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| Institution Name: Antioch College
Original/Historic Place Name: Dean House
Location on Campus:
Date(s) of Construction and Designer(s): Type of Place: Individual building
Style(s): (Glossary)
Materials:
| Foundation: none specified | | Walls: brick | | Roof: tin | | | Function:
| ca. 1855 | administration (Academic Office) | | ca. 1855 | residence hall | | ca. 1855-1930 | private residence | | ca. 1930 | infirmary (Antioch Infirmary) | | ca. 2004-present (2007) | other (student common space) |
Significance: architecture, education, history, religion
Landmark designation: | National Register | Dean Family Farm Historic District (1994) | Narrative: see below
References: see below |
Narrative:
Pennell was a private residence until the 1930s, when it was converted to the Antioch Infirmary. During the 1970s it housed a Marxist studies program called the Radical Studies Institute. Closed in the 1980s and nearly lost to the wrecking ball, Pennell was saved by a group of interested faculty, alumni, and local residents. Restoration was completed in 1995. Pennell House was built as the home of Rebecca Mann Pennell, a member of the original Antioch faculty and considered the first female college professor with equal status to her male colleagues.
| References: | | I. Bibliographic sources: | Dean Family Farm Historic District. National Register of Historic Places designation report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park Service, 1994.
"Famed Teachers Home: Landmark or Eyesore?" New York Times, August 19, 1991.
| | II. Location of other data: | | University: Special Collections, Facilities Management Office | | SHPO | | Government Offices | |
