Villanova College in 1849.

This view is from the north, or railroad side of the property. In the center are the kitchen and rear of the monastery (the former Belle-Air mansion, built c. 1806); to the right are the chapel of 1844 and the lavatory of 1847; to the left is the east wing of the College Building (1848), later Alumni Hall and now the oldest standing structure on campus; and in the lower left corner is the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad Station, precursor to the Pennsylvania Railroad and SEPTA rail station.

Villanova College in 1849

This view is from the south, or Lancaster Pike side. On the left is the 1844 chapel; in the center is the Belle-Air mansion, by then converted to an Augustinian monastery; and on the right is the College Building, which is the present east wing of Alumni Hall.