White Hall of Bristol College, 701-721 Shadyside Avenue, Croydon, Bucks County, PA
Summary
Significance: Architecturally significant as representative of the early work of a renowned architect. Last remaining structure of Bristol College- the first college in Bucks Co. with a program that combined manual labor with intellectual advancement. It was later used as an orphanage, and a Civil War Hospital. After the war it was reopened as a school for orphans of colored soldiers, known as Bridgewater School (1868-1880s).
Survey number: HABS PA-5486
Building/structure dates: 1834-1835 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Davis, Alexander Jackson
Klugh, T, transmitter
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Lavoie, Catherine, historian
Location
Croydon Acres, 40.08004, -74.90131
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html