University of Pennsylvania, 34th & Spruce streets, Philadelphia PA 1921-29; extant
After the completion of the dome of the western courtyard of The University Museum in 1915, further expansion eastward was envisioned. Schemes were reconsidered by the successor firms, Wilson Eyre & McIlvaine, Stewardson & Page, and Day & Klauder. Various forms were proposed for the elements of this main court, ranging from more Lombardic to more Mediterranean, with strongly projecting porches. The even larger rotunda was replaced in some schemes with great longitudinal or transverse halls. Ultimately, Eyre's more welcoming scheme with an inset porch and open arcade was adopted, though the rest of the design was not executed. A street and other buildings were constructed at what would be the site of the eastern courtyard, and the loose ends were artfully tied in the 1960s by Mitchell/Giurgola Architects.
Aerial perspective by Eyre, 1921 [Archtl. Archives, UP: 01.110.036]
Development plan, 1929 [Archtl. Archives, UP: 01.110.27, 28]
Perspective from northeast, ca. 1921, by Eyre [Archtl. Archives, UP: 01.110.006]
Photograph from northwest, ca. 1924, overlooking garden at southwest corner of 34th and Spruce Sts. [The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania]. This isle of tranquility has long since been replaced by the extension of 33rd Street and a parking lot.
Perspective of axial court, by Eyre, 1923 [Archtl. Archives, UP: 01.110.009]
Perspective of alternate scheme, ca. 1923 [Archtl. Archives, UP: 01.110.005]
Perspective by Charles Z. Klauder, ca. 1912 [Archtl. Archives, UP: 01.110.030]
Perspective, alternate design, 1921 [Archtl. Archives, UP: 01.110.036]
Perspective, alternate design, ca, 1923 [Archtl. Archives, UP: 01.110.002]
Sections and elevations, 1 June 1925 [Archtl. Archives, UP: 01.110.097-98]
Sections and elevations, 1 June 1925 [Archtl. Archives, UP: 01.110.097-98]
Overall plan, 1 June 1925 [Archtl. Archives, UP: 01.110.095]