 The
White Building became the Main Entrance to HUP opening onto
both 34th and Spruce Streets. Named for distinguished surgeon,
J William White, it took almost a decade to complete interrupted
by funding shortfalls and the World War I. Architecturally
viewed as the most impressive building in the HUP complex. |
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 The
original main entrance to the hospital on 34th street was
through a limestone and marble portal somewhat preserved
behind cinderblocks and paneling. This entrance restored
in the Theatre construction was the main thoroughfare to
the main corridor of HUP from 1922 until the opening of
the Ravdin entrance in the fifties. |
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 The
Surgical Seminar Room was the site of surgical education
for several generations of medical students from 1962 until
2003. Though it had several refurbishments, its dank and
confined wood paneling hid the views of 34th street as well
as the architecturally intriguing main entrance to the hospital. |
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| In 2003, an initiative
was begun to upgrade the Surgical Seminar Room to a state-of-the-art
conferencing solution for all of HUP's educational needs.
Here are scenes from the demolition of the old Surgical
Seminar Room and the construction of the new Flyers/76ers
Surgery Theatre: |
| Demolition
of the old Surgical Seminar Room...
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| Construction
of the new Flyers/76ers Surgery Theatre... |
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| Construction Information |
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| Penn Surgery Historical Mural |
| A wall mural is displayed just
outside the Flyers/76ers Surgery Theatre depicting important
individuals and events that helped shape the modern Penn
Surgery Program. |
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| You can also download a viewable
mural in Adobe Acrobat format. |
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