According to University of Pennsylvania: The Campus Guide, an architectural tour by George E. Thomas these iconic "ogee-dome capped towers" at the gateway of the Upper Quad were "completed in time to memorialize Penn's losses in the Spanish American War." The majestic Memorial Towers are shared between Ware and Fisher Hassenfeld College Houses.
The historic architecture of Penn's Quadrangle is no stranger to the occasional barrage of Mother Nature in the wintertime. Residents of Ware often can be found playing in the Quad when they're lucky enough to get a snow day.