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=== Landmarks === Contemporary campus landmarks include the [[Main Quad (Stanford University)|Main Quad]] and [[Stanford Memorial Church|Memorial Church]], the [[Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts|Cantor Center for Visual Arts]] and the [[Bing Concert Hall]], the [[Stanford Mausoleum]] with the nearby [[Angel of Grief]], [[Hoover Tower]], the [[Auguste Rodin|Rodin]] Sculpture Garden, the [[Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden]], the [[Arizona Cactus Garden]], the [[Stanford University Arboretum]], [[Green Library]] and [[the Dish (landmark)|the Dish]]. [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]'s 1937 [[Hanna–Honeycomb House]] and the 1919 [[Lou Henry Hoover House]] are both listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. [[White Memorial Fountain]] (also known as "The Claw") between the Stanford Bookstore and the Old Union is a popular place to meet and to engage in the Stanford custom of "fountain hopping"; it was installed in 1964 and designed by [[Aristides Demetrios]] after a national competition as a memorial for two brothers in the class of 1949, William White and John White II, one of whom died before graduating and one shortly after in 1952.<ref name="clawrestore">{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kathleen J. |title=Machinists restoring White Memorial Fountain, aka The Claw, develop an affinity for the campus icon |url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/august/restoring-the-claw-080510.html |access-date=December 11, 2016 |agency=Stanford News |date=August 5, 2010 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220142616/http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/august/restoring-the-claw-080510.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="clawrestore2">{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kathleen J. |title=Sculptor returns for update on White Plaza fountain makeover |url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/june/claw-makeover-update-061011.html |access-date=December 11, 2016 |agency=Stanford News |date=June 10, 2011 |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913232934/https://news.stanford.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="dailyfountain">{{cite news |last1=Kofman |first1=Nicole |date=May 22, 2012 |title=Frolicking in fountains |language=en-US |work=Stanford Daily |url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/05/22/frolicking-in-fountains/ |access-date=December 11, 2016 |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913232935/https://stanforddaily.com/2012/05/22/frolicking-in-fountains/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="dailywhites">{{cite news |last1=Steffen |first1=Nancy L. |title=The Claw: White Plaza Dedication |url=http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19640520-01.2.12 |access-date=December 11, 2016 |work=Stanford Daily |date=May 20, 1964 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220092032/http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19640520-01.2.12 |url-status=live }} Has information on the White brothers that slightly corrects some of the facts in other articles.</ref><gallery mode="packed"> File:Stanford Memorial Church Interior 2.jpg|Interior of the [[Stanford Memorial Church]] at the center of the Main Quad File:Stanford University Hoover Tower.JPG|[[Hoover Tower]], at {{convert|285|ft|m}}, the tallest building on campus File:Stanstadium view.jpg|The new [[Stanford Stadium]], site of home football games File:Stanford University Arches with Memorial Church in the background.jpg|Stanford Quad with Memorial Church in the background File:The Dish, Stanford University.jpg|[[The Dish (landmark)|The Dish]], a {{convert|150|ft|m}} diameter radio telescope on the Stanford foothills overlooking the main campus File:Claw Fountain at Stanford Univerisity.JPG|[[White Memorial Fountain]] (The Claw) </gallery>
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