South Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Mudd Memorial Hall

— University of Southern California —

Photographed By Craig Baker, July 22, 2023

1. Mudd Memorial Hall Marker

Inscription. Seeley Wintersmith Mudd Memorial Hall. University of Southern California. Erected 1929. Rufus B. Von Kleinsmid, president of the university. Ralph Tyler Flewelling, director of the School of Philosophy. Building committee: Charles E. Seaman, W. F. Cronemiller, William M. Bowen, J. W. Oakley, Warren B. Bovard, Seeley G. Mudd. Ralph Carlin Flewelling, architect. R. Wescott Company, construction engineers.

Erected 1929 by University of Southern California. (Marker Number 1050.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education. In addition, it is included in the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1929.

Location. 34° 1.122′ N, 118° 17.195′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in South Los Angeles. Marker is at the intersection of Trousdale Parkway and Exposition Boulevard, on the left when traveling north on Trousdale Parkway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3709 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles CA 90089, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Exposition Park and USC (a few steps from this marker); Citius Altius Fortius (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Exposition Park Rose Garden

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(about 300 feet away); Rainbow Division (about 400 feet away); A World-Class University (about 400 feet away); Teaching and Learning (about 500 feet away); Hancock Foundation Building (about 600 feet away); Creating Southern California (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.

Regarding Mudd Memorial Hall. Designed by Ralph Carlin Flewelling in 1929 in the Romanesque Revival style, modeled after a medieval Tuscan monastery, Mudd Memorial Hall of Philosophy is home to the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences’ School of Philosophy, and the James Harmon Hoose Library of Philosophy. Mudd Hall has a number of distinctive features, the most striking being the 140-foot tower that stands at one corner of a rectangular courtyard. The building donation was provided by Colonel Seeley W. Mudd and totaled approximately $265,000.

Campus structures declared Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in 2013:
1048 George F. Bovard Administration Building
1049 Gwynn Wilson Student Union
1050 Mudd Memorial Hall of Philosophy
1051 Physical Education Building

Photographed By Craig Baker, July 22, 2023

2. Mudd Memorial Hall Marker

1052 Doheny Memorial Library
1053 Allan Hancock Foundation
1054 Olin Hall of Engineering
1055 University Religious Center
1056 Von Kleinsmid Center
1057 Annenberg School of Communications
1059 Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Family Home

Mudd Memorial Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Baker, March 22, 2019

3. Mudd Memorial Hall

Credits. This page was last revised on August 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 61 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 2, 2023, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.