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Memorial Hall
4231 North Concourse Drive, Fairmount ParkPhiladelphia Pennsylvania 19131
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Memorial Hall was built as an art gallery for the 1876 Centennial Exposition. It was the original home to the Philadelphia Art Museum. It was one of America's first examples of Beaux-Arts architecture.
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- Fairmount Park Chief Engineer Hermann Schwarzmann designed the building.
- Memorial Hall is the only major building left from the 1876 Centennial Exposition.
- The building is the home of Philadelphia's Please Touch Museum.
- There is a scale Model of the 1876 Centennial Exposition fairgrounds in the basement.
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