Ann & Richard Barshinger Center for Musical Arts in Hensel Hall
Franklin & Marshall College
Above: The front entry. Flanked by Pagoda Dogwood trees (Cornus alternifolia)
Above: The front entry in early autumn.
Above: The front entry and the cupola.
Red Horse Chestnut (Aesculus x carnea) and Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
Above: The cupola. Japanese Flowering Cherry (Prunus serrulata)
This building, Hensel Hall / Barshinger Center, was constructed 1925 – 27 in a Georgian Colonial Revival style. It was first named Hensel Hall, and was rededicated in 2000 as the Ann & Richard Barshinger Center for Musical Arts in Hensel Hall.
The architect was Charles Zeller Klauder. He was that era’s most renowned designer of collegiate architecture in the U.S. He designed seven F&M buildings, and prepared the college’s first master plan in 1925.
Hensel Hall is an architectural mothership for buildings that were built later on campus in this Georgian / Colonial style. Those buildings repeat various design elements of this hall, including segmental-arch pediments, stone pilasters, and pediment festoons. The cupola’s cap is F&M blue.
620 College Ave. (Building #17) Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Above: Historical marker and Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
Above: College Avenue entry, and Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
Above: The cupola. Japanese Tree Lilac (Syringa reticulata)
Above: Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia) at Hensel Hall
Above: West entry at sunrise.