His residential buildings included numerous mansions in Philadelphia and its suburbs, especially the Philadelphia Main Line and commissioned houses at the New Jersey Shore, and in Newport, Rhode Island, Bar Harbor, Maine, Washington, D.C.; New York state, and Chicago.

Sep 18, 2019 · Much of the architect’s work met the wrecking ball in the 20th century. But a great deal of Frank Furness’s buildings remain standing in Philly. Here are 10 works that best show off that...

Frank Furness designed and built more than 600 buildings between 1866 and 1911. A majority have been demolished. The list below reflects those buildings that are still standing.

Nov 5, 2012 · Frank Furness’ mark on Philadelphia is everlasting. We’re still talking about him, aren’t we? While those brick masterpieces we all know and love will always get attention, the Rice/Warren Double House and 222 Washington Square show the significance of Furness’ messianic rise and meteoric fall.

Nov 15, 2021 · Three Frank Furness building, hiding in plain sight in Northeast Philadelphia, might as well be in the witness protection program for their lack of notoriety. “Furness was known for his bold, eccentric designs during the Victorian Era, a style that fell out of favor in his later years and resulted in many of his more than 600 works being torn ...

Aug 18, 2010 · In the Victorian era Frank Furness (top) designed more than 600 buildings, including mansions, offices, churches and banks - many of them in Philadelphia and on the Main Line. - Photo courtesy...

Mar 30, 2022 · Hillbrow, Furness’ grandest local house designed for industrialist John Lowber Welsh in Wyndmoor, was demolished. The architect Frank Furness was Philadelphia’s particularly eccentric genius of High Victorian Gothic.

Dec 24, 2013 · The palatial Bryn Mawr Hotel (1890) is now home to the Baldwin School. And Broad Street Station (1892) houses the Pennsylvania Railroad, once the largest company in the world. Form generally followed function in Furness’ work, though he …

The 18-room mansion, designed by American architect Frank Furness, was built in 1879 for Dr. Emlen Physick Jr. (1855–1916), descendant of a well-known Philadelphia family, his widowed mother, Mrs. Ralston, and maiden Aunt Emilie. [1]

The Residential Architecture of Frank Furness (American, 1839-1912) Although Furness' buildings were influenced by the architecture of his day (Romanesque, Shingle Style), his buildings are are among the most distinct in all of the United States.