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The Fisher Fine Arts Library was the primary library of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from 1891 to 1962. The red sandstone , brick -and- terra-cotta Venetian Gothic giant, part fortress and part cathedral, was designed by Philadelphia architect Frank Furness (1839–1912).
The Music Building was renovated and expanded into the Lerner Center, 2010. PA-6177 PA-6177-A PA-6177-B: Phi Delta Theta (now Jaffe History of Art Building) 28 Oswin W. Shelly 1900 1924 alterations 1994 expansion by Tony Atkins 3405 Woodland Walk (SW corner 34th & Walnut Streets) Later housed the Institute for Environmental Studies
The properties are distributed across all of Philadelphia's 12 planning districts. East/West Oak Lane, Olney, Upper North and Lower North are included as North Philadelphia. Kensington, Near Northeast and Far Northeast are part of Northeast Philadelphia. Roxborough/Manayunk and Germantown/Chestnut Hill are a part of Northwest Philadelphia.
Paul Peck Alumni Center in 2024. Its interior was modified in 1893 and again in 1899, when Philadelphia architect Frank Miles Day built a rear addition that followed Furness's style. [4]: 186 In 1956 its single floor was split in two, and the exterior was simplified, as designed by architect Bud Ross. [2]
West Philadelphia includes 68 of these properties and districts, including five National Historic Landmarks; the city's remaining properties and districts are listed elsewhere. Two sites are split between West Philadelphia and other parts of the city, and are thus included on multiple lists.
The building's interior in 1959 The Provident Life & Trust Company Building at 401–09 Chestnut Street, built between 1888 and 1890 and demolished in 1945, seen in 1910. In his Brazilian Pavilion at the 1876 Centennial Exposition, and his Centennial National Bank (1876) at 32nd Street and Lancaster Avenue, Furness experimented with architectural features that would become part of his ...
The Helen Kate Furness Free Library was designed by architect Frank Miles Day, [25] and opened on November 4, 1916. [26] The library building was expanded in 1961, [27] and a second addition, the Chadwick Wing, was built in 1974. [24] A second story was added to part of the building in 2006. [24]
Furness Free Library. Wallingford-Swarthmore School District is the area school district. The first area school started in 1810 and was built on a portion of a 78-acre (32 ha) land grant of farmer and friend of William Penn. Nether Providence School District was formed in 1856; it merged with the Swarthmore School District to become the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District but retained both ...