La Salle University in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The McHale Crossway and Plaza
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 27, 2024
1. The McHale Crossway and Plaza Marker
Inscription.
The McHale Crossway and Plaza. . This campus area recognizes the distinguished educational history of La Salle University, which has awarded collegiate degrees during three centuries. Chartered in 1863 and named for St. John Baptist de La Salle (1651-1719), La Salle College occupied three previous sites in Philadelphia before moving here in 1930. La Salle College High School was an integral part of the campus from 1929 until its 1960 relocation to Wyndmoor, Pa. The campus expanded with the 1984 acquisition of the "Belfield Farm," including the National Historic Landmark home and studio (1810-1826) of colonial portraitist Charles Willson Peale. La Salle College was granted University Status in 1984. The growth supports the primary goal of the De La Salle Christian Brothers and their countless colleagues , a Catholic and Lasallian education.
This campus area recognizes the distinguished educational history of La Salle University, which has awarded collegiate degrees during three centuries. Chartered in 1863 and named for St. John Baptist de La Salle (1651-1719), La Salle College occupied three previous sites in Philadelphia before moving here in 1930. La Salle College High School was an integral part of the campus from 1929 until its 1960 relocation to Wyndmoor, Pa. The campus expanded with the 1984 acquisition of the "Belfield Farm," including the National Historic Landmark home and studio (1810-1826) of colonial portraitist Charles Willson Peale. La Salle College was granted University Status in 1984. The growth supports the primary goal of the De La Salle Christian Brothers and their countless colleagues a Catholic and Lasallian education.
Erected 2006 by John Leo McHale, La Salle College Class of 1949 and La Salle College High School Class of 1942.
list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1863.
Location. 40° 2.31′ N, 75° 9.271′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in La Salle University. It is on North 20th Street north of West Clarkson Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5555 N 20th St, Philadelphia PA 19141, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 28, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 167 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on January 28, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
