What’s That? Fox-Fels Hall

Photo of “The mansion,” home to the Fels Institute of Government

In the latest installment of the “What’s That?” series, Penn Today looks at Fox-Fels Hall, commonly referred to as the Fels Mansion. It’s the former home of Samuel Simeon Fels, a philanthropist and civic leader who donated it to Penn in the 1950s to house the Fels Institute of Government. “It’s a bustling place where we want the ideas that are underneath good government to form,” says John Lapinski of the School of Arts and Sciences.

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Photo: Scott Spitzer

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