From the first simple wood-frame structure built in 1880 (and still standing) to the new, elegant, and energy-efficient Ronald Tutor Campus Center, the University of Southern California’s built environment sets the tone for its academic mission. The University Park campus in particular enjoys a special richness in
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landscape and architecture. Fountains and Flourishes of USC highlights not only USC’s bountiful array of fountains, but also its many beautiful architectural details—some of which might be easy to miss without pausing to take a closer look. All together, USC’s buildings and grounds convey the impression of steadfastness and stateliness, of energetic inquiry and discovery, of connection and community— qualities that are the heart of the university’s purpose. The photographs themselves, as well as the index and map at the end of the book, invite you to seek out these treasures, and to pause, linger, truly see, and appreciate the beauty of USC.
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Preface USC’s University Park campus enjoys a richness in landscaping and architectural detail that lingers in memory long after our students graduate or visitors return to their homes. Although we are an urban university situated in
building details that include whimsical
the heart of the vast metropolis of Los Angeles,
architectural ornaments. There are statues
USC is a lovely oasis and one of the most beau-
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tiful university campuses in America. Beginning
Trojan, George Tirebiter, and most recently,
with its first building in 1880, to the stately
Traveler. And there is green space like McCarthy
Italian Romanesque buildings built in the 1920s,
Quad anchoring USC’s two major libraries and
to the elegant Ronald Tutor Campus Center
offering students a place to relax outdoors.
built in 2010, USC has incorporated its history into its physical surroundings. The campus has hundreds of trees, flowers, and bushes of every description, planted over 13 decades. There are 30 fountains on the campus, reflecting pools, bricked walkways, historic lampposts, and
I hope these photographs invite you to seek out these treasures, and to pause, linger, truly see, and appreciate the beauty of USC. Kathryn A. Sample USC First Lady, 1991-2010 July 2010
inside front cover: The geyser issuing from the Shumway fountain is as familiar to Trojans as Bovard Administration Building, across Hahn Central Plaza. flyleaf: One of several inscriptions on Mudd Hall of Philosophy, “Truth Shall Make You Free,” circles the apse in the building’s east façade. The stained glass windows of Hoose Library of Philosophy are visible at the top, under geometric accents rendered in tile. page 2: This detail graces the main entrance gate to the USC School of Cinematic Arts complex. previous spread: The globe atop the tower of the Von KleinSmid Center is a beacon visible far from campus, especially when lit at night. opposite: This ornate capital tops a column in Hoose Library. fountains
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previous spread: Day or night, the reflecting pool in front of Leavey Library is an oasis of tranquility. opposite and above: The classic lines of the fountain in John C. Argue Plaza complement the simple architecture of adjacent Widney Alumni House, the first university building, erected in 1880.
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above and opposite: French sculptor Antoine Bourdelle’s (1861–1929) Crouching Bather was a gift from the Class of 1959. The female figure, set amid a pool outside Harris Hall, was likely recast in 1983 from a 1910 original. Bourdelle, considered a pioneer of 20th-century monumental sculpture, apprenticed with Auguste Rodin and became an influential teacher.
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opposite: Arcs of water in the Stever Courtyard fountain echo the distinctive arches of the surrounding Andrus Gerontology Center, designed by prominent American architect Edward Durell Stone. above: A column of water erupts from the well-known fountain in Crocker Plaza, beside the Musick Law Building.
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above: Visitors to the Davidson Continuing Education Center often miss this captivating fountain, located on the sunken patio outside the Vineyard Room, just a short distance from the center’s main entrance. opposite: Douglas Fairbanks, who founded the university’s cinema program in 1929, when he was president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, wields a fencing epée and a copy of Photoplay in this fountain in the courtyard of the USC School of Cinematic Arts complex. In a celebration of cinematic pioneers, the fountain is located between buildings named for fellow luminaries Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
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above left: This charming tiled wall fountain is a welcoming embellishment to Reunion Courtyard, tucked away in Doheny Memorial Library’s Nazarian Pavilion. above right and opposite: Details of the fountain, which serenades patrons of the LiteraTea teahouse.
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This robust fountain and the surrounding garden/courtyard honor the memory of longtime USC volunteer Carolyn Craig Franklin, wife of vice president emeritus and law professor Carl M. Franklin. Together with her husband, Mrs. Franklin, who served as president of Faculty Wives and Town and Gown, raised more than $150 million for the university; after her death in 1993, she was awarded the USC Presidential Medallion posthumously in recognition of her many years of dedicated service to the university. A plaque advises visitors to “Take Time to Smell the Flowers,” a life instruction long valued by Mrs. Franklin.
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opposite and above: This striking silicon bronze sculpture, titled Generations, is the work of Aristides Burton Demetrios. Approximately 21 feet high, it is the centerpiece of a fountain situated just west of Leavey Library. The gift of Bettina and John Deininger honors “all Trojan families and their legacies” and was dedicated on April 24, 2009.
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above: This geyserlike fountain in Hahn Central Plaza, a gift of Patsy and Forrest Shumway, is a popular gathering place for students. opposite: Students have impishly dubbed this cubist landmark the “Finger Fountain” because it evokes a well-known, if disparaging, hand gesture. Campus lore holds that it is directed toward a certain rival institution in Westwood, but the massive concrete sculpture, located at the north end of Trousdale Parkway in Gavin Herbert Plaza, actually points north. The fountain was designed by the architectural firm Flewelling and Moody during the thoroughfare’s re-beautification in 1979.
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opposite left: Water tumbles down to a reflecting pool in this rectilinear stone fountain, located just south of Tutor Hall. opposite right: The octagonal inverted fountain situated in Queens Courtyard between Bing Theatre and Norris Cinema Theatre has long been a popular spot to pause for a respite. Visitors may sometimes be treated to live music, courtesy of rehearsing students from the nearby USC Thornton School of Music. above: This fountain in Louis Zamperini Plaza honors the record-setting Trojan track star, Olympian, former prisoner of war and inspirational speaker once known as the “Torrance Tornado.” Fittingly, it is located inside the Loker Track Stadium, adjacent to Cromwell Field.
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above and opposite: Vivid blue tile distinguishes this fountain, which was dedicated in 1985 in recognition of Carl and Carolyn Craig Franklin’s service to Town and Gown. It is located in the courtyard near the main entrance to the building that bears that organization’s name.
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opposite: The Leavey Library reflecting pool mirrors the Von KleinSmid Center tower at dusk. above, top: Water cascades from the reflecting pool in a series of waterfalls. above: In this bird’s-eye view, the reflecting pool is part of a larger geometric design encompassing Martens Plaza and McCarthy Quad.
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The human dimensions of the reflecting pool and adjacent loggia invite students to linger.
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This is one of two elegant twin fountains flanking the intersection of Bloom Walk and Pardee Plaza.
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The 125th Anniversary Fountain, dedicated in 2005, greets visitors at the main entrance to the University Park campus. Its concentric steps recall the arcades lining Pardee Way just beyond the gate.
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opposite: Water undulates around tiled planters in one of two pools flanking Pardee Way. above left: Blue tile visually unifies the stepped Bloom Walk fountain, located outside the Ahmanson Center, with the nearby fountains at Pardee Plaza. (See p. 36) above right: Visitors to Gabilan Courtyard enjoy this fountain abutting the Montgomery Ross Fisher Building, home to the USC School of Social Work.
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above: “O stream of life run you slow or fast, all streams reach the sea at last,” declares the inscription around the base of the fountain in the courtyard of Mudd Hall of Philosophy. opposite: The Mudd Hall tower dwarfs the fountain’s lavishly decorated central column. One of the University Park campus’s most beautiful buildings, Mudd Hall was designed by noted architect Ralph Carlin Flewelling, son of USC philosophy professor Ralph Tyler Flewelling, who began developing Hoose Library of Philosophy during the mid-1920s. below: A detail of the central column.
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Stylized male and female figures clad in caps and gowns gaze out over the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Archimedes Plaza.
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above: The fountain by Pascal, installed in 1982 and dedicated in 1984, was made possible by USC trustee Paul Trousdale, who led the way in beautifying the University Park campus in preparation for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. following page: In the courtyard of Popovich Hall, water spills over a rustic conduit into a meandering pool lined with river rocks.
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opposite: Combining classical elements, this fountain, near the north end of Trousdale Parkway, marks the old main entrance to the University Park campus. For many years, until the former University Avenue was closed to traffic in December 1953, cars streamed past it on a daily basis. above left: A minimalist fountain is hidden away below street level in Bogardus Courtyard, adjacent to the Social Sciences Building between the Von KleinSmid Center and Waite Phillips Hall. All three structures were designed by Edward Durell Stone. above right: A rippling spout of water bursts from the fountain in the University Club’s Oscar Mendoza courtyard.
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left: Perhaps the best-known fountain on the University Park campus, Youth Triumphant was presented to USC in 1935 by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carman-Ryles in memory of their son, alumnus Edward L. Prentiss, and installed in Alumni Memorial Park, in front of Doheny Memorial Library. The original, called The Four Cornerstones of American Democracy, was displayed at the 1935–36 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego’s Balboa Park, and the sculptor, Bavarian-born Frederick William Schweigardt, received the gold medal for distinguished service for the work. The four kneeling caryatid figures supporting the bowl represent School, Home, Community and Church. In 1976, the fountain was damaged by falling trees; it was recast and reinstalled in 1979, thanks to financial support from the Trojan League of Los Angeles. following page left: The open book of knowledge rests in the lap of School. following page right: This serene praying figure represents Church.
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| Davidson fountain 6 page 16
| Tutor Hall fountain 11 page 26
| John C. Argue Plaza fountain pages 10-11
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above: A USC graduate walks past the University Seal, on the base of Tommy Trojan. opposite: A shadow of several exterior lanterns features a figure reading a book. inside back cover: The two-story red brick Mudd Hall of Philosophy, finished in 1929, is predominately pre-Renaissance Tuscan in design, combining elements of Romanesque, Byzantine and Arab decoration.
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From the first simple wood-frame structure built in 1880 (and still standing) to the new, elegant, and energy-efficient Ronald Tutor Campus Center, the University of Southern California’s built environment sets the tone for its academic mission. The University Park campus in particular enjoys a special richness in
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landscape and architecture. Fountains and Flourishes of USC highlights not only USC’s bountiful array of fountains, but also its many beautiful architectural details—some of which might be easy to miss without pausing to take a closer look. All together, USC’s buildings and grounds convey the impression of steadfastness and stateliness, of energetic inquiry and discovery, of connection and community— qualities that are the heart of the university’s purpose. The photographs themselves, as well as the index and map at the end of the book, invite you to seek out these treasures, and to pause, linger, truly see, and appreciate the beauty of USC.