Interior view, food distribution window, corridor to dining halls (1998)
Interior view, radio room in cell block seven, second floor (1998)
Interior view, dining halls (1998)
AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING NORTH (2003)
AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING NORTH. THE STRUCTURES WITHIN THE WALLED PRECINCT ONE BLOCK TO THE NORTH OF THE PENITENTIARY (ALONG THE TOP OF THE PHOTOGRAPH) COMPRISE GIRARD COLLEGE. ESTABLISHED IN 1833 UPON THE DEATH OF STEPHEN GIRARD, THE PRECINCT WALL AND ORIGINAL BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1833 AND 1848 ON DESIGNS BY WILLIAM STRICKLAND, WHICH WERE CONCEIVED WITHIN PARAMETERS SET BY GIRARD’S WILL. THE SCHOOL IS STILL USED FOR ITS INTENDED EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION (2003)