Houston/Meigs Scrapbooks circa 1860s-1940s

University of Pennsylvania.

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The Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania was part of the Towne Scientific School until 1920, when a separate School of Fine Arts was established, teaching architecture and other fine arts. Teaching staff and courses of instruction of the Towne Scientific School, Department of Architecture were listed in the Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. The School of Fine Arts published its teaching staff, regulations, courses of study, competitons and, in some years, curre...

Meigs, Margaret Houston, 1891-1970

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Margaret Corlies Houston Meigs (1891-1970) was the granddaughter of Henry Howard Houston. Henry Howard Houston (1820-1895) was a prominent Philadelphia businessman and philanthropist. As an executive of the Pennsylvania Railroad and a property developer, he helped establish the affluent neighborhood of Chestnut Hill. He built the Wissahockon Inn, later used by the Chestnut Hill Academy, and the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Margaret married Robert R. Meigs. She co-founded t...

Houston, Henry H., 1820-1895

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Meigs, Henry H., 1924-2005

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Houston family

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