University of Southern California Photos

The University of Southern California (USC) adjacent to Exposition Park has evolved from a Romanesque campus after a 1919 master plan by John & Donald B. Parkinson to a mix of modern architecture influence by a 1960s plan of William Pereira & Assoc.

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Mudd Hall (School & Library of Philosophy) (1930) modeled after medieval Tuscan monastery at USC. Architect: Ralph Carlin Flewelling.	Tower of Mudd Hall at USC.	Mudd Hall courtyard & tower at USC.	Romanesque features of Mudd Hall at USC.

Philosophical themed carving on Mudd Hall at USC.	Carvings on Mudd Hall at USC.	Statue of former USC mascot dog George Tirebiter.	Bridge Hall (1928) (3670 Trousdale Pkwy.) at USC. Architect: John Parkinson & Donald B. Parkinson.

Science Hall (1928) (3651 Trousdale Pkwy.) at USC. Architect: John Parkinson & Donald B. Parkinson.	Allan Hancock Foundation Building (1941) (3616 Trousdale Pkwy.) at USC. Architect: Samuel E. Lunden & C. Raimond Johnson.	Gwynn Wilson Student Union Building (1927) (3601 Trousdale Pkwy.) at USC. Architect: John Parkinson & Donald B. Parkinson.	Central carved facade of Gwynn Wilson Student Union at USC.

Art Deco carved coat of arms on Gwynn Wilson Student Union at USC.	Fencing relief on Gwynn Wilson Student Union at USC.	Astronomy relief on Gwynn Wilson Student Union at USC.	Natives with stringed instruments relief on Gwynn Wilson Student Union at USC.

Bovard Administration Building & Auditorium (1921) (3551 Trousdale Pkwy.) at USC. Style: Italian Renaissance. Architect: John Parkinson & Donald B. Parkinson.	Clock tower of Bovard Administration Building (116 feet tall) at USC.	Bovard Administration Building tower details at USC.	Tommy Trojan statue (1930) by Roger Noble Burnham before Bovard Administration Building at USC.

Bovard Administration Building Clock tower at USC.	Bovard Administration Building side entrance at USC.	Doheny Memorial Library (1932) (3550 Trousdale Pkwy.) at USC. Style: Italian Romanesque. Architect: Cram & Ferguson + Samuel E. Lunden.	Entrance of Doheny Memorial Library at USC.

South facade of Doheny Memorial Library at USC.	North facade of Doheny Memorial Library at USC.	Nazarian Pavilion courtyard (2006) of Doheny Memorial Library at USC.	Von Kleinsmid Center (1966) (Trousdale Pkwy.) at USC. Architect: Edward Durell Stone.

167 foot carillon tower of Von Kleinsmid Center at USC.	Sunken courtyard at Waite Phillips Hall at USC.	Von Kleinsmid Center & Waite Phillips Hall at USC.	Waite Phillips Hall framed by roofline of Von Kleinsmid Center at USC.

Waite Phillips Hall (1968) (Trousdale Pkwy.) at USC. Architect: Edward Durell Stone.	Waite Phillips Hall & Leavey Library over McCarthy Quad at USC.	Thomas & Dorothy Leavey Library (1994) (on McCarthy Quad) at USC. Architect: Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, & Abbott.	Trojan Obelisk in Gavin Herbert Plaza on Trousdale Parkway at USC.

Stoops Library (1922) (705 W 34th) (originally public library, now East Asian Library & Studies Center) at USC. Architect: L.H. Hubbard, H.S. Gerity & H.A. Kerton.	Ahn House & Joint Educational Project House (W 34th) at USC.	United University Church (817 W 34th) at USC.	Widney Alumni House (1880) (635 Childs Way) at USC. Architect: E.F. Kysor & Octavius Morgan.

Courtyard garden beside Alumni House at USC.	Allan Hancock Foundation at USC with Alfred Newman Recital Hall decorated with reliefs of prehistoric creatures.	Carved relief of saber tooth tiger, bison & mastodon on facade of Hancock Foundation building at USC.	Carved relief of ancient lion & ancient giant ground sloth on facade of Hancock Foundation building at USC.

Petrusati USC Bookstore (1987) (Childs Way). Architect: Grillias, Pirc, Rosier, Alves.	Robert E. Vivian Hall of Engineering and Material Science (1966) (Watt Way) at USC. Architect: William L. Pereira & Assoc.	Hedco Neurosciences Building (1988) (Watt Way) at USC. Architect: Grillias, Pirc, Rossier, Alves.	Ahmanson Center for Biological Research (1964) (835 Bloom Walk) at USC. Architect: William L. Pereira & Assoc.