Second Campus: President's House after 1807

Second Penn Campus:
The House intended for the President of the United States, after renovation, with the cupola of Medical School Wing, 1807-1817

Description:

Several prints of this engraving (after a watercolor by William Strickland) are in this folder. The one from Julius F. Sachse has this notation:

This House was built about the year 1790 by the State of Pennsylvania, intended to be offered to the General Government as a Residence for the President of the United States, in case Philadelphia should be selected by Congress, as the permanent seat of Government.

The House was never occupied for any purpose, until it was purchased by the University about the year 1802, together with the whole of the Lot extending along 9th Street from Market Street to Chesnut Street, and half way to 10th Street, being about 500 feet by about 200 feet. The building on the South, with a skylight and two semi-ciccular windows, was erected for the Medical Department. The whole were taken down about 1828, and the two University buildings now there were then put up - the Northern for the Arts, and the Southern for the Medical schools.

Digital Reference: 20040129004

Collection Location:

University Archives, The University of Pennsylvania
Iconography Reference Collection
Box labeled "Center City Campuses," FF 10 labeled "9th Street President's House after renovation - with cupola on Medical School wing"

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