Frank Furness

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American architect architect human

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Frank Furness canonical	12
Frank Furness buildings	1
Thomas Ustick Walter	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American architect ⓘ architect ⓘ human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1910s ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1860s ⓘ
awardReceived	Medal of Honor ⓘ
birthDate	1839-11-12 ⓘ
birthPlace	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
conflictParticipatedIn	American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1912-06-27 ⓘ
deathPlace	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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 ⓘ surface form: 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 Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Furness
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	Second Empire ⓘ surface form: French Second Empire architecture Gothic Revival ⓘ surface form: Gothic Revival architecture Richard Morris Hunt ⓘ
militaryRank	captain ⓘ
movement	Eclecticism in architecture ⓘ Victorian architecture ⓘ surface form: High Victorian Gothic Victorian architecture ⓘ
name	Frank Furness self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Referenced by (14)

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

Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) → architect → Frank Furness ⓘ

Philadelphia City Hall → coArchitect → Frank Furness ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thomas Ustick Walter

Frank Furness → name → Frank Furness self-link ⓘ

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts → mainBuildingDesignedBy → Frank Furness ⓘ

First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia → architect → Frank Furness ⓘ

First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia → category → Frank Furness ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frank Furness buildings

Provident Life & Trust Company building (demolished) → architect → Frank Furness ⓘ

subject surface form: Provident Life & Trust Company building

Provident Life & Trust Company building (demolished) → associatedWith → Frank Furness ⓘ

subject surface form: Provident Life & Trust Company building

William Henry Furness → child → Frank Furness ⓘ

William Henry Furness → notableStudentOrProtégé → 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 ⓘ