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Author:
Thomas, George E., author.
Title:
Frank Furness : architecture in the age of the great machines / George E. Thomas ; foreword by Alan Hess.
Publisher:
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
xi, 281 pages ; 27 cm.
Subject:
Furness, Frank,--1839-1912.
Furness, Frank,--1839-1912.
Architecture--United States--History--19th century.
Architecture--United States--History--20th century.
Architecture--Philadelphia.--Philadelphia.
Architecture.
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
United States.
1800-1999
History.
Other Authors:
Hess, Alan, 1952- writer of foreword.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Frank Furness was born in Philadelphia in 1839. He was educated at private schools in the city, but never attended a college or university. Instead in 1857 he was apprenticed to architect John Fraser. Two years later he entered the New York studio of Richard Morris Hunt where he learned the eclectic medieval form which he would use throughout his career. 0When Furness returned to Philadelphia in 1866, he received his first commission for a new Germantown section of the Philadelphia. The following year, Furness entered into his first architectural partnership, joining established architects John Fraser, his former mentor, and George Hewitt. During the early 1870's this team designed the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.0From 1875 on, Furness moved away from European revival styles, looking instead to the American West and to the American industrial age as inspirations for his dynamic and original buildings. He found an appreciative audience in industrial Philadelphia. By the time of his fiftieth birthday in 1889, Furness had designed more than three hundred buildings in Philadelphia, including a number of major city landmarks. During his career he designed numerous stations for the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads, as well as banks, residences, office buildings, and churches.
Series:
Haney Foundation series
ISBN:
0812249526
9780812249521
OCLC:
(OCoLC)994287626
LCCN:
2017033925
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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