doors. At intervals of four garages, the brick side walls rise above the roof line.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance Part of the complex of the Haverford Park Apartments. The owners of the Haverford Park
Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings
containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the College was planning to build a new dormitory.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 38 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
125
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 42 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
126
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 46 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
127
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 50 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Building number
Date of Construction
128
1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of 21 U-shaped 2-story apartment buildings
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex was convenient, the purchase was approved. The path and
roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975, designed by Stevenson Fletcher. The
complex was renamed the Haverford College Apartments in 1990.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 46 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Evaluation
Garage 22
Building number
145
Date of Construction 1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Unrated: a utilitarian service structure
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
walls brick, concrete block
base
structure concrete block
trim
windows
foundation
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
wood
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description This row of 22 1-car garages facing the row of #50 garages is faced with light orange bricks and roll-up
wood doors. At intervals of four-to-five garages, the brick side walls rise above the roof line. Some garage doors are
sealed with plywood.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Part of the complex of the Haverford Park Apartments. The owners of the
Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the entire complex of garden apartments consisting
of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the College was planning to build a new dormitory.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 50 Hannum Drive
Street Address same
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Evaluation
Garage 22
Building number
144
Date of Construction 1949-50
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Unrated: a utilitarian service structure
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flt
walls brick, concrete block
base
structure concrete block
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
trim
wood
windows
foundation reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description This row of 22 1-car garages facing the row of #50 garages is faced with light orange bricks and roll-up
wood doors. At intervals of four-to-five garages, the brick side walls rise above the roof line. Some garage doors are
sealed with plywood.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Part of the complex of the Haverford Park Apartments. The owners of the
Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the entire complex of garden apartments consisting
of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the College was planning to build a new dormitory.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description Three garage units are currently being repaired following damage from a fallen tree limb.
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Haverford College Apartments
Building number 130
Street Address Hannum Drive, Ardmore Avenue
Date of Construction 1949-50
Architect / designer James G. Ludwig
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Evaluation Contextual 2: the complex is a good example of a type of design of the period. R1 zoning should be taken into
account in planning.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base cast concrete foundation
structure steel frame
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cast concrete sills and entryways
1/1 aluminum replacement
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Haverford Park Apartments
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
The complex of the Haverford College Apartments consists of twenty-one, U-shaped 2-story apartments
faced in yellow, brown, and red brick. Art Moderne motifs include red brick ‘panels’ at corners of the buildings and
scalloped cast concrete sills over the front (fire) doors. Three rows of 12 and 22 garages. (See individual forms for
Ardmore Avenue and Hannum Drive dormitories.)
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The owners of the Haverford Park Apartments approached the college and offered to sell the
entire complex of garden apartments consisting of 21 buildings containing 8 apartments each in 1974, at a time when the
College was planning to build a new dormitory. Because the cost per student of the apartments was less than for the
construction of a new building, and the location of the complex at the southeast corner of the campus was convenient, the
purchase was approved. The path and roadway from the campus to the apartments was completed in the summer of 1975,
designed by Stevenson Fletcher.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 11/9/1974, 9/12/1975; drawings - H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1991
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Description
Site changes for accessibility
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 629 Haydock Lane
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Unknown
Evaluation
& Garage
Building number 43, 154
Date of Construction 1920
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Contextual 1: a house from the surrounding neighborhood with some historic character.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle trim
walls stucco
windows
base schist
foundation
structure
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
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PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
wood
6/6 wood
stone
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 ½-story house with a rectangular plan and a gabled roof with three gabled dormers in the front (west)
of the house and a stucco chimney at the south end. The front elevation is symmetrical, with a central door sheltered by a
gabled entry porch supported by decorative iron posts. There is a one-story aluminum-sided addition with a hipped roof
on the south side of the house. A small shed entryway with vertical wood siding is attached to the rear of the house
towards the north end, and a central rear door leads to the basement. A two-car stucco garage with a hipped roof with
asphalt shingles sits at the rear of the property, well removed from the house.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance One of the houses from the surrounding neighborhood that grew up around the College.
Purchased as faculty housing.
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 15 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 629 Haydock Lane
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Garage
Building number 154
Date of Construction 1920
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Evaluation
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
trim
walls
windows
base
foundation
structure
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder Yarnall and Cooper
Description
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by:
Date:
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Hilles Hall
Street Address Founders’ Green
Architect / designer Mellor, Meigs & Howe
Building number 44
Date of Construction 1928-9
Ownership Haverford College
Group Academic
Evaluation
Distinguished 2: An important work of architecture by one of the premier architectural firms of
Philadelphia; the building merges the local fieldstone/schist with French detail on the facade, and factory-like wing at the
rear, faces Founders’ Green.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING MUST
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
INCORPORATE HISTORICAL PLANNING AND THE
National Register Historic District
DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL PLANT MUST PREPARE A
National Register Individual Nomination
RESPONSE ON THE PRESERVATION ISSUES.
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
Slate
trim
French limestone
walls
windows front sash leaded glass casements, sides 2/2 sash/ rear industrial iron sash
foundation coursed ashlar
structure reinforced concrete
chimneys
steps
Coursed ashlar schist
base Coursed ashlar schist
Historic Name Samuel Hilles Memorial Laboratory of Applied Science
Origin of Name Named for Samuel Hilles, first superintendent of the Haverford School, prior to its becoming a college.
Builder
Description
Two-story, coursed ashlar facade in French Renaissance detail with rusticated French limestone trim
around the doorway; medievalizing casement sash on front; eyebrow lintels over first floor windows; high French roof,
slated; at rear is an industrial shop-like wing where students used the machinery of machine shops to learn industrial
practice. The side walls are faced in local schist
Landscape Feature: The front forecourt is framed by schist walls, and forms a handsome garden between Sharpless and
Ryan at the entrance.
Significant Interior Features
Handsome medievalizing center hall with the typical details of the firm; poured in place
reinforced concrete beams across ceiling; cantilevered stone steps with Yellin-like lamps hanging from ceiling. Memorial
plaque to Hilles on west wall; laboratories rehabilitated and rear wing altered from original use.
History and Significance
The Hilles Laboratory served the engineering program that was inaugurated in the 1880s
and by the 1920s was one of the largest in the college. It continues in its present use. The building was made possible by
the donation of T. Allen Hilles in 1927. The college’s first mainframe computer was housed in the building, installed in
1961. The building is the design of one of the most accomplished architects to graduate from Haverford, Walter Mellor
(B.S. Engineering, 1901). The building was in design at the moment when George Howe was leaving the firm.
Bibliography; sources Tatman and Moss, 530. Board of Managers’ Meeting minutes 9/16/1927, 10/11/1927; DrawingsH.C.
Alterations and Additions
Date
1981-1983
Date
1994
Architect Geddes Brecher Qualls and
Architect
Kieren, Timberlake and Harris
Cunningham
Builder
Cyma
Builder
Description
Interior renovations, ADA accessibility
Description
extensive interior renovations
Prepared by: Matthew E. Pisarski, Emily T. Cooperman, George E. Thomas, Domenic Vitiello Date: June 1998
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Ira DeA. Reid
Street Address Coursey Road
Architect / designer
Unknown
Evaluation
House
Building number
Date of Construction
4
1911
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Contextual 2: a very modest house built to meet the needs of the farm a period when it was shrinking.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle trim
wood
walls stucco
windows
wood, 6/6, 6/1, 4/4, picture
base
foundation
rubble stone
structure load-bearing masonry walls, wood joists
Historic Name farm house
Origin of Name Named after sociology professor Ira de Augustine Reid, the College’s first African American faculty
member
Builder
Description A 1 ½-story house with a rectangular plan and a gabled roof. Shed, gambrel, and gabled dormers have
clapboard siding; and a stuccoed chimney sits at the center of the building’s south side. A garage (perhaps part of a full 1
½-story addition) is located in the northwest corner of the ground floor, entered from the west side. The front door is off
center, sheltered by the overhanging eave of the roof.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This house was built to replace #6 College Circle as the farmer’s house when it
was adapted in 1911as faculty housing like its neighbors on the Circle.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 1/20/1911
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name
Street Address
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Jones Hall
Building number
south of Old R. R. Ave. Date of Construction
Harbeson, Hough, Livingston and Larson
47
1966-68
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Unrated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle trim
walls fieldstone
windows
base
foundation
structure reinforced concrete
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
slate, fieldstone
metal
reinforced concrete
Historic Name same
Origin of Name named for Rufus Jones, professor of philosophy, Quaker activist and college historian
Builder
Description
A four-story dormitory with a square plan with protuding corners and a hipped roof with deep
overhanging eaves. The building is faced in fieldstone, with regularly-spaced windows with slate and fieldstone sills.
Jones Hall is the westernmost of the group of dormitories, including Comfort and Lunt Halls, that are placed in a
triangular composition at the northern edge of the main part of the campus, and are nearly identical.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The construction of the “Northern Dormitories” (Comfort, Jones, and Lunt) was part of the
campus plan prepared by the same architects, whose original connection to the school may have been through one of the
principals, William Hough, who was a member of the Society of Friends. The firm was one of the most prominent in the
Philadelphia area in the period. Plans for the buildings, presented by principal Roy Larson, were approved July, 1966.
Design was completed the following year. A fourth domitory was considered, but not built.
Bibliography; sources Drawings - H.C. Physical Plant; Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 2/17/1966, 7/6/1966,
11/18/1966
Alterations and Additions
Date
1993
Architect
Builder
AWS, Inc.
Description
Window replacement
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name KINSC
Street Address
Architect / designer
Ayers/St. Gross
Evaluation
Building number
Date of Construction
ca. 1998
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Unrated: built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
metal, slate
foundation
structure
trim
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
walls
windows
base
Historic Name
Origin of Name Named for Marian E. Koshland
Builder:
Description
An integrated facility for astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, math and the science library
Significant Interior Features
Zubrow Commons
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by:
Note: Engineers: CUH2a
Programming & Lab Planning: Earl Walls Assoc.
Information: 10/1998 (rev. 1/1999)
Date:
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name
Street Address
Architect / designer
Lancaster Ave. Gate
Lancaster Ave. and College Lane
Addison Hutton
Building number
Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction 1883
Evaluation
Significant II: A handsome granite memorial gate designed by important Quaker architect at the entrance
to campus.
Certifications
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
Haverford Township individual Certification
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING MUST
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
INCORPORATE HISTORICAL PLANNING AND THE
National Register Historic District
DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL PLANT MUST PREPARE A
National Register Individual Nomination
RESPONSE ON THE PRESERVATION ISSUES.
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
t rim granite
walls Port Deposit granite
windows
base
foundation
structure
Historic Name Haverford College Gate
Origin of Name Built as gate to College in 1883, the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the institution.
Builder
Description Coursed granite blocks battered to wall level then continuing as rectangular piers capped by granite “roof.”
The gate is inscribed “Haverford College” and “1883."
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features Part of main entrance to campus, linked to stone walls of approximately the same vintage.
History and Significance These gates were donated by Justus Strawbridge and were designed by Addison Hutton, then
the Strawbridge family architect and the chief architect for local Quaker institutions, including Bryn Mawr College.
Hutton had done Haverford’s Barclay Hall in the previous decade.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Minutes, Vol. IV, p. 5, 12/7/1884, describes “Port Deposit Granite gateposts
from designs of Addison Hutton in the course of erection at the entrance to the College grounds on the Lancaster Pike,
presented by Justus Strawbridge.”
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prepared by: George E. Thomas
Date: June 1998
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name
Street Address
Architect / designer
Leeds Hall
east of Walton Road
George Ewing
Building number
48
Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction 1952-1955 Group Dormitory
Evaluation
Unrated: less than fifty years old, but a building which blends very succesful with earlier campus
architecture.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
National Register Historic District
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
National Register Individual Nomination
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
National Historic Landmark
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
slate
trim
wood, aluminum, limestone date stone walls schist
windows
metal frame, 8/8, 4/4, 24-light picture base
foundation
reinforced concrete
structure
steel frame, concrete block
Historic Name same
Origin of Name
Named for long-time member of Board of Managers, donor and alumnus Morris Evans Leeds
Builder Frank H. Wilson
Description
A 2 ½-story long rectangular building (off-set in the middle of the plan) in a vernacular farmhouse style.
Shed dormers sit atop the gabled roof, and three schist chimneys are located at the south end (1) and the northern half (2)
of the building. Wood shutters frame some of the first floor windows, and clapboard siding is used where the building’s
plan dog-legs. Three entrances paved in slate are along the east side: a timber post porch with a shed roof and built-in
wood bench at the south end; another door under a pent eave near the center of the building, with an adjacent bench; and a
hipped roof porch supported on Tuscan columns with a built-in bench near the north end of the building.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The construction of Leeds was part of a post-war building and capital campaign initiated
in 1952, the year of Leeds’s death, by College President Gilbert White. By June of that year, a dormitory for 72 students
had been planned, and three months later, George Ewing was announced as the architect in the Board of Managers’
Meeting minutes. Landscape architect Fred Peck was associated with the project. Ewing was officially hired and plans
were prepared in 1954. Construction was complete by the fall of 1955. The design is unusual for its era in its successful
gestures toward the historic details of the earlier campus buildings, and although less than fifty years old, is one of the best
post-Word War II buildings on campus.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 3/21, 6/6, 9/9, 10/21,
11/20/1953; 1/26, 10/5, 11/9/1954; 3/18, 9/23/1955; Oakley files, Quaker Collection.
Alterations and Additions
Date
1996
Date
Architect
DMS Unlimited
Architect
Builder
D’Orazio Construction
Builder
Description
modifications to south entrance
Description
and first floor south toilet for ADA
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
11/21, 12/17/1952; 9/18, 10/20,
1997
Windows replaced
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Lloyd Hall
Building number 49
Street Address
Date of Construction 1898-9
Architect / designer
Cope & Stewardson
Evaluation
Ownership Haverford College
Group Dormitory
Distinguished 2: one of the best designs on campus, defining a sense of place on the Oxbridge model.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof slate
trim
new aluminum trim around windows; limestone quoins and base belt course
walls schist
windows
replacement aluminum, 6/6, 2/2, 4/4, 6/6 sliding
base schist
foundation schist
structure load-bearing masonry walls, wood joists
Historic Name same
Origin of Name Named for Thomas Lloyd
Builder William R. Dougherty
Description
A 2 ½-story Colonial Revival building with a long L-shaped plan and a gabled roof with broad brick
chimneys along the length of each wing (of the L). Four entrance porches line the interior (east and south) sides of each
wing, with another entrance at the corner where the two wings meet. These porches have gabled roofs supported by
Tuscan columns with built-in wood benches. At the corner where the two wings meet, the roof is one story lower than the
rest of the building. Four shed dormers with hipped roofs are evenly spaced along the outside (of the L) of each wing.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features Schist walls extend from the southeast corner of the east wing and the southwest corner of
the south wing of the building as part of the gates (respectively) which enclose this area to create a quadrangle (see
separate form).
History and Significance Lloyd was built in successive phases, beginning with the Logan and Norris sections (named for
James Logan and Isaac Norris, arguably the most powerful Pennsylvania Quakers of the early eighteenth century). This
original section was by one of the most important firms in the region at the end of the nineteenth century, and followed
their designs for 2 College Lane and Chase Hall. The architects both had extensive family connections to the school but
were not alumni. The creation of the original sections coincided with their work on the dormitories of the University of
Pennsylvania, and shares with them the lessons on undergraduate living on the Oxbridge model that John Stewardson
learned in England. The subsequent sections of the building were designed by the successor firm, Stewardson & Page,
after the premature death of the principals early in the twentieth century, and are in perfect keeping with the original
portion.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 1/20/1898, 9/15/1899, 9/25/1899, 9/19/1902, 4/3/1903,
11/15/1912, 3/24/1913, 1/21/1916, 3/19/1916, 1/16/1925, 11/19/1925, 12/10/1926, 9/20/1940, 9/15/1951, 11/21/1952,
5/24/1968; Drawings: H.C. Physical Plant
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Lloyd Hall, page 2
Alterations and Additions
Date
1912-1913
Architect
Stewardson & Page
Builder
William R. Dougherty
Description
Addition of Smith and Kinsey
sections, named for parents of donor Horace E. Smith
(class of 1886) and for John Kinsey, another prominent
early eighteenth-century Friend.
Date
1931
Architect
probably Stewardson & Page
Builder
Description
Creation of the Class of 1905
gate, eliminating a road between Founders’ and Lloyd;
installing walkway and plantings
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Date
1916
Architect
Stewardson & Page
Builder
Description
Construction of Strawbridge
(corner) section, named for Board member Justus C.
Strawbridge.
1951
unknown
changes to two entries
Date
1968
Architect Harbeson, Hough, Livingston &
Larson
Date
1926
Architect
Stewardson & Page
Builder
Description
Addition of Stokes, Morris,
Leeds,and Janney sections. Stokes was donated by a
group of family members for Henry W. Stokes (class of
1887) and John Stogdell Stokes (class of 1889); Morris
was named for donors from that family; Leeds was
named by donor Morris E. Leeds (class of 1888),
president of the Board of Managers from 1928-1945;
Janney was named for Manager and donor Walter C.
Janney (class of 1998).
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Builder
Description
Extensive interior alterations,
including sealing of fireplaces, subdivision of rooms, to
accommodate more students.
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Locker Building & Trophy Gallery/Link
Building number
79, 85
Ownership Haverford College Street Address
Date of Construction 1972-4, 1985
Group Athletic
Architect / designer
Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson; Geddes, Brecher, Qualls and Cunningham
Evaluation
Unrated: built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
flat
trim
walls stuccoed concrete windows none
base
foundation reinforced concrete
structure concrete block
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description The locker building is a 1-story building with no windows, rectangular elevations, and a rectangular plan with
a rectangular el to the west off the southwest corner. HVAC vents on the south side of the basement story and doors are
the only breaks in the stucco walls. On its east side, the locker building is connected to the Trophy Gallery/Link between
the Fieldhouse with the squash courts and the Ryan Gymnasium. The Trophy Gallery/Link is a long rectangular hall
sloping down the hill from the squash courts to the Fieldhouse. A trophy case separates the main hall from an elevated
entryway to the locker building.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The Locker Building has its planning origins in in 1968 with approval from the Board of
Managers to the architects to draw plans for an addition to the athletic facilities which might include a swimming pool as
well as those that were built. With a donation by John Magill in 1972, planning began in earnest for the Locker Building,
and ground was broken the following year, with completion in 1974. The Trophy Gallery was part of the next phase,
which included the construction of the Squash Courts and renovations to the Ryan Gym in 1985 by Geddes, Brecher,
Qualls and Cunningham.
Bibliography; sources
H.C. Physical Plant.
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 5/24/1968, 3/11/1972, 5/12/1972, 1/12/1973; Drawings:
Alterations and Additions
Date
1985
Architect
Geddes, Brecher, Qualls and Cunningham
Builder
John S. McQuade
Description
Extensive renovations to accomodate coeducation.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Lunt Hall
Building number
50
Street Address
Date of Construction 1966-68
Architect / designer
Harbeson, Hough, Livingston and Larson
Evaluation
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Dormitory
Unrated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof asphalt shingle
trim slate, fieldstone
walls fieldstone
windows metal
base
foundation reinforced concrete
structure reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name Named for professor William Lunt, who shaped the College’s history department during the 1930s and
1940s.
Builder
Description
A four-story dormitory with a square plan with protuding corners and a hipped roof with deep
overhanging eaves. The building is faced in fieldstone, with regularly-spaced windows with slate and fieldstone sills.
Lunt Hall is the northernmost of the group of dormitories, including Comfort and Jones Halls, that are placed in a
triangular composition at the northern edge of the main part of the campus, and are nearly identical.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The construction of the “Northern Dormitories” (Comfort, Jones, and Lunt) was part of
the campus plan prepared by the same architects, whose original connection to the school may have been through one of
the principals, William Hough, who was a member of the Society of Friends. The firm was one of the most prominent in
the Philadelphia area in the period. Plans for the buildings, presented by principal Roy Larson, were approved July, 1966.
Design was completed the following year. A fourth domitory was considered, but not built.
Bibliography; sources Drawings - H.C. Physical Plant; Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 2/17/1966, 7/6/1966,
11/18/1966
Alterations and Additions
Date
1993
Architect
Builder
AWS, Inc.
Description
Window replacement
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Magill Library
Building number 51
Street Address Founders’ Green
Date of Construction 1863
Architect / designer
Samuel Sloan
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Academic
Evaluation
Distinguished 3: Beyond the important original portion, south wing addition, and Quaker Collection
wing, the architectural value of most of the later additions lies in meeting the needs of the school rather than in creating a
graceful aesthetic whole.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
slate
trim
walls schist
windows
base schist
foundation
structure
various, depending on age
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limestone
leaded, wood, Gothic arches
schist
Historic Name Alumni Hall
Origin of Name Named for donor James P. Magill
Builder
Yarnall & Cooper
Description
A one-story building with a high gabled roof in the form of a cruciform Gothic Revival chapel with high
arched windows. The steep slate roof has rectangular and scalloped shingles, as well as fieldstone chimneys at the end of
the north and east wings. Pairs of small buttresses sit at each exterior corner. Multiple additions to the building have
included the C. Christopher Morris Cricket Library and the modern wings to the west and south, the site of the present
main entrance (see below).
Significant Interior Features Surviving portions of the original building and south wing addition, Quaker Collection room.
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The Magill Library started life as the Alumni Hall, built to provide meeting space for the Alumni
Association and accommodation for the College’s library. In 1863, a large donation by Thomas Kimber made the project
move forward. The building was nearly doubled in size in 1898 by the south wing added by Bailey & Truscott. With the
construction of Roberts the building was given over completely to library use in 1903. It has had numerous additions and
renovations to accommodate the growing collection and different functions within the building, culminating in the large
addition to the south and a new entrance configuration and the present name.
Bibliography; sources Alumni Association Minutes, 1863, Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes, 6/5/1858, 3/7/1863,
4/3/1863, 12/2/1863, 3/5/1880, 6/4/1886, 6/6/1890, 1/20/1898, p.404
Alterations and Additions
1)
Date
1898
Architect
Baily & Truscott
Builder
Description
South wing addition
2)
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
1909
Insertion of concrete floor.
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Magill Library, page 2
Alterations and Additions, cont.
3)
Date
1911-12
Architect
Mellor & Meigs
Builder
R. C. Ballinger & Co.
Description
Addition of a new stack wing to
the north, later housing Quaker Collection.
4)
Date
Architect
1940-41
E. Nelson Edwards (Class of
5)
Date
1951-2
Architect
E. Nelson Edwards
Builder
Description
Renovations to create Phillips
wing and addition to create Rufus Jones study, new slate
roof.
6)
1910)
Builder
John P. Hallahan, Inc.
Description
Stack addition. Also alts. to
1912 stack to create “Treasure Room”, endowed by M.E.
Leeds.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date
Architect
1964-7
Harbeson, Hough, Livingston and
Larson
Builder
Description
South
additions,
renovations to create Magill Library.
Date: 14 June, 1999
extensive
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Marshall Fine Arts
Street Address
Architect / designer Cope Lippincott Slifer
Evaluation
Building number
99
Date of Construction 1986-7
Ownership Haverford College
Group Academic
Unrated: built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt, metal fixtures
walls stucco
base
structure steel-reinforced concrete
trim
windows
foundation
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stucco
metal frame
reinforced concrete
Historic Name same
Origin of Name Named for donors Bettye and Howard Marshall
Builder
Description
The principal volume of the Marshall Fine Arts center has a rectangular plan, with secondary volumes to
the NE and SE ends (to the N and S). It is a one-story building with a brick forecourt, high central hall, and clerestory,
factory-derived lighting for studios, and no side-wall windows. The exterior walls are stuccoed in a tricolor (white, light
grey, light tan) rectilinear pattern.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
An art center was first proposed for the campus in the 1966 master plan produced by
Harbeson, Hough, Livingston, and Larson. The decision was made in 1982 to move the art studio to a “modest utilitarian
building” and by 1985, the Board of Managers considered the construction of such a facility a pressing concern. The
location of the building was determined by the Wallace, Roberts and Todd campus landscape plan.
Bibliography; sources
H.C. Physical Plant.
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 2/17/1966, 4/23/1982, 4/26/1985, 9/26/1986; Drawings -
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 8 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Marshall
Street Address
Architect / designer
Theater Building number
Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction Group
Evaluation
Certifications
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National Register Historic District
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National Register Individual Nomination
RESPONSE ON THE PRESERVATION ISSUES.
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof asphalt shingle, tar paper trim Dryvit belt courses
walls Dryvit; stucco
windows 1/1 Aluminum thermopane
base "
"
foundation poured concrete
structure steel frame, cinder block
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description Stage house and addition to Roberts Hall form a T-shaped plan. The stage house has a hipped roof with an
elevated center with a flat roof. Post-modern quoins constitute the exterior ornament of the stage house. Windows are
located on the east side and the basement level of the north side; and a loading dock with a roll-up garage door is located
on the south side.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Merion
Street Address
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Field
Building number
Date of Construction
140
ca. 1917
Ownership Haverford College
Group Athletic
Contextual landscape: an important feature of main entrance to the College.
Certifications
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Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
Merion Field is a grass field between Lancaster Avenue and the Duck Pond, between Railroad Avenue
and College Lane. It is surrounded by trees on all sides as it slopes down to the pond.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
An area east of the Duck Pond in Merion Field was used from World War I until
1921 as a vegetable garden. Trees were planted along Lancaster Avenue as part of a gift from Frederick Strawbridge,
class of 1887, in the 1920s.
Bibliography; sources
Florence R. Genser, “Profile of a Campus,” in The Spirit and the Intellect, p. 42.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Morris Infirmary Building number
45
Ownership Haverford College
Street Address East of Walton Road
Date of Construction 1911-12 Group Administrative
Architect / designer
Baily & Bassett
Evaluation
Distinguished 3: an important campus building by alumnus William Lloyd Baily (class of 1883)
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
slate
walls schist
base schist
structure
trim
windows
foundation
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wood, limestone string course and balustrade
wood, 6/6 and 4/4
schist
Historic Name same
Origin of Name named for the brothers (James T., ’63 and Isaac W. ’65) of donor and Board of Managers’ member John
T. Morris (class of 1867).
Builder
Description
A 1 ½-story, Colonial Revival building with a basement accessible from the rear (south side). The front
of the building has a rectangular plan with a gabled roof with decorative, schist, end chimneys, circular windows in the
end gables, and gabled dormers with arched windows at the rear. The symmetrical front elevation has a recessed central
entryway with arched windows above the door and flanking Egyptian style limestone columns. To the rear of the front
volume, a U-shaped 1-story extension with a flat roof capped by a wood balustrade forms two side wings off the back of
the building. Between these wings, a rear patio with a limestone balustrade is supported by a massive open schist arcade
in the basement story. The three-register central entrance to the patio has high arched windows with stained leaded glass
in the arches, as well as Egyptian style columns and pilasters between and flanking the windows/doors. At the southern
ends of the two rear wings, there are two small balconies with decorative wrought ironwork and shist supporting brackets.
There is a skylight above the former operating room.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The Infirmary is among a group of buildings designed by William Lloyd Baily, including
faculty houses and the L.B. Hall Building, which had been completed just before the infirmary. The infirmary was built
to supercede antiquated facilities in the upper level of Founders’ Hall. John T. Morris proposed the building to the Board
of Managers as a memorial to his brothers in May, 1911, and construction was complete by September of the following
year.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 5/17/1911, 9/20/1912; Drawings - H.C. Physical Plant;
Oakley files, Quaker Collection
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Morris Infirmary, page 2
Alterations and Additions
Date
1967
Architect
Harbeson, Hough, Livingston and Larson
Builder
Description
Kitchen and bathroom renovations
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
1991
Kreider Matsinger Associates
Cherokee Construction
Interior renovations
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name New Physical Plant Complex Building number
Ownership Haverford College
Street Address Walton Road and MacIntosh Road
Date of Construction 1999
Group Administrative
Architect / designer Spillman Farmer
Evaluation
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof asphalt shingle
walls clapboard, vertical wood siding
base
structure cinder block
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trim wood
windows aluminum 8/8, 6/6
foundation poured concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description A farm-style enclosed complex of 1-story buildings with gabled roofs. A cream-colored clapboard wing of
offices forming an L-shaped plan is located on the east and southeast sides of the asphalt interior yard, with pent eaves in
the gable ends and a long wood post porch along the west side of the building on the east side. Facing each other across
the yard are two taller garage/workshop buildings in the form of barns at the north and south sides of the yard; the
northern building is higher and stands alone, with a lower cream-colored office wing on its east end, while the southern
building is attached to the L-shaped wing of offices. These two larger structures have vertical wood siding painted red,
three chimneys each, roll-up doors opening on the interior yard, and fire doors on all exposed sides. The west side of the
yard is enclosed by a low concrete wall, and driveway entrances on both ends of the larger barn-type building may be
closed by chain link and aluminum fences. Gas and diesel pumps sit outside the western gate.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 500 Oakley Road (Spanish House) & Garage
Building number 108, 64, 179
Haverford College
Street Address
same
Ownership
Date of Construction 1911
Group Dormitory; Faculty Housing
Architect / designer
Price & McLanahan
Evaluation
Distinguished 2: a graceful house by one of the most important firms in the region.
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
slate
walls schist
base schist
structure
trim
windows
foundation
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wood, half timber, schist lintels
wood, leaded, varied sash configurations
schist
Historic Name Roslyn: Horace Forman house (original owner)
Scotland
Origin of Name Named for Roslyn Castle,
Builder
Description
A 2 ½-story abstracted Gothic house with an essentially rectangular plan. The gabled roof has gabled
wall dormers and three schist chimneys (one on the north end, two in the central area of the house). The front elevation
includes an off-center door in a recessed entryway with a stuccoed and half-timber gable end above; to the south, an
octagonal bay is capped by a wall gable. An iron balcony projects off the second story on the south end of the building.
An open concrete porch (probably not original) sits on the southwest corner of the house, and a brick patio extends much
of the length of the west (rear) side, accessible via a rear central door. Another rear door towards the north end of the
house leads onto a wood post porch with a hipped roof. The 2-car garage is a 1 ½-story stuccoed building with a steep
gabled roof with a gabled dormer and windows in the end gables. Most of the house is occupied as a dormitory; a faculty
apartment is in the rear.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This house was originally built for Horace Forman. William L. Price’s brother Walter
was a graduate of the College (class of 1881). The house was purchased by the College in 1948.
Bibliography; sources Oakley Files, 910A Series, Quaker Collection; George E. Thomas, “William L. Price (18611916): Builder of Men and of Buildings,” Ph.D. diss., University of Pennsylvania, 1975, 281; Philadelphia Real Estate
Record and Builders’ Guide 26, no. 29 (19 July 1911).
Alterations and Additions
Date
Unknown
Architect
Builder
Description
A fire escape on the west side of the house towards the south end.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 15 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Oakley House
Street Address 1 Featherbed Lane
Architect / designer
Unknown
Building number 54
Date of Construction 1936
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation Contextual 1: a twentieth-century house which augments the sense of a rural farm at this part of the campus
and is in keeping with the regional period details
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
trim
wood, brick window sills
walls stucco
windows
wood, 6/6
base schist
foundation
stone
structure
load-bearing masonry walls, wood joists
Historic Name same
Origin of Name named for Professor Cletus Oakley, the first resident and builder
Builder
Description
The Oakley House is a 2 ½-story farmhouse with a gabled roof and a rectangular plan, a 1 ½-story
addition with a gabled dormer off the southern part of the east side, and a one-story attached garage addition with a gabled
roof off the northern part of the east side, forming an overall U-shaped plan. On the symmetrical front elevation (west
side) of the house, the central door is sheltered by a wood porch with a gabled roof. The main farmhouse volume has a
brick chimney on its south side. The driveway from Featherbed Lane is paved in Belgian block.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Mathematics professor Cletus Oakley was given permission to build on campus
in 1936, with financing through the College. The result was a house very much in keeping with the rural, early
nineteenth-century beginnings of the College.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 5/18/1951, 10/16/1951, 1/18/1952, 3/21/1952, 5/22/1959
Alterations and Additions
Date
1995
Architect
Architectural Concepts
Builder
D’Orazio
Description
Interior Renovations
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 15 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 8-10 Old Railroad Ave. Building number
Street Address same
Date of Construction
Architect / designer
Furness, Evans & Co.
59
1885, 1888
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation
Distinguished 2: An important, domestically-scaled work by one of the nation’s premier Victorian
archtitects; it was the founding structure of the Haverford School during its formative years under the wing of H.C.
Certifications
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Construction Materials
roof
Asphalt, replacement
trim wood with jig-sawn ornament in gable end
walls coursed Conshohocken schist windows
6/1 oversized Furness-type sash
base stone
foundation stone
structure wood frame, load-bearing masonry
Historic Names Haverford Grammar School, later Merion Hall
Origin of Name Built as a feeder school to serve the surrounding community; renamed Merion Hall when the Haverford
School moved to its own quarters off-campus.
Builder William Grey
Description
Two rectangular blocks, the western one was is earlier building of 1885 and the eastern the addition of
1888. Both are of quarry-faced, rough-cut stone with upper levels of brick, shingle, and clapboard with half-timber in
conventional Furness manner of the 1880s. The gabled roofs have gabled dormers. Fenestration reflected original
functions; hyphen link between wings part of original design.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The first proposal to open a preparatory school for the College was made in 1862. The
proposal for this building came in June, 1884 with an offer by A.J. Cassatt, a Furness client, to fund. Allen Evans was the
project architect. Construction was completed in the fall of 1885. The firm made several additions and renovations: the
second volume was added in 1888, the third volume to house a gym and drafting room in 1890, and conversion to housing
for students in 1903. The complex was converted to faculty apartments in 1955.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes, 4/8/1862, 6/23/1884, 9/5/1884, 6/5/1885, 9/4/1885,
3/2/1888, 6/6/1890, 3/21/1902, 5/16/1902, 11/21/1902, 3/20/1903, 1/18/1907, 9/18/1925, 11/21/1952, 1/21/1955,
3/18/1955, 5/20/1955; George E. Thomas et al., Frank Furness: The Complete Works, pp.253, 281, 336.
Alterations and Additions
1)
Date
1888
Architect
Furness, Evans & Co.
Builder
Description
eastern volume addition
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
8-10 Old Railroad Ave., page 2
2)
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
1890
Furness, Evans & Co.
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
students
1902-1903
Furness, Evans & Co.
4)
1955
Arthur Binns
Frank H. Wilson
conversion to faculty apartments
3)
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by:
30' x 60' westernmost addition for gym and drafting room.
Conversion to dorm for 16
George E. Thomas, Emily T. Cooperman, Domenic Vitiello
Date: September, 1998 (June 1999)
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 10 Old Railroad Ave. Garages Building number 147, 148
Street Address
Date of Construction ca. 1955
Architect / designer
possibly Arthur Binns
Evaluation
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Unrated: less than fifty years old, but should be considered Contextual 2 when fifty years old.
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Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
Two rows of 5 and 3 garages (respectively); schist walls with gabled saltbox roofs with vertical wood
siding in the gable ends.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Two groups of garages for residents of Merion Hall. These were built along the lines of
sheds at Quaker meeting houses and probably date to when Merion Hall was converted from a dormitory to a faculty
residence in 1955.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes, 1/21/1955, 3/18/1955, 5/20/1955
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman
Date: 28 June 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 19 Old Railroad
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Unknown
Ave. & Garage Building number
81, 152
Date of Construction 1923
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation Contextual 1: a handsome house from the community that grew up around the College.
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
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Construction Materials
roof asphalt shingle
trim wood, heavy wood brackets
walls stucco
windows wood 4/4, 2/2
base
foundation schist
structure schist
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 ½-story house with an L-shaped plan and a gabled roof with three eyebrow dormers in the front
(north side) and a stucco chimney at the west end. The symmetrical front elevation has a central door with pilasters
supporting an eyebrow-shaped eave over the door. A wood post porch with a shed roof sits on the west side of the house,
and a shallow bay window is on the east side. The stuccoed 2-car garage has a hipped roof in asphalt shingle.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
as faculty housing.
One of the houses from the surrounding neighborhoods purchased by the College
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 15 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 36 Old Railroad Ave. & Garage Building number 82;153
Street Address same
Date of Construction house: 1836-7; garage: 1881-2
Architect / designer
Garage: possibly Addison Hutton
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation
Distinguished 3: significant as one of the earliest campus buildings, and as the residence of the first
“Principal” of the School, Joseph Harlan, after its transformation into a College in 1856.
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
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Construction Materials
roof
shingle
trim wood
walls stucco over masonry, shingle windows various: multiple light double-hung sash; wood shutters
base
foundation
rubble stone
structure load-bearing masonry with wood joists; frame additions
Historic Name Gardener’s Cottage, Harlan Cottage, Ellis Yarnall house, “May Place”
Origin of Name
Builder Joseph Esrey & Isaac Attmore
Description
A 2 ½-story house with a basically rectangular plan with additions off the southeast (two stories) and
northeast corners (one story with an exposed basement). The gabled roof has shingles and a half-circle window in the
gable ends, gabled dormers, and three brick chimneys (two with ornamental brickwork on the west side, one on the east
side). A wood porch with thin Tuscan columns and a copper roof wraps around the northwest corner of the house; and the
second story overhangs the porch, making the porch space deeper. The two-car garage fronting on Railroad Avenue has
horizontal wood siding, a gabled roof with a pent eave in front and a small rectangular window in the front gable end.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
At its core, this house is the cottage built in 1836 for the use of the College gardener, and
is thus one of the earliest campus buildings despite the fact that it has been subsumed by later additions. It was built by
the same builders who completed Founders’ Hall. The original house was described in the Board of Mangers’ Meeting
Minutes as a two-story stone house, 32' x 16', with “octagons” (i.e. three-sided bays) at each end, with a standing-seam
metal roof. It probably also originally had a porch on the south (campus) side. The house was completed in early 1837.
It was presumably first occupied by William Carvill, the professional gardener hired at the end of 1838. Additionally, the
Southwestern Semicircular Room and the Piazza were utilized by associates of the school as shelter while waiting to
depart on railroad cars or having just arrived on them. In 1853, in a period of expansion after the school closing, the house
was renovated by raising the end bays to two stories for the use of the “new” Mathematics teacher, Joseph G. Harlan, the
first principal of the school after its change of status to a college in 1856. Late nineteenth-century photographs attest to a
campaign of major alteration and additions around 1881, when Professor Ellis Yarnall, who occupied the house,
petitioned to build a new stable for the house. Further additions and interior renovations were accomplished under the
direction of Cope and Stewardson in 1901. The garage is the stable built for Professor Ellis Yarnall, who petitioned the
Board of Managers for permission. It is conceivable that Addison Hutton was the architect, since he was advising on
modifications to the gymnasium at the time.
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
36 Old Railroad Ave. & Garage, page 2
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 8/1836, 4/26/1837, 7/1/1853, 12/2/1881, 3/15/1901;
Building Contract, Housing Contracts with Patrick Gallagher and Thomas Reilly - 910A Series, H.C. Quaker collection
Alterations and Additions
1)
Date
1853
Architect
Builder
Description
end bays raised to 2 stories
2)
Date
Architect
ca. 1881
unknown
Builder
Description
major alterations and additions
-possibly
Addison
Hutton
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
3)
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
renovations
1901
Cope and Stewardson
4)
1994
DMS Unlimited
Addis Construction
interior renovations to Apt. 2
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
alterations
and
Date: 15 June, 1999
interior
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 36 Old Railroad Avenue Garage
Building number
153
Ownership Haverford
College
Street Address same
Date of Construction
1881-2 Group Faculty Housing
Architect / designer
Unknown - possibly Addison Hutton
Evaluation
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
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Construction Materials
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Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
This garage is the stable built for 36 Railroad Avenue by Professor Ellis Yarnall, who
petitioned the Board of Managers for permission. It is conceivable that Addison Hutton was the architect, since he was
advising on modifications to the gymnasium at the time.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 12/2/1881.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by:
Date:
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Orchard Field
Street Address east of Coursey Road
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Building number 180
Date of Construction 1960
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Athletic
An open space that contributes to the rural setting of the campus.
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
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Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description A rectangular grass athletic field with rugby posts at each end. Wildflowers at the south side of the field.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 628 Overhill Road
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Unknown
Building number
Date of Construction
56
1940
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation Contextual 1: an historic house which adds to the character of the area immediately around the campus.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
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PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof slate
trim wood
walls schist
windows wood, 8/8, 6/6, 4/4
base schist (rear)
foundation schist
structure
load-bearing masonry walls, wood joists
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 ½-story house with a hipped roof, three hipped dormers in front, two hipped dormers in the back, and
two end chimneys (stucco on the east, schist on the west). The front elevation is symmetrical, with a central entrance
porch with a hipped roof supported on wood Tuscan columns. Second story windows have ornamental wood shutters.
The original house has a rectangular plan; at least two rear additions form an L-shaped plan with the original house. A 2story addition has wood clapboard siding, while a later one-story addition with a side door and an attached 2-car garage
with a hipped roof has aluminum siding on a schist base.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
the nineteenth century.
One of the houses from the suburban neighborhood that developed around the College in
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 510 Panmure
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Unknown
Evaluation
Road
Building number
Date of Construction
186
1950
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Unrated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle trim
walls stucco
windows
base
foundation
structure concrete block
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wood
aluminum replacement 1/1
reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description A 1 ½- story house with an L-shaped plan with an entryway pavilion on the south side of the building. A
small balcony sits off the west side of the second floor. The gabled roof has wood siding with a wave pattern in the gable
ends. The entryway has a small skylight in its roof.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
College.
A modest house without great architectural value acquired as a faculty house by the
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 15 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Parker House
Street Address 1 Walton Road
Architect / designer
Unknown
Evaluation
Building number
Date of Construction
57
1952
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Faculty Housing
Unrated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle trim
walls stucco
windows
base
foundation
structure concrete block
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aluminum, wood
aluminum
reinforced concrete
Historic Name same
Origin of Name named for Professor Francis Parker, original occupant and builder
Builder
Description
A 1-story house with a rectangular plan and attached garage wing forming an overall T-shaped plan. The
house has a gabled roof with vertical wood siding in the end gables and a stuccoed chimney at the east end; the garage has
a flat roof. The main entrance to the house is at the southwestern intersection of the house and garage wings. The history
of Parker House includes its use as the Computer Center, but when the center was moved to Stokes, the building was used to house
some students.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance Professor Francis Parker first applied to build a house on campus in 1951. By March 1952 both
architectural and financial plans had been arranged, with the College providing most of the capital. This and the house of
Professor Robert James (Security building) had been sited and the plans were approved by the Board of Managers. It was
intended that this and the James house should be of the same style as the Oakley House (1 Featherbed Lane), but the result
was buildings of significantly less architectural value.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 5/18/1951 10/16/1951, 1/18/1952, 3/21/1952; Bi-Co News
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Note: The history of Parker House includes its use as the Computer Center, but when the center was moved to Stokes, the building
was used to house some students. In 2006, it was converted into a student arts space.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 15 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Physical Plant
Building number
52
Ownership Haverford College
Street Address Coursey Road
Date of Construction 1968-9 Group Administrative
Architect / designer
Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson
Evaluation
Unrated: built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
trim
walls vertical wood siding
windows
base concrete
foundation
structure reinforced concrete, concrete block
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aluminum sills and fire doors
1/1/1 aluminum
reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder Barclay White
Description
A long, one-story building with a rectangular plan and basement garage areas in the rear (south side). The
gabled roof has two shed dormers for HVAC vents at the west end of the building. Two doors sit at either end of the
north elevation, and a roll-up garage door and loading dock is located at the west end of the building. The east end of the
building is dedicated to offices, and the west end contains workshop spaces.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Plans were approved for the “Maintenance Building” in 1968, by the same architects who
had just completed the Dining Center and the North Dormitories. Construction was finished the following season. The
building will be demolished as part of the new Science Center project.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 5/24/1968; Drawings: H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Physical Plant Complex Building number 203, 204, 205 Ownership Haverford College
Street Address Walton & McIntosh Roads
Date of Construction 1999 Group Administrative
Architect / designer
Spillman Farmer
Evaluation
Unrated: built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
trim
walls clapboard, vertical wood siding windows
base concrete
foundation
structure concrete block
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wood
8/8, 6/6 aluminum
reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A farm-style complex of 1-story and 2-story buildings surrounding a central courtyard.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The decision to move Physical Plant facilities from Coursey Road was sparked
by the planned construction of the new Science Center to be built on the site of the former building. This complex recalls
the farm roots of the school, and the former uses of this portion of the campus.
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman.
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 2948
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Rising Sun Road & Garage Building number
Date of Construction
83, 151 Ownership Haverford College
1925 Group Faculty Housing
Contextual 2: a modest suburban house.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle trim
walls schist, stucco windows
base schist
foundation
structure
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
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wood
wood, 6/1
stone
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A 2 ½-story double house (left/south side) with a rectangular plan and a gabled roof with gambrel eaves
on the front and rear elevations. The main entrance is through a screened front porch with a gabled roof and pent eave
resting on schist pillars. A pent eave on the side of the house follows the line of the gambrel roof line at the front and
rear, and two shallow bay windows on the first floor have decorative grooved wood brackets. The driveway is shared
with the house next door (to the south), as is the double garage (1-car each side). #2948 has a wood post car port with a
shed roof attached to the side of the garage. An enclosed back porch with a hipped roof contains the back door.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
One of the houses from the suburban neighborhood that was developed to the
south of the campus, purchased by the College as a faculty residence.
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name
Street Address
Architect / designer
Roberts Hall
Founders’ Green
Cope and Stewardson
Building number 60
Date of Construction
1902-3
Ownership Haverford College
Group Academic
Evaluation
Significant II: an important small building by masters of American collegiate architecture in a significant
place on the Haverford Campus; despite rear additions, the building conveys its historic appearance from the front.
Certifications
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
Haverford Township individual Certification
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING MUST
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
INCORPORATE HISTOR ICAL PLANNING AND THE
National Register Historic District
DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL PLANT MUST PREPARE A
National Register Individual Nomination
RESPONSE ON THE PRESERVATION ISSUES.
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
slate
walls field stone schist
base schist
trim
limestone detail
windows
large 8/12 wood sash, with 6/6 sash on first floor, rear
foundation
structure
steel frame with load bearing masonry
Historic Name Roberts Hall
Origin of Name Built in memory of Board of Managers member Charles Roberts from gift by his widow, to contain a
room containing his autograph collection
Builder William R. Dougherty
Description
A symmetrical, rectangular, hall building dominated by a two-story portico in the Roman Doric order
forming a grand entrance facing the main quad. The hipped slate roof covers rectangular auditorium. The building has
been enlarged with a rear addition (treated separately).
Significant Interior Features
The major interior feature is the auditorium which retains much of its historic character
despite the addition of a large fly gallery and enlarged stage. The entrance stair to the balcony is another important
feature.
Significant Landscape Features Part of Founders’ Green.
History and Significance
The auditorium was one of several new facilities constructed by the college that reflect
its growth at the turn of the century, and the need for new facilities to serve the modern campus activities that included
theater and performance.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Minutes Vol. VI (1900-09), p. 78, 3/21/1902; 9/16/1902
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
The building has a large modern addition on the rear that now forms the main facade of the
building from the Lancaster Ave. approach.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prepared by: Matthew E. Pisarski
Date: June 1998
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name
Street Address
Architect / designer
Roberts Hall
Founders’ Green
Cope and Stewardson
Building number
Date of Construction
60
1902-3
Ownership Haverford Collge
Group Academic
Evaluation
Distinguished 2: an important small building by masters of American collegiate architecture in a
significant place on the Haverford Campus; despite rear additions, the building conveys its historic appearance from the
front.
Certifications
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
Haverford Township individual Certification
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING MUST
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
INCORPORATE HISTOR ICAL PLANNING AND THE
National Register Historic District
DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL PLANT MUST PREPARE A
National Register Individual Nomination
RESPONSE ON THE PRESERVATION ISSUES.
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
slate
walls field stone schist
base schist
trim
limestone detail
windows
large 8/12 wood sash, with 6/6 sash on first floor, rear
foundation
structure
steel frame with load bearing masonry
Historic Name Roberts Hall
Origin of Name Built in memory of Board of Managers member Charles Roberts from gift by his widow.
Builder William R. Dougherty
Description
A symmetrical, rectangular, hall building dominated by a two-story portico in the Roman Doric order
forming a grand entrance facing the main quad. The hipped slate roof covers rectangular auditorium. The building has
been enlarged with a rear addition.
Significant Interior Features
The major interior feature is the auditorium which retains much of its historic character
despite the addition of a large fly gallery and enlarged stage. The entrance stair to the balcony is another important
feature.
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The auditorium was one of several new facilities constructed by the college that reflect
its growth at the turn of the century, and the need for new facilities to serve the modern campus activities that included
theater and performance. As part of the original gift, the building was to contain a room with the autograph collection of
Charles Roberts. The stage house was extended and modernized in 1981-1983 to become the Howard Marshall
auditorium with a gift from Bettye and Howard Marshall. This created a new facade on the rear elevation facing
Lancaster Avenue. The work was designed by Wallace, Roberts & Todd.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes Vol. VI (1900-09), p. 78, 3/21/1902; 9/16/1902
Alterations and Additions
1)
Date
1916
Description
Doors widened
Date
1925-1927
Architect
Price and Walton
Builder
Description
Alterations to comply with PA
safety laws: 2 new stairway exits from gallery; 2 new
side exits on main floor; 2 new side exits at floor of main
entrance stairway; brick firewall over stage opening,
with asbestos drop curtain; operators’ room in gallery
placed on outside of rear wall of Auditorium.
3)
Date
Description
4)
Date
1968
Architect
Harbeson, Hough, Livingston &
2)
1960
Downstairs seating replaced
Larson
Builder
Description
Alterations for Provost Suite
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Roberts, page 2.
5)
Date
1981-1983
Architect
Wallace, Roberts & Todd
Builder
Frank D’Lauro Co.
Description
Alterations to extend and
modernize stage house-creates new facade visible from
College Lane.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, Matthew E. Pisarski
Date: June 1998
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Ryan Gymnasium
Building number 40 Ownership Haverford College
Street Address Southwest Corner of Founders’ Green Date of Construction 1899-1901 Group Athletic
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Distinguished 2: an important member of the Founders’Green group
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
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PRESERVATION ISSUES.
Construction Materials
roof
slate trim wood; limestone lintels, window sills, courtyard balustrade
windows wood, 8/8, 18/18/ 12/12, 10/10, 15/15 base schist
foundation
schist
structure
walls
schist
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder:
Description
A 2 ½-story Colonial Revival building with symmetrical elevations and a U-shaped plan around a front courtyard
paved in slate and concrete and bordered by a limestone balustrade in front. The main hall, which houses a basketball court and
elevated indoor running track has a gambrel roof with faux double chimneys in schist, circular windows at the east and west end, and
an octagonal lantern with a copper roof. The front wings, which house offices, have gabled roofs with circular windows in the gable
ends. There is a schist chimney on the west side of the east wing. The front elevation has three central two-story stuccoed arches h
rectangular windows and a central door on the first floor and arched windows above. This main entrance is framed by Doric columns
supporting a Doric entablature with an arch set in the pediment; a large Colonial lamp hangs above the doorway. Gabled side
entryways also give access to the side wings from the front courtyard, and the copper gutters in the courtyard have decorative
mouldings and “1900” in relief. The building’s rectangular windows are capped with limestone lintels with decorative keystones.
The basement of the gymnasium building connects to the squash courts and the corridor leading to the Locker Building and
Fieldhouse.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features Hall/Ryan Plaza by Wallace, Roberts & Todd, 1995.
History and Significance
The Alumni Association first proposed to build a gymnasium to replace the undoubtedly cramped
facilities on the lower floor of what is now the Gest Center (Founders’ Hall Annex) in 1889. By 1899, the architects had been chosen
and drawings had been completed by February of 1900. Landscape architect Samuel Parsons Jr. and architect Walter Cope were
consulted on siting and Ryan was the first building to establish the fourth side of the quadrangle of Founders’ Green completed by the
Hall Building, Hilles and Sharpless. Construction took place in 1900 and the building opened in 1901.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes: 7/15/1889, 1/17/1896, 1/19/1900, 5/18/1900, 9/17/1943,
1/21/1944, 3/18/1955, 1/27/1984; HC drawings files: 2/26/1900
Alterations and Additions
Date 1943
Architect unknown
Builder unknown
Description Additional showers and toilets to meet regulations and requirements of the U.S. Army Air Force
Date 1985
Architect Geddes Brecher Qualls and Cunningham
Builder John S. McQuade
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Ryan Gymnasium, pg. 2
Description Renovations to basement to provide co-ed locker facilities and fencing room.
Date 1996-8
Architect John Milner Associations, Inc.
Builder unknown
Description roof rehabilitation
Prepared by:
E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Ryan Pinetum
Street Address western edge of campus
Architect / designer
R. J. Johnston
Evaluation
Building number
214
Date of Construction
Ownership Haverford College
ca. 1926
Group Administrative
Contextual Landscape: an historic feature of the campus that links it to other Quaker institutions.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
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Construction Materials
roof
trim
walls
windows
base
foundation
structure
Historic Name
Origin of Name Named for Dick and Nancy Ryan, donors of time and funds in cataloguing the campus trees
Builder
Description
The Pinetum is a collection of conifers and other trees that occupy the western edge of the campus along
Haverford Road.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The Ryan Pinetum was part of R. J. Johnston and the Campus Club’s plan to establish an
arboretum at the College in the mid-1920s. In 1926 a 50-acre tract at the southwestern edge of the campus was selected
for a collection of trees in generic and family groupings. The arboretum is an aspect of the Quaker traditional interest in
the natural sciences that in the nineteenth century caused both the greenhouse (the Carvill Arch) and the Observatory to be
lavished with an enormous amount of attention and funds. The fundamental emphasis on the natural sciences has
continued to be a core element of the school’s curriculum into the late twentieth century. The arboretum links the College
to many other Quaker institutions, including Westtown School and Swarthmore College, and to what is now the Morris
Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. This last was the legacy and personal estate of John T. Morris, Haverford
alumnus, donor, and board member, who donated trees to the Haverford Campus in addition to the Morris Infirmary. The
Pinetum was named for Dick and Nancy Ryan in 1993.
Bibliography; sources
The Spirit and the Intellect, p. 44.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman
Date:
6 July 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Security Building
Street Address Featherbed Lane
Architect / designer
Unknown
Evaluation
Building number
Date of Construction
46
Ownership Haverford College
1952-3 Group Administrative
Unrated: built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle trim
walls stucco
windows
base
foundation
structure concrete block
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
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wood
aluminum, 1/1
reinforced concrete
Historic Name Professor Robert James House - original occupant and builder
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A one-story building with a U-shaped plan with a covered porch over the main entrance between the short
wings of the ‘U’. The front door (north side, under the porch) is off center, towards the east side, and the rear door (south
side) is located in the center of the rear elevation. The building has a hipped roof with a large stucco chimney on the east
end and a small brick chimney near the southwest corner. On the west side of the building, an attached garage with a
hipped roof has an attached wood shed on its south side.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance This house was originally built for faculty member Robert James, and was planned at the same
time as the house of Professor Francis Parker (nearby on Walton Road), who first applied to build a house on campus in
1951. By March 1952 both architectural and financial plans had been arranged for both houses, with the College
providing most of the capital. The two houses had been sited and the plans were approved by the Board of Managers. It
was intended that this and the Parker house should be of the same style as the Oakley House (1 Featherbed Lane), but the
result was buildings of significantly less architectural value.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 5/18/1951 10/16/1951, 1/18/1952, 3/21/1952, Bi-Co News
Alterations and Additions
Date
1989
Architect
STV / Sanders & Thomas
Builder
In house
Description
Conversion to Security Building use.
Note: In 2006, converted to James House to be shared by students who are interested in the arts.
Security department moved to GIAC in 2006.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 15 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name
Address/Location
Architect / designer
Sharpless Hall
SE corner of Founders’ Green
Baily &Bassett
Building number
61
Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction 1916-18 Group Academic
Evaluation
Distinguished 2: A handsome, local stone, Colonial Revival building that forms a part of the important
ensemble of Founders’ Green.
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National Register Historic District
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National Register Individual Nomination
RESPONSE ON THE PRESERVATION ISSUES.
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
single-ply membrane
trim
limestone quoins, sills, beltcourses
walls field stone
windows 4 / 4 double hung sash, modern wood replacement
base field stone
foundation
schist
structure
chimneys large rectangular stone chimneys form part of ventilation and composition
Historic Name Sharpless Hall
Origin of Name Named for Isaac Sharpless, graduate of Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard, Professor of
Mathematics, 1875 ff. Dean of college, 1884; president of college 1887
Builder
Description
Colonial Revival classroom block, center hall and stair with classrooms along side lighted by banks of
large windows, all replaced with modern thermalpane metal framed sash. Main entrance with reeded Doric columns
flanking door, limestone cornucopia and the college seal in a rounded broken pediment above the door, and a two-story
arched window lighting the stairway landings above the entrance. Three story high building with basement accessible at
rear, downhill side. Since added to on south, downhill side.
Significant Interior Features
History and Significance
This building was part of Haverford’s leap into the scientific training of the early
twentieth century, and marks the increasing division of both scientific enquiry and teaching, as well as the ongoing
expansion of the school that Sharpless contributed to significantly. Sharpless was built to house the Physics and Biology
departments. The cornerstone for the building was laid in October of 1917, and it is one of a group designed by alumnus
William Lloyd Baily (class of 1883), including three houses on College Avenue in the same period (739, 747, and 753).
The building plays a major role as part of Founders’ Green and is an important scale-giving building at principal entrance
to campus. Renovation to Sharpless and Hilles Halls were conducted in 1983 by Geddes, Brecher, Qualls, and
Cunningham and a major addition was built on the rear (south) side in 1991-2 designed by the Hillier Group.
Bibliography; sources Biographical on Sharpless, Garrett, History of Haverford College, 1892, p. 528. Tatman and
Moss, p. 22. Oakley files, Series 910A, Quaker Collection. Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 6/25/1959, 9/25/1959,
10/20/1959, 10/16/1962, 5/24/1964, 11/13/1981, 1/28/1983; Drawings: H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
1981-3
Architect
Geddes, Brecher, Qualls and Cunningham
Builder
John S. McQuade
Description
Renovations to Hilles and Sharpless, Biology department expansion
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Silver Greenhouse
Building number
Street Address
Date of Construction
Architect / designer
Stevenson W. Fletcher
Evaluation
92
1969
Ownership Haverford College
Group Administrative
Unrated: less than fifty years old.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
glass, aluminum frame
trim
walls concrete block, glass in aluminum frame windows
base concrete block
foundation
structure concrete block, aluminum frame
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aluminum 1/1 (north end shed)
concrete block
Historic Name same
Origin of Name Named for donor John A. Silver, class of 1925
Builder
Description
The Silver Greenhouse is a small greenhouse with a rectangular plan and a gable profile nestled into the
hill between Hilles Hall and the Squash Courts. The main entrance is through a door on the south end of the building. A
plywood shed at the north end of the building has a second door and a gabled asphalt shingle roof. A small bronze plaque
at the southern entrance reads, “Presented by John A. Silver, Class of 1925.”
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The Silver Greenhouse was designed by landscape architect Stevenson Fletcher, who worked
extensively with the school on numerous aspects of the campus.
Bibliography; sources
Drawings: H.C. Physical Plant
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by:
E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 1/6/1999, 6/21/1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Skating Pavilion
Street Address
Architect / designer
Sidney E. Martin
Building number
Date of Construction
62
1948; 1979
Ownership Haverford College
Group Athletic
Evaluation
Contextual 2: although technically a structure under fifty years old, this building is a duplication of the
1940s building and a contributing, if secondary campus feature.
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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Construction Materials
roof
cedar shingle
trim
walls schist and timber
windows
base reinforced concrete
foundation
structure timber with a schist chimney
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timber, doors and window shutters have large, rustic decorative hinges
timber with shutters
reinforced concrete
Historic Name same
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A one-story notched timber cabin with a schist chimney with fireplaces both indoors and outdoors. The
pavilion has a T-shaped plan with a gabled roof with vertical wood siding in the gable ends. It fronts on the duck pond
with an off-center front door and an off-center rear door on the west side of the building. On the front, the central window
shutter opens vertically to create a shed/pavilion overhang.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The current building was built in 1979 to replicate the 1948 building designed by
prominent Philadelphia architect Sidney E. Martin. Reconstruction was necessitated by extensive fire damage. A skating
pavilion was first proposed as a part of the changes to the pond undertaken for the College’s Centennial in 1933, but it
was considered too expensive at the time. There was a frame skating house (undoubtedly modest in character) on the
other side of the pond prior to the 1930s renovations.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Minutes 9/15/1933; 5/21/1948; 3/9/1979
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 15 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 24 South Wyoming
Street Address same
Architect / designer
Unknown
Building number 63
Date of Construction
Ownership
1950
Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation Contextual 1: an interesting example of historical style in the period.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
slate, flat
trim
walls brick
windows
base schist
foundation
structure
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wood, half timber, brick
aluminum replacement, 8/8, 8/8/8/8
stone
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A two-story brick building with a rectangular plan, raised on a fieldstone base and earth terraces (in
front), with four garages in the basement level at the rear. The flat roof has a hipped eave in front with three wall gables.
The symmetrical front elevation has decorative brickwork and half-timbering between the second story windows. The
central front entrance is recessed. There are presently four apartment units in the building.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance This house is part of the suburban neighborhood that developed around the school beginning in
the nineteenth century, and it was purchased by the College as a faculty residence.
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
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Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Squash
Street Address
Architect / designer
Courts
Building number
84
Date of Construction 1984-5
Ownership Haverford College
Group Athletic
Evaluation
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Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
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Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Stokes
Building number
Street Address Walton Road
Date of Construction
Architect / designer
Vincent G. Kling
Evaluation
65
Ownership Haverford College
1960-3 Group Academic
Unrated: built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
flat
walls concrete
base concrete panel
structure reinforced concrete
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trim
concrete
windows
aluminum casement, thermal-pane
foundation
reinforced concrete
Historic Name same
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
Stokes is a two-story, L-shaped classroom building, with its main entrance on the south. Part of the
second story overhangs the first. The upper story is articulated by vertical window bands set in protruding concrete
frames. Latticed concrete ‘brickwork’ masks the HVAC vents on the east side of the northern wing. A red brick ‘moat’
along the west side of the western wing exposes and protects the windows of the basement story. There is a detached
HVAC cooling tower off the southwest corner of the building.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The architect, who was controlling much of the planning and design of the campus in
this period, first presented plans for a science building in 1960. Three sites were considered, including a rear addition to
L.B. Hall building, but the site on Walton Road was decided upon by June, 1960. Most of the critical details of the
project had been determined by May, 1961. The building was completed in time for the opening of the Fall, 1963
semester.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes, 3/18/1960, 4/29/1960, 6/21/1960, 9/23/1960, 5/26/1961,
9/28/1961, 9/27/1963; Drawings: H.C. Physical Plant.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name
Street Address
Architect / designer
Strawbridge Gate
Building number 211 Ownership Haverford College
Lancaster Ave. and College Lane
Date of Construction 1883
Addison Hutton
Evaluation
Contextual 1: A handsome granite memorial gate designed by important Quaker architect at the entrance
to campus.
Certifications
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National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
trim granite
walls Port Deposit granite
windows
base
foundation
structure
Historic Name Haverford College Gate
Origin of Name Built as gate to College in 1883, the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the institution; named for
donor.
Builder
Description Coursed granite blocks battered to wall level then continuing as rectangular piers capped by granite “roof.”
The gate is inscribed “Haverford College” and “1883."
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features Part of main entrance to campus, linked to stone walls of approximately the same vintage.
History and Significance These gates were donated by Justus Strawbridge and were designed by Addison Hutton, then
the Strawbridge family architect and the chief architect for local Quaker institutions, including Bryn Mawr College.
Hutton had done Haverford’s Barclay Hall in the previous decade.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Minutes, Vol. IV, p. 5, 12/7/1884, describes “Port Deposit Granite gateposts
from designs of Addison Hutton in the course of erection at the entrance to the College grounds on the Lancaster Pike,
presented by Justus Strawbridge.”
Alterations and Additions
Date
1986
Architect
Wallace, Roberts and Todd
Builder
D’Orazio
Description
Widened gateway to conform to modern vehicular traffic.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prepared by: George E. Thomas
Date: June 1998
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Strawbridge Memorial
Street Address West of Walton Road
Architect / designer
William Eyre
Observatory Building number
55 Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction 1852-53 Group Academic
Evaluation
Distinguished 2: a marker of an early manifestation of the importance of the natural sciences to the
curriculum of the College, and of an important strain of Quaker intellectual history.
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
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Construction Materials
roof flat, paper, steel domes
trim wood; brick arches over original front door and windows; slate belt course on later
addition
walls schist, barn-dashed stucco windows wood, 9/9, 16/16, 15/main door, arched original front windows
base schist
foundation schist
structure
Historic Name Observatory
Origin of Name Donation in 1933 by Frederic Strawbridge and his family in memory of his brother, William J.
Strawbridge (Class of 1894).
Builder William Eyre
Description
A 1-story observatory building with circular viewing domes. The original rectangular building is on the
north side, with its dome situated above the original central arched entrance. The later addition forms a T-shaped plan
with the older building. The later dome is located above the current main entrance, at the south end of the east side of the
building. Below this southern dome, the building forms an attached octagonal tower. Iron and copper lamps are hung
over both doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
The construction of an observatory for the College was seen as a key element of the
science program from its beginnings. The first observatory was a frame building built in 1838. This was replaced in
1852, by what was intended to be a state-of-the-art science facility in which a great deal of investment was made. The
details of the building were described at great length in the Board of Managers’ Minutes of 1/6/1854, after its completion.
The purchase of the telescope was financed by subscription, and was insured for a greater amount than the building itself.
In 1883 the building was effectively doubled to accommodate a new 10" refrecting telescope. In 1932-3, new steel domes
were installed and extensive renovations undertaken under the direction of Mellor and Meigs, important regional
architects who had designed the Hilles Building, and who worked sympathetically with the earlier sections of the
observatory buildings. Walter Mellor was a member of the class of 1901. This work was endowed by Francis R.
Strawbridge (class of 1887) and his family.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes, 1/30/1852, 6/11/1852, 7/2/1852, 8/6/1852, 8/5/1853,
1/4/1856, 4/26/1883, 12/7/1883, 9/5/1884, 10/11/1832, 9/22/1961, 9/17/1982; Drawings: H.C. Physical Plant.
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Strawbridge Memorial Observatory, page 2
Alterations and Additions
Date
1883-4
Architect
unknown
Builder
Benjamin Lentz
Description
Construction of southern portion of building, in part financed by James Whitall.
Date
1932-3
Architect
Mellor & Meigs
Builder
Description
New domes and extensive renovations with steel and concrete. Domes supplied by J.W. Fecker
of Pittsburg and Des Moines Steel Company.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Tennis Courts
Street Address Northwest of Walton Field
Architect / designer
Evaluation
Building number
Date of Construction
109
1954
Ownership
Group
Haverford College
Athletic
Unrated: built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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National Historic Landmark
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Historic Name none
Origin of Name Northern courts: named for donor Bettye Marshall; southern courts: named for long-time tennis coach
Norman Bramall.
Builder
Description Two rows of six tennis courts with asphalt surface. The entire northern row is surrounded by a chain link
fence; along the southern row, two chain link fences surround three courts each.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance The creation of tennis courts on this site was occasioned by the construction of Leeds in 1955,
which took over the site of courts established in 1920. The northern courts were re-surfaced and landscaping details were
made possible by Bettye Marshall; these courts were re-named in 1980.
Bibliography; sources
5/9/1980
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 9/17/1920, 9/9/1952, 11/21/1952, 5/21/1954, 3/18/1955,
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Union Building
Building number
Street Address north end of Founders’ Green Date of Construction
Architect
Walter F. Price (class of 1881)
53
1908-1910
Ownership Haverford College
Group Academic
Evaluation
Distinguished 2: A handsome work in the Colonial Revival style by a graduate of the College working in
the historical styles for which he is best known.
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HISTORICAL
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National Historic Landmark
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Construction Materials
roof
slate
trim
limestone quoins, belt courses; wood window and door frames
walls coursed schist windows 12/12 sash on upper story; 12/12 flanked by 6/6 on lower, fanlight over door
base coursed schist chimneys massive stone chimneys continue walls
structure wood joists and load-bearing masonry
Historic Name Smith Memorial Student Union.
Origin of Name named for donor Alfred P. Smith, ’84.
Builder
Description A rectangular, two and one-half story, Colonial Revival building on a line with Roberts at the east side of
Lloyd Green, near the 1960s student dormitories. The gabled roof has schist end chimneys which project out from the
walls; the southern chimney is adorned with a limestone and copper sun dial. On the back of the building, there is a
central second-story palladian window, three gabled dormers on the third story, and a circular stairway articulated in the
wall towards the northern end of the building. The front of the building is screened by a handsome pergola carried on
massive coursed schist piers that support a central projecting portico back to the main building.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features Handsome front pergola across facade; corner of building on north west links to class of
1906 gate.
History and Significance
Built as the first Haverford College student union, it represents the militant Christianity
that even invaded Quaker Haverford. It was paid for by Alfred P. Smith, subject to the requirement that it be available for
use by the YMCA and that he be enabled to decorate a room in the lower story. The building opened in March, 1910. A
new social room was arranged during the summer of 1960, and renovations were carried out on the first floor in 1966.
Bibliography; sources Board of Managers’ Minutes, 3/16/1906; 5/15/1908; 3/18/1910; Tatman and Moss, p. 626;
Drawings, Walter F. Price drawings, Physical Plant, H.C.
Alterations and Additions
Date
1973-1974
Architect
Cope & Lippincott
Builder
Description
Renovations for Music department
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prepared by: George E. Thomas, Emily Cooperman, Domenic Vitiello
Date: June 1998
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name 601 Walnut Lane Building number
Street Address same
Date of Construction
Architect / designer
Unknown
103
1879
Ownership Haverford College
Group Faculty Housing
Evaluation Contextual 1: One of the oldest faculty houses.
Certifications
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Construction Materials
roof asphalt shingle
trim wood
walls painted brick
windows 2/2 replacement aluminum with wood shutters
base
foundation schist rubble
structure brick
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description An L-shaped plan formed by a rectangular 2 ½-story front wing in the form of a farmhouse and a 2-story rear
wing with a wood-sided bay window and a clapboard-sided rectangular extension on the north side, fronting on the
driveway. The front volume has a gabled roof with two brick end chimneys and gabled dormers in the rear. Its
symmetrical front elevation has a central door with a gabled eave and an arched window over the door. The rear wing of
the house has two small brick chimneys. Where the two wings meet, there is a rear porch in the back yard with wood
posts and a shed roof. The 1 ½-story, 2-car detached garage/carriage house has a gabled roof with a shed dormer and an
attached shed on the south side.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance One of the houses of the Quaker neighborhood that was centered around the school and the
Meeting. It was purchased by the College as faculty housing from the estate of Mrs. Sheffey.
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 15 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Walton Field, Storage/Grandstand, Johnson Track Building number 96, 191, 198
Ownership Haverford College
Street Address
Date of Construction 1888; 1990
Group Athletic Architect / designer
Evaluation
campus.
Contextual Landscape: a historic playing field which contributes to the character of this portion of the
Certifications
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Construction Materials
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walls concrete masonry units windows
base
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Historic Name
Origin of Name Named for Ernest F. Walton, class of 1890.
Builder
Description A grass athletic field inside an 8-lane rubberized running track bordered by a low chain link fence. The field
includes long jump, high jump, and discus/shot put areas. An electronic score board sits at the southern end of the facility,
outside the fence; and aluminum stands sit at west (long) side of the track. On the west side, the stands and coaches’ box
sit atop the Storage/Grandstand, a concrete masonry unit structure faced in wood shingles and accessed via two roll-up
garage and three regular aluminum doors on the west side. The structure under the stands houses storage facilities and
toilet facilities.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
In 1888, Subject of making creating an “athletic ground” for the college raised by
the Board of Managers and it was proposed that a part of “the old orchard adjacent to observatory” be used. In March
1900, the class of 1890 requested that the football field be known as “Walton Field” until otherwise changed. In 1990
renovations created the Johnson Track and the Storage Grandstand.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Minutes 3/2/1888, 3/16/1900
Alterations and Additions
Date
1990
Architect
Carroll Engineering
Builder
Martin Surfacing
Description
Cinder track replaced with 8-lane all-weather track plus field event facilities, construction of
Grand Stand.
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 14 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Walton
Street Address
Architect / designer
Road
Building number 97
Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction 1890 Group Administrative
Evaluation
Certifications
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Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
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Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
Walton Road leads from the Class of 1909 Gate on College Avenue to the main Visitor Parking Lot,
Between College Avenue and the curve in the road at Gummere the original path of Walton Road maintains its original
course. The road is paved in asphalt, with asphalt speed bumps and no curb (though it is lined by wood railroad ties).
Trees line Walton Road as it passes 773 and 791 College Avenue, the Observatory, Stokes Hall, the Infirmary, and
Walton Field.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
Bibliography; sources
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Whitall Hall Building number
Ownership Haverford College
Street Address Across from Gest
Date of Construction 1896
Group Academic
Architect / designer
William S. Vaux, Jr. (Class of 1893)
Evaluation
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Construction Materials
roof
slate
trim
walls stone
windows
base 37x49’ footprint
floors wood foundation
structure pointed stone, first and second stories lined with brick, third story plastered
Historic Name
Origin of Name Named for John M. Whitall, Sr., in recognition of the bequest of $10,000 in his will in 1880, under the
condition that “the art of drawing, especially mechanical drawing shall be taught at the college.”
Builder:
Description
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance Cornerstone laid on Commencement Day, 1896 by John H. Converse of Philadelphia who
delivered an address on the value of a mechanical training and its place in a college curriculum. The carpenter shop
burned 4 mo 4th 1896 and the electric plant was destroyed. Restoration cost was $4,137.39. In 1913, Whitall was
partially destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt and continued to serve its original purpose until Hilles Laboratory was built in
1928. The building was razed in the early 1970s (ca. 1972).
Alterations and Additions
Date 1929
Architect
Builder
Description Altered to make two classrooms: one with 90 seats and private offices for eleven professors at a cost
of $4,500
Bibliography; sources Louise Oakley building histories, 910A – Buildings and Grounds; Board of Managers’ Minutes,
vol. V, pp. 206-207; report of the managers, 1896, pp. 10-11
Prepared by: Diana Franzusoff Peterson
Date: 12 March 2007
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Whitehead Campus
Street Address Coursey Road
Architect / designer
Dagit/Saylor
Evaluation
Center
Building number 190
Ownership Haverford College
Date of Construction 1989-93 Group Administrative
Unrated: built within the last fifty years.
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
slate
trim
walls slate, sandstone, schist windows
base
foundation
structure steel-reinforced concrete
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
slate, wood
metal frame
reinforced concrete
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description
A four-story building (ground to 3rd floors) with a steep gabled roof. Semicircular extensions off the
west side form a cafe and patio on the ground and first floors. Built into the side of a small hill, the building may be
entered on the ground floor on the east side or the first (or ground) floor on the west side. Third floor shed and inset
dormers and a central skylight adorn the roof.
Significant Interior Features
Slate floors, wood paneling, poured concrete stairways.
Significant Landscape Features Flower plantings on the slope adjacent to the NW side of the building.
History and Significance
A campus center was first proposed in the campus plan prepared by Harbeson, Hough,
Livingston and Larson in 1966, but the need was not keenly felt until 1989, when an addition to the Dining Center was
rejected in favor of a building in another location. The architects’ drawings were completed in 1991, and the building
finished two years later.
Bibliography; sources
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 2/17/1966, 9/23/1989, Drawings - H.C. Physical Plant.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description
Prepared by: E. Cooperman, D. Vitiello
Date: 7 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building Name Yarnall House
Street Address 500 Panmure Road
Architect / designer
Unknown
Evaluation
campus.
& Garage
Building number
Date of Construction
66, 146 Ownership Haverford College
1900 Group Dormitory, Administrative
Contextual 1: A handsome historic house that contributes positively to the character of this portion of the
Certifications
Haverford Township individual Certification
Delaware County Inventory or Historic District
National Register Historic District
National Register Individual Nomination
National Historic Landmark
Construction Materials
roof
asphalt shingle
walls clapboard
base schist
structure
timber frame
trim
windows
foundation
NOTE: IF ANY OF THESE ARE CHECKED, ALL
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS BUILDING
MUST
INCORPORATE
HISTORICAL
PLANNING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL
PLANT MUST PREPARE A RESPONSE ON THE
PRESERVATION ISSUES.
wood
wood 3/3, 2/2, 1/1
schist
Historic Name
Origin of Name
Builder
Description The Yarnall House is a 2 ½-story clapboard house with an essentially rectangular plan with two rear one-story
additions, all with hipped roofs. A one-story addition on the north side of the house has a balcony on its roof. The front
elevation (east side) of the house is symmetrical, with a central door sheltered by a wood porch with a heavy entablature
and flat roof supported by double Tuscan columns. The porch is flanked by two two-story curved bay windows; bay
windows are also located on the south side and the rear of the house. Three eyebrow dormers are on the front of the
building, and two are on the rear of the building. At the rear of the building, a wood deck with no balustrade or roof
wraps around the northern rear addition, serving both the central back door and the off-center door serving the addition.
Three stucco chimneys adorn the hipped roof of the main volume of the house, at the north, south, and west (rear) sides.
The garage is a 1 ½-story clapboard building with a rectangular plan and a hipped roof with two hipped dormers, one wall
gable, a central cupola, and a small stuccoed brick chimney at the rear (west side) in need of repair. Formerly a carriage
house, the garage has a one-car wood roll-up door and a two-car aluminum roll-up door, as well as two standard doors.
Significant Interior Features
Significant Landscape Features
History and Significance
1974.
Bibliography; sources
The house was acquired by the College in 1949, and was converted to dormitory use in
Board of Managers’ Meeting Minutes 5/10/1974, Oakley Files, 910A Series, Quaker Collection.
Alterations and Additions
Date
Architect
Builder
Description A fire escape on the south side of the house.
Prepared by: D. Vitiello
Date: 21 June, 1999
Haverford College Historic Resources Campus Survey
Building survey conducted by historic preservation consultants in 1998-1999.
George E. Thomas Associates, Inc. (author)
Thomas, George E. (author)
Cooperman, E. (author)
Vitiello, D. (author)
1999-07
179 pages ; 28 cm
reformatted digital
LD2214 .G46 1999
HC09-11589