About the Institution
La Salle College was founded in March 1863 as an all-male school by Brother Teliow and Archbishop James Wood of Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It was first located at St. Michael's Parish on N. 2nd Street in the Olde Kensington section of Philadelphia. La Salle soon moved to the building vacated by St. Joseph's College at 1234 Filbert Street in Center City, Philadelphia. In 1886, La Salle moved to a third location, the former mansion of Michael Bouvier, the great-great-grandfather of Jacqueline Kennedy Ossis, at 1240 North Broad Street. La Salle filly moved to its current campus at the intersection of 20th Street and Olney Avenue in 1930. The new location had a suburban feel with ample land, but was linked to the city by trolleys and the newly constructed Broad Street Subway.The 1930s proved to be a tumultuous decade for La Salle, which was nearly bankrupt. The main academic building on campus, College Hall was uble to be finished due to a lack of funds, and the college nearly closed in the late-1930's. The school's closing was prevented by a 75th Anniversary Fund Drive in 1938, spearheaded by Philadelphia businessman John McCarthy. Funds raised from this drive also ebled La Salle to purchase a tract of land to the east of 19th Street, where Philadelphia had intended to build a city college.

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