Philips Memorial Hall is a building of

West Chester University West Chester University (also known as West Chester, WCU, or WCUPA, and officially as West Chester University of Pennsylvania) is a public research university in and around West Chester, Pennsylvania. The university is accredited by the Middle ...

, in West Chester,

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, named after

George Morris Philips George Morris Philips (October 28, 1851 – March 11, 1920) was an American educator and academic administrator who was the longest-serving principal of West Chester University, West Chester State Normal School (now West Chester University of Pen ...

(principal from 1881–1920), originally opened in 1927. It is a contributing building in the

West Chester State College Quadrangle Historic District West Chester State College Quadrangle Historic District, also known as the Quadrangle Historic District, is a group of historic academic buildings and national historic district located on the campus of West Chester University of Pennsylvania in ...

listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1981. Designed by Walter F. Price, the exterior is fashioned from hammer-dressed Foxcroft

Wissahickon schist The Wissahickon Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. It is named for the Wissahickon gorge in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. In Maryland formations, the term "Wissahickon" is no longer used. Rocks in this c ...

, a local stone commonly used for buildings in the

Collegiate Gothic Collegiate Gothic is an architectural style subgenre of Gothic Revival architecture, popular in the late-19th and early-20th centuries for college and high school buildings in the United States and Canada, and to a certain extent Europ ...

style. ''Note:'' This includes Thanks to the support of Emily Kessel Asplundh '27 and others, preservation and renovations were completed in 1999. Special features include: the whispering archway; the distinctive gargoyles; coats of arms and figures of western civilization; the 2,000-volume Philips Autographed Library; the 1,200-seat Emily K. Asplundh Concert Hall; and the Presidential office suite.

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George Morris Philips, Serpentine, 1913.jpg, George Morris Philips File:Philips Hall WCU 3.JPG, Whispering archway File:Philips Hall WCU 2.JPG, Dedication plaque File:Philips Memorial Building, West Chester University, PA - looking south.jpg, View from outside the quad, looking south

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania West Chester University Gothic Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures completed in 1927 Historic district contributing properties in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania

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