Fox-Fels Hall

Exterior review of brick mansion with green shutters and distinctive iron gates
Fox-Fels Hall street view
  • Exterior review of brick mansion with green shutters and distinctive iron gates
  • Fox-Fels Hall street view

Originally the home of utopian industrialist Samuel Fels, this handsome Georgian house is part of a mansion group on Walnut Street that recalls the early twentieth century character of the region before Penn's post-war growth. 

Fox-Fels Hall

3814 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Building Code: 145
Phase: Completed
Year Built: 1907/1921
Floors: 4
Architect: 1956
Other Name: Leadership Hall, Fels Institute of Government, Robert and Penny Fox Family Pavilion

Originally the home of utopian industrialist Samuel Fels, this handsome Georgian house is part of a mansion group on Walnut Street that recalls the early twentieth century character of the region before Penn's post-war growth. 

It was altered in 1921 by Magaziner &, Eberhard and enlarged with the Annex by Barney and Banwell in 1956, and is currently home to the Fels Institute of Government, Penn's graduate school for public policy and public management.