Sarah Logan Wister Starr
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Sarah Logan Wister Starr was a prominent member of Philadelphia society in the early 1900s and a dedicated humanitarian.
The Starr's "Chinese Garden" in 2010. The Chinese characters are still visible to the door's right.
La Salle University
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La Salle University is a private Catholic university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The university was founded in 1863 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and name
Sarah Logan Wister Starr
…The garden also holds an orange and a lemon tree taken from the orangery of Butler Place when Owen Wister sold it. Belfield Estate is now part of La Salle University’s campus. From 1921-41, Wister served as president of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, where she set up a $300,000 Wister Fund in honor of…
The campus of LaSalle University looking toward Connelly Library
Peale House on Belfield, the former office of the La Salle president
Founder's Hall from the corner of Wister and Chew streets in 2015
College Hall from the corners of 20th & Olney