Frank Furness

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Frank Furness was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his bold, eclectic, and highly original Victorian-era designs, particularly in Philadelphia.

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Generate an image of Frank Furness (Frank Furness was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his bold, eclectic, and highly original Victorian-era designs, particularly in Philadelphia.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Frank Furness canonical 14
Frank Furness buildings 1
Thomas Ustick Walter 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect ⓘ
architect ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1910s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1860s ⓘ
awardReceived Medal of Honor ⓘ
birthDate 1839-11-12 ⓘ
birthPlace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
conflictParticipatedIn American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1912-06-27 ⓘ
deathPlace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
designed First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia ⓘ
Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Merchants’ Exchange Bank buildings and various commercial structures in Philadelphia ⓘ
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts building, Philadelphia ⓘ
Provident Life & Trust Company building (demolished) ⓘ
Union League of Philadelphia alterations and additions ⓘ
numerous railroad stations for the Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
familyName Furness ⓘ
linked to: Furness Peninsula
father William Henry Furness ⓘ
fieldOfWork architectural design of banks and commercial buildings ⓘ
architecture ⓘ
railroad architecture ⓘ
givenName Frank ⓘ
influenced Louis Sullivan ⓘ
modern American commercial architecture ⓘ
influencedBy French Second Empire architecture ⓘ
linked to: Second Empire

Gothic Revival architecture ⓘ
linked to: Gothic Revival

Richard Morris Hunt ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
movement Eclecticism in architecture ⓘ
High Victorian Gothic ⓘ
Victorian architecture ⓘ
name Frank Furness ⓘ
notableFor bold architectural style ⓘ
eclectic architectural designs ⓘ
highly original Victorian-era buildings ⓘ
work in Philadelphia ⓘ
notableWorkLocation Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
servedIn Union Army ⓘ
sibling Horace Howard Furness ⓘ
spouse Fanny Fassitt Furness ⓘ
styleCharacteristic asymmetry ⓘ
bold ornament ⓘ
dramatic massing ⓘ
inventive use of materials ⓘ
polychromy ⓘ
strong muscular forms ⓘ
workLocation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philadelphia City Hall → coArchitect → Thomas Ustick Walter ⓘ
linked to: Frank Furness
Frank Furness → name → Frank Furness ⓘ
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia → category → Frank Furness buildings ⓘ
linked to: Frank Furness
Provident Life & Trust Company building → architect → Frank Furness ⓘ
Provident Life & Trust Company building → associatedWith → Frank Furness ⓘ
William Henry Furness → child → Frank Furness ⓘ
William Henry Furness → relative → Frank Furness ⓘ
Fanny Fassitt Furness → spouse → Frank Furness ⓘ
Fanny Fassitt Furness → spouseOf → Frank Furness ⓘ
Fanny Fassitt Furness → associatedWith → Frank Furness ⓘ
Furness → hasNotableBearer → Frank Furness ⓘ
Furness family → hasNotableMember → Frank Furness ⓘ