Bentley Hall

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Bentley Hall | nrhp_type = | image = Bentley Hall.jpg | caption = Bentley Hall, October 2009 | location = Allegheny College campus, Meadville, Pennsylvania | coordinates = {{coord|41|38|55|N|80|8|51|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA | built = 1820-1835 | builder = Alden, Rev., Timothy | architecture = Colonial, Greek Revival | added = May 6, 1977 | area = {{convert|0.5|acre}} | refnum = 77001156<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} '''Bentley Hall''' is a historic building located on the campus of Allegheny College at Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1820 and 1835, and is a vernacular brick and stone building with a Federal style center building and Greek Revival style wings. The central section measures three stories and 60 feet wide and the two-story wings are 30 feet wide each. It is topped by a distinctive cupola. It was the first building built on the Allegheny College campus, and the only building until Ruter Hall was built in 1853. It is named for Rev. William Bentley, an early benefactor.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996444 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Bently Hall|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Carolyn Pitts| date = July 1976 | access-date=December 16, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.<ref name="nris"/>

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Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Category:Greek Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Category:School buildings completed in 1853 Category:Buildings and structures in Crawford County, Pennsylvania Category:Meadville, Pennsylvania Category:National Register of Historic Places in Crawford County, Pennsylvania