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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 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.
Location of West Philadelphia in Philadelphia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in West Philadelphia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register ...
North Philadelphia 1–15 Kelly Drive: Fairmount: A row of fifteen historic boathouses along the Schuylkill River. The Schuylkill Navy is based here. Architect Frank Furness and the Undine Barge Club have association with this site. 7: Carpenters' Hall
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]
The Henry Charles Lea Library and Reading Room addition (1905) expanded the library eastward: The Duhring Wing (1915) expanded the library's bookstacks southward. It was converted into office space in 1964. [7] The Horace Howard Furness Reading Room addition (1931) expanded the library westward, and housed his Shakespeare collection until 1963.
The Centennial National Bank is a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Designed by noted Philadelphia architect Frank Furness and significant in his artistic development, it was built in 1876 as the headquarters of the eponymous bank that would be the fiscal agent of the Centennial Exposition.
Frank Heyling Furness (November 12, 1839 – June 27, 1912) was an American architect of the Victorian era.He designed more than 600 buildings, most in the Philadelphia area, and is remembered for his diverse, muscular, often inordinately scaled buildings, and for his influence on the Chicago-based architect Louis Sullivan.