1867Lost
Germantown Unitarian Church
Philadelphia, PA
An early Furness church commission, later expanded with a parish building. The church was demolished in 1926.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1867
Wikipedia gives 1866–1867; PAB records 1866–1869. The completion year shown follows Wikipedia.
1869Status unclear
Henry Pratt McKean townhouse, 1923 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
One of a pair of McKean townhouses on Walnut Street. Conflicting accounts describe this house as surviving or demolished; it remains distinct from the neighboring Thomas McKean house.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1869
The architect page gives conflicting survival accounts for 1923 Walnut Street; survival is left unresolved.
1869Lost
Rodef Shalom Synagogue — former building
Philadelphia, PA
Rodef Shalom Synagogue — former building is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1869.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1869
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1869Lost
Thomas McKean townhouse, 1925 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
Thomas McKean townhouse, 1925 Walnut Street is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1869.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1869
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Address: 1925 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Location: Approximate former site from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1872Status unclear
Grubb Cottage
Burlington, NJ
Grubb Cottage is a documented Furness-related project in Burlington, NJ. The source records the named work in 1872.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1872
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1871–1872Lost
J. F. Fryer cottage — original building
Cape May, NJ
The original Cape May cottage preceded the surviving 1878–1879 rebuilding. It was destroyed by fire.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1871–1872
Original 1871–1872 phase, distinct from the later cottage.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
1872Standing
Northern Savings Fund Society Building
Philadelphia, PA
Northern Savings Fund Society Building is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1872.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1872
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Address: 600 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA
Location: Approximate building marker from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1873Lost
Lindenshade — Horace Howard Furness house
Wallingford, PA
The country house of Shakespeare scholar Horace Howard Furness, attributed to his architect brother. It was enlarged repeatedly and demolished in 1940; surviving outbuildings are separate structures.
- Recorded role
- Attributed original design; documented later additions
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1873
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate locates the former site; the lost structure no longer survives.
1873Lost
Mercantile Library
Philadelphia, PA
Mercantile Library is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Additions / alterations
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1873
The recorded date refers to alterations.
Address: S 10TH ST near below Market St. Philadelphia, PA
1873Standing
St. Peter's Episcopal Church of Germantown
Philadelphia, PA
A Gothic church by Furness & Hewitt with an exuberantly proportioned steeple. George Hewitt is considered the principal designer.
- Recorded role
- Furness & Hewitt; principal design attributed to George Hewitt
- Reported style
- Gothic Revival
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1873
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1874Status unclear
Evans Residence
Haverford, PA
Evans Residence is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Haverford, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice; Allen Evans credited in the project record
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1874
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Evans' Ln Haverford, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA
1871-1874Status unclear
Holmesburg Prison
Philadelphia, PA
Holmesburg Prison is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1871-1874
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: 8215 TORRESDALE AVE Philadelphia, PA (Holmesburg)
1874–1875Standing
Fairholme
Newport, RI
A Tudor Revival mansion built by Furness & Hewitt for Fairman Rogers in Newport. Later alterations involved other architects.
- Recorded role
- Architect with George Hewitt
- Reported style
- Tudor Revival
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1874–1875
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1875Lost
Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Philadelphia, PA
Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1875.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1875
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Address: 316 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Location: Approximate former site from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1875Lost
Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion
Philadelphia, PA
Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1875.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1875
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1875Standing
Mount Airy Station
Philadelphia, PA
A small station with a dramatic combination of hipped and gabled roof forms. Furness is the likely architect, but the National Register nomination records the architect as unknown.
- Recorded role
- Attributed architect
- Reported style
- Stick Style · Queen Anne
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1875
Building article gives 1875; the architect list gives 1882 and PAB also records 1883.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1875Altered
Old Trinity Church — tower and belfry
Philadelphia, PA
Furness & Hewitt added the corner tower and belfry and altered the interior in 1875. This record concerns those additions to the much older church.
- Recorded role
- Tower, belfry and interior alterations; Furness & Hewitt
- Reported style
- Gothic Revival
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1875
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
c. 1875Altered
St. Luke and the Epiphany — parish-house addition
Philadelphia, PA
Furness and Hewitt added the parish house to an older Greek Revival church. This record concerns the 1875 addition, not the church originally built in 1839–1840.
- Recorded role
- Parish-house addition with George Hewitt
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1875
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1875Standing
Thomas Hockley House
Philadelphia, PA
A polychrome city house with paired Moorish entrance arches, abstract sunflower carvings and a projecting chimney. Furness designed it for a childhood friend and fellow Civil War veteran.
- Recorded role
- Architect, Furness & Hewitt
- Reported style
- Modern Gothic · Victorian
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1875
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
c. 1876Status unclear
2203 St. James Street
Philadelphia, PA
2203 St. James Street is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1876
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: 2203 SAINT JAMES ST 2202 CHANCELLOR ST Philadelphia, PA
1876Lost
Brazilian pavilion inside the Centennial Main Exhibition Building
Philadelphia, PA
Furness designed Brazil’s exhibition pavilion inside the Main Exhibition Building for the 1876 Centennial. The enclosing exhibition building was designed by other architects.
- Recorded role
- Exhibition pavilion / interior designer
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1876
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1876Status unclear
Centennial Exhibition Ornamental Stone Gate
Philadelphia, PA
Centennial Exhibition Ornamental Stone Gate is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1876
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: JOHN B KELLY DR (north of Strawberry Mansion Bridge) Philadelphia, PA (Fairmount Park)
1876Standing
Centennial National Bank
Philadelphia, PA
Centennial National Bank is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1876.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1876
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1876Lost
Continental Hotel
Philadelphia, PA
Continental Hotel is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Additions / alterations
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1876
The recorded date refers to alterations.
Address: 824 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Location: Approximate former site from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1876Status unclear
Fox Barn
Foxburg, PA
Fox Barn is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Foxburg, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1876
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Pennsylvania (south of Foxburg)
- Fox Barn ↗Philadelphia Architects and Buildings · project identity and recorded address
- Fox Barn — chronology ↗Philadelphia Architects and Buildings · construction and alteration dates, named contributors, demolition where stated
c. 1876Status unclear
Housing Development
Philadelphia, PA
Housing Development is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1876
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: SAINT JAMES ST (2200 block (both sides)) Philadelphia, PA
c. 1876Status unclear
Kaighn Development
Philadelphia, PA
Kaighn Development is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1876
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: 2300 block Delancey ST Philadelphia, PA
1876Status unclear
Loeb, Jacob, House
Philadelphia, PA
Loeb, Jacob, House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1876
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Philadelphia, PA (Ogontz)
1871–1876Standing
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts — Historic Landmark Building
Philadelphia, PA
A purpose-built art museum and school by Furness and George Hewitt. Its multicolored masonry, carved ornament and grand stairhall combine Gothic, Renaissance and Second Empire references.
- Recorded role
- Architect with George Hewitt
- Reported style
- Gothic Revival · Renaissance Revival · Second Empire
- Construction span
- About 5 years · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1871–1876
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1876 — proposalUnbuilt
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Shamokin Station
Shamokin, PA
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Shamokin Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Shamokin, PA. This entry is a proposal, not an executed building.
- Recorded role
- Competition / unexecuted proposal
Unbuilt project · not mapped
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1876 — proposal
The recorded date refers to design.
Address: Shamokin City, Northumberland County, PA
1875–1876Altered
Philadelphia Zoo gatehouses
Philadelphia, PA
The zoo entrance gatehouses are a Furness and Hewitt commission. Later alterations changed the entrance; the record identifies the gatehouses rather than the entire zoo.
- Recorded role
- Architect, Furness & Hewitt
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1875–1876
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
1875-1876Status unclear
West Philadelphia Institute
Philadelphia, PA
West Philadelphia Institute is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1875-1876
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: S 40TH ST near LUDLOW ST Philadelphia, PA
c. 1877Status unclear
Clark, Clarence H., Development
Philadelphia, PA
Clark, Clarence H., Development is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1877
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: 4050-4066 IRVING ST 4047-4061 SPRUCE ST Philadelphia, PA
1876-1877Lost
Institute for Feeble Minded Children
Lincoln, IL
Institute for Feeble Minded Children is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Lincoln, IL. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1876-1877
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Illinois (Lincoln)
1877Lost
Jefferson Medical College Laboratory
Philadelphia, PA
Jefferson Medical College Laboratory is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1877
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: 120 South 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA
Location: Approximate former site from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1877Altered
Kensington National Bank
Philadelphia, PA
Kensington National Bank is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1877.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1877
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Address: 2 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
Location: Approximate building marker from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1877 — proposalUnbuilt
Pennsylvania State Asylum for the Insane
Norristown, PA
Pennsylvania State Asylum for the Insane is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Norristown, PA. This entry is a proposal, not an executed building.
- Recorded role
- Competition / unexecuted proposal
Unbuilt project · not mapped
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1877 — proposal
The recorded date refers to a competition entry.
Address: Norristown Borough, Montgomery County, PA
1877Lost
Women's Hospital of Philadelphia Maternity Ward
Philadelphia, PA
Women's Hospital of Philadelphia Maternity Ward is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1877
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: N 22ND ST near N COLLEGE AVE Philadelphia, PA
c. 1878Lost
Baker Building
Philadelphia, PA
Baker Building is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Additions / alterations
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1878
The recorded date refers to alterations.
Address: 1520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Location: Approximate former site from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1878Lost
Church of the Redeemer for Seamen and Their Families
Philadelphia, PA
Church of the Redeemer for Seamen and Their Families is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1878.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1878
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Address: 101 Queen Street, Philadelphia, PA
Location: Approximate former site from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1878Lost
Loeb Dispensary
Philadelphia, PA
Loeb Dispensary is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1878
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: N BROAD ST near OLD YORK RD Philadelphia, PA
- Loeb Dispensary ↗Philadelphia Architects and Buildings · project identity and recorded address
- Loeb Dispensary — chronology ↗Philadelphia Architects and Buildings · construction and alteration dates, named contributors, demolition where stated
1878Status unclear
Rittenhouse Club
Philadelphia, PA
Rittenhouse Club is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Additions / alterations
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1878
The recorded date refers to alterations.
Address: 1811 WALNUT ST Philadelphia, PA
1878Status unclear
Walnut Lane Station
Philadelphia, PA
Walnut Lane Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1878
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: WALNUT LN Philadelphia, PA
c. 1878Lost
Willard, DeForrest, House
Philadelphia, PA
Willard, DeForrest, House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1878
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: 1601 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Location: Approximate former site from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1879Standing
Emlen Physick Estate
Cape May, NJ
A Victorian house museum with oversized corbelled chimneys, steep dormers and emphatic porch brackets. Furness designed the house for Emlen Physick and his family.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Reported style
- Stick Style
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1879
Wikipedia reports 1879; PAB records 1878.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1879Standing
Gravers Lane Station
Philadelphia, PA
A compact railway station with a sharply varied roofline. Sources disagree on its construction date: the building article reports 1879, while the architect list gives 1882 and PAB records additional dates.
- Recorded role
- Attributed to Furness / Furness & Evans
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1879
1879 is the building article’s reported date; other accounts give 1872, 1882 or 1883.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1878–1879Standing
J. F. Fryer cottage — rebuilding
Cape May, NJ
A Cape May cottage rebuilt after a fire destroyed its earlier version. Distinctive porch details connect it with Furness’s other resort houses.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1878–1879
An earlier 1871–1872 cottage burned. This record dates the 1878–1879 rebuilding.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Address: 9 Perry Street, Cape May, NJ
Location: Approximate building marker from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1879Lost
Lewis, John T., House
Haverford, PA
Lewis, John T., House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Haverford, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1879
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Booth Road Pennsylvania (Haverford)
1879Status unclear
Norristown Station
Norristown, PA
Norristown Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Norristown, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1879
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Norristown Borough, Montgomery County, PA
1876–1879Lost
Provident Life & Trust Company — original bank
Philadelphia, PA
A boldly modeled bank facade used compressed columns, projecting stonework and a tower to stand out on Chestnut Street. The building and its later office expansion were demolished in 1959–1960.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Reported style
- Modern Gothic
- Construction span
- About 3 years · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1876–1879
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate locates the former site; the lost structure no longer survives.
1878–1879Altered
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church — transept and vestry
Philadelphia, PA
Furness expanded William Strickland’s 1823 church with a transept and vestry and added interior decoration. The date shown belongs to that addition.
- Recorded role
- Transept, vestry and interior alterations
- Reported style
- Gothic Revival
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1878–1879
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
c. 1880Status unclear
101 Spruce St., Birdsboro, House
Birdsboro, PA
101 Spruce St., Birdsboro, House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Birdsboro, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1880
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: 101 Spruce St Birdsboro Borough, Berks County, PA
1880Lost
Cassatt, Alexander J., Stable and Coachman's House
Philadelphia, PA
Cassatt, Alexander J., Stable and Coachman's House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1880
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: 2006 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA
Location: Approximate former site from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1880Altered
Fairview — Furness alterations
Delaware City, DE
Furness added a shingled third story, prominent chimneys and a rear addition to an 1822 house. The mapped year identifies his 1880 alterations.
- Recorded role
- Additions and remodeling
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1880
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
c. 1880Status unclear
Focht, Levi, House
Birdsboro, PA
Focht, Levi, House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Birdsboro, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1880
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: 105 Spruce St. Birdsboro Borough, Berks County, PA
1880Lost
Germantown Unitarian Church Parish House
Philadelphia, PA
Germantown Unitarian Church Parish House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1880
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: GREENE ST near W CHELTEN AVE Philadelphia, PA
1879-1880Status unclear
Hare, J. Clark, House
Radnor, PA
Hare, J. Clark, House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Radnor, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1879-1880
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Radnor Township, Delaware County, PA
c. 1880Status unclear
Harrison, Earl, House
Location not recorded, PA
Harrison, Earl, House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1880
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Pennsylvania (Unspecified location in Philadelphia suburbs.)
1880Lost
Library Company of Philadelphia — Locust Street building
Philadelphia, PA
Library Company of Philadelphia — Locust Street building is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1880.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1880
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
c. 1880Status unclear
Old Lancaster Pike House
Devon, PA
Old Lancaster Pike House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Devon, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1880
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Old Lancaster Pike Devon, Easttown Township, Delaware County, PA
1879-1880Lost
Stokes, Ellen, House
Philadelphia, PA
Stokes, Ellen, House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1879-1880
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: WESTVIEW AVE near WISSAHICKON AVE Philadelphia, PA
1880Status unclear
Tabor Station
Philadelphia, PA
Tabor Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1880
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Philadelphia, PA
- Tabor Station ↗Philadelphia Architects and Buildings · project identity and recorded address
- Tabor Station — chronology ↗Philadelphia Architects and Buildings · construction and alteration dates, named contributors, demolition where stated
1880Status unclear
Thomas, M. R., House
West Chester, PA
Thomas, M. R., House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in West Chester, PA.
- Recorded role
- Additions / alterations
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1880
The recorded date refers to alterations.
Address: 310 N High St West Chester Borough, Chester County, PA
c. 1880Status unclear
Welsh House
Philadelphia, PA
Welsh House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Additions / alterations
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1880
The recorded date refers to alterations.
Address: WISSAHICKON AVE Philadelphia, PA
1880Lost
Welsh House
Springfield, PA
Welsh House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Springfield, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1880
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Montgomery Ave Springfield Township, Montgomery County, PA
1880Lost
Williams, J. Randall, House
Haverford, PA
Williams, J. Randall, House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Haverford, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1880
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Gray's Ln Pennsylvania (Haverford)
1881Status unclear
Conshohocken Station
Conshohocken, PA
Conshohocken Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Conshohocken, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1881
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Conshohocken Borough, Montgomery County, PA
1881Status unclear
Cordelia Station
Location not recorded, PA
Cordelia Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1881
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
1881Status unclear
Creutzburg Center
Radnor, PA
Creutzburg Center is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Radnor, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1881
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Radnor Township, Delaware County, PA
1881Standing
Dolobran
Haverford, PA
A Shingle Style country house designed for shipping magnate Clement Griscom. Furness later enlarged the house around 1888 and again in 1894.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Reported style
- Shingle Style
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1881
Initial house dated 1881; later Furness additions recorded around 1888 and in 1894.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1881Lost
Henszey, William Peddle, House
Ardmore, PA
Henszey, William Peddle, House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Ardmore, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1881
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Lancaster Ave Ardmore, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA
1881Standing
Knowlton Mansion
Philadelphia, PA
Knowlton Mansion is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1881.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1881
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1881Status unclear
Manheim Station
Manheim, PA
Manheim Station is a documented Furness-related project in Manheim, PA. The source records the named work in 1881.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1881
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1881Lost
Merion Cricket Club — Ardmore clubhouse
Ardmore, PA
The club’s third clubhouse, designed by Furness & Evans, stood on Cricket Avenue in Ardmore and burned in 1892.
- Recorded role
- Firm commission; design associated with Allen Evans
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1881
Wikipedia gives an 1880 opening; PAB records 1880–1881. The exact former footprint is not established.
1881Status unclear
Trenton Junction Station
Trenton, NJ
Trenton Junction Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Trenton, NJ.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1881
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: New Jersey (Trenton)
1881Status unclear
Wayne Junction Signal Towers
Philadelphia, PA
Wayne Junction Signal Towers is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1881
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: WAYNE AVE Philadelphia, PA
1881Lost
Wayne Junction Station — original building
Philadelphia, PA
Furness’s 1881 station was replaced by a Wilson Brothers building designed in 1900. This pin marks the site of the earlier structure; modern station photographs depict its replacement.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1881
Original 1881 structure; replaced in 1900. No replacement date is assigned to the Furness building.
Location: Article coordinate locates the former site; the lost structure no longer survives.
1881Status unclear
Wernersville Station
Wernersville, PA
Wernersville Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Wernersville, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1881
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Wernersville Borough, Berks County, PA
1882Lost
Columbia Station
Columbia, PA
Columbia Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Columbia, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1882
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Locust St near Bank St Columbia Borough, Lancaster County, PA
1882Status unclear
East Strasburg Station — relocated Petersburg building
Strasburg, PA
East Strasburg Station — relocated Petersburg building is a documented Furness-related project in Strasburg, PA. The source records the named work in 1882.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1882
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1882Lost
Reliance Insurance Company Building
Philadelphia, PA
Reliance Insurance Company Building is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1882.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1882
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Address: 429 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Location: Approximate former site from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1882Lost
Sedgwick Station — former building
Philadelphia, PA
The Furness & Evans station building was damaged by fire around 1980 and demolished. The present platforms and shelters are separate from the lost structure.
- Recorded role
- Architect, Furness & Evans
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1882
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate locates the former site; the lost structure no longer survives.
1882Status unclear
Watchmens' Boxes
Location not recorded, PA
Watchmens' Boxes is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1882
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Pennsylvania
1883Status unclear
Evans Rental Property
Haverford, PA
Evans Rental Property is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Haverford, PA.
- Recorded role
- Additions / alterations; Allen Evans credited in the project record
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1883
The recorded date refers to alterations.
Address: Grays Ln Haverford, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA
1880-1883Status unclear
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Offices
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Offices is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Additions / alterations
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1880-1883
The recorded date refers to alterations.
Address: 227 S 4TH ST S 4TH ST near WILLINGS ALY Philadelphia, PA
1883Status unclear
Sunbury Station
Sunbury, PA
Sunbury Station is a documented Furness-related project in Sunbury, PA. The source records the named work in 1883.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1883
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1883Standing
Undine Barge Club boathouse
Philadelphia, PA
Undine Barge Club boathouse is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1883.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1883
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1884Status unclear
Gorgas Lane Station
Philadelphia, PA
Gorgas Lane Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1884
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Gorgas Ln Philadelphia, PA
1884Lost
National Bank of the Republic
Philadelphia, PA
National Bank of the Republic is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1884.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1884
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Address: 311 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Location: Approximate former site from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1883–1884Lost
Pencoyd — Furness & Evans alterations
Bala Cynwyd, PA
Allen Evans of Furness & Evans enlarged an older Roberts family farmhouse. Later remodeling removed much of the Victorian work, and the house was demolished in 1964.
- Recorded role
- Firm commission; alterations designed by Allen Evans
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1883–1884
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate locates the former site; the lost structure no longer survives.
c. 1884Standing
William L. Black House
Hammonton, NJ
A Hammonton house for merchant William Lincoln Black, with steep roofs, decorative trusses and projecting eaves.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Reported style
- Stick Style · Eastlake
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1884
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1885Standing
Aberdeen Baltimore & Ohio Station
Aberdeen, MD
A surviving wooden Baltimore & Ohio station designed in the Queen Anne manner, with accommodation above the waiting room. It is a rare surviving example of Furness’s railway work.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Reported style
- Queen Anne
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1885
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1884–1885Lost
Birdsboro Wilmington & Northern Station
Birdsboro, PA
The Wilmington & Northern passenger station stood on Furnace Street and was demolished in 1963. Furness is the attributed designer; it is distinct from the Reading station across the river.
- Recorded role
- Attributed architect
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1884–1885
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate locates the former site; the lost structure no longer survives.
1884–1885Altered
St. Michael's Episcopal Church — Furness expansion
Birdsboro, PA
Furness expanded George Brooke’s earlier church with transepts, a chancel and a tower. Much of the Victorian interior was removed before the building changed congregations.
- Recorded role
- Architect of expansion and furnishings
- Reported style
- Gothic Revival
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1884–1885
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1886Lost
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Chester Station
Chester, PA
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Chester Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Chester, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1886
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: 12th St near Edgmont St. Chester City, Delaware County, PA
1886Lost
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Wilmington Station
Wilmington, DE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Wilmington Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Wilmington, DE. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1886
The recorded date refers to the listed project.
Address: Dupont Ave. near Delaware Ave. Delaware (Wilmington)
1886Lost
Breslin Hotel
Mount Arlington, NJ
A resort hotel overlooking Lake Hopatcong, associated with the nearby summer cottages designed by Furness. The hotel burned in 1948.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1886
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1883–1886Altered
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Furness designed this church for the congregation served by his father. A soaring timber roof and vividly detailed interior survive; the original corner tower was removed.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Reported style
- Gothic Revival
- Construction span
- About 3 years · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1883–1886
Dedicated in 1885; completion is reported in 1886.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1884–1886Standing
Hockley Row
Philadelphia, PA
A row of four houses adjoining the earlier Thomas Hockley House. Allen Evans designed this speculative development within Furness & Evans and occupied one of the houses himself.
- Recorded role
- Firm commission; design by Allen Evans
- Construction span
- About 2 years · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1884–1886
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1886Status unclear
Idlewild Hotel
Media, PA
Furness designed the hotel on whose grounds his own summer house was later built. The hotel and private house are separate works.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1886
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1885–1886Standing
Lotta Crabtree Cottage
Mount Arlington, NJ
A lakeside house for actress Lotta Crabtree, with oversized chimneys and a porch wrapping around the curved parlor. Interior details include carved beasts and a large stone fireplace.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Reported style
- Shingle Style
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1885–1886
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1887Lost
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station — Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station — Pittsburgh is a documented Furness-related project in Pittsburgh, PA. The source records the named work in 1887.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1887
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate locates the former site; the lost structure no longer survives.
1887Standing
Solomon House
Philadelphia, PA
The surviving southern house from a row of five, built for developer Joseph Solomon. Brick and brownstone bands, large chimneys and a projecting tiled bay animate its facades.
- Recorded role
- Architect, Furness & Evans
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1887
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1887Standing
Water Street Station
Wilmington, DE
Water Street Station is a documented Furness-related project in Wilmington, DE. The source records the named work in 1887.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1887
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
c. 1888Lost
Alexander J. Cassatt townhouse — alterations
Philadelphia, PA
Furness altered Alexander Cassatt’s townhouse on West Rittenhouse Square around 1888. The house was demolished in 1972.
- Recorded role
- Alterations
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1888
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Address: 202 West Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA
Location: Approximate former site from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1886–1888Lost
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station — Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
An elevated passenger terminal beside the Chestnut Street Bridge, combining brick, iron, glass and terra-cotta ornament. The former station was demolished in 1963.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Reported style
- Flemish Revival
- Construction span
- About 2 years · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1886–1888
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate locates the former site; the lost structure no longer survives.
1887–1888Standing
Edward Brooke II Mansion
Birdsboro, PA
A large Queen Anne house commissioned by Edward Brooke II as a wedding gift. The owner himself designed a later addition.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Reported style
- Queen Anne
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1887–1888
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
c. 1888Lost
Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital — cottage
Philadelphia, PA
Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital — cottage is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1888.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1888
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1885–1888Standing
Ormonde
Cazenovia, NY
A Shingle Style country house on Cazenovia Lake. Its surviving boathouse and main house once belonged to a much larger estate.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Reported style
- Shingle Style · Queen Anne
- Construction span
- About 3 years · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1885–1888
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1888Standing
Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry monument
Gettysburg, PA
Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry monument is a documented Furness-related project in Gettysburg, PA. The source records the named work in 1888.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1888
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
c. 1890Standing
Idlewild — Frank Furness summer house
Media, PA
Furness’s own summer house combines stone, brick and shingles with a curved parlor and wraparound porch. Its interlocking forms echo his university library.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Reported style
- Queen Anne · Shingle Style
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1890
Building article and National Register account give c. 1890; architect list gives c. 1888.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1890Status unclear
Judge Eugene G. Smith house
Lancaster, PA
Judge Eugene G. Smith house is a documented Furness-related project in Lancaster, PA. The source records the named work in 1890.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1890
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1890Status unclear
Wallingford Station — disputed attribution
Wallingford, PA
Often attributed to Furness, this station is identified in its building article as a standard Pennsylvania Railroad plan by W. Bleddyn Powell. It is retained as a questioned attribution without a Furness map pin.
- Recorded role
- Disputed attribution; documented plan by W. Bleddyn Powell
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1890
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1890–1891Standing
Bryn Mawr Hotel — now Baldwin School
Bryn Mawr, PA
Built as a resort hotel and later occupied by Baldwin School, this stone-and-brick building has a steep roof, dormers, towers and a rounded entrance pavilion.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Reported style
- Renaissance Revival · Châteauesque
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1890–1891
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1891Lost
Buckingham Valley Station — former building
Buckingham Valley, PA
Buckingham Valley Station — former building is a documented Furness-related project in Buckingham Valley, PA. The source records the named work in 1891.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1891
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1891Status unclear
Church of Our Father — disputed attribution
Hulls Cove, ME
The Furness works list includes this church, but its building article credits William Masters Camac. It is retained as a disputed catalogue attribution without a Furness map pin.
- Recorded role
- Disputed attribution; building article credits William Masters Camac
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1891
1890–1891 construction; authorship unresolved in the compared sources.
1888–1891Standing
Fisher Fine Arts Library
Philadelphia, PA
A red sandstone, brick and terra-cotta library with a monumental reading room and iron book stacks. Its design combines Venetian Gothic ornament with an unusually expressive plan.
- Recorded role
- Architect
- Reported style
- Venetian Gothic · Victorian
- Construction span
- About 3 years · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1888–1891
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1891Status unclear
Lahaska Station — original building
Lahaska, PA
Lahaska Station — original building is a documented Furness-related project in Lahaska, PA. The source records the named work in 1891.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1891
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1891Standing
New Hope Station
New Hope, PA
New Hope Station is a documented Furness-related project in New Hope, PA. The source records the named work in 1891.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1891
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1891Standing
Princeton Club — 1223 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA
Furness designed the 1223 Locust Street house later incorporated into the Princeton Club. The neighboring 1221 building is associated with Lindley Johnson.
- Recorded role
- Architect of 1223 Locust Street only
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1891
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1891Standing
Recitation Hall, University of Delaware
Newark, DE
Recitation Hall, University of Delaware is a documented Furness-related project in Newark, DE. The source records the named work in 1891.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1891
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1889–1891Standing
Walter Rogers Furness Cottage
Jekyll Island, GA
A Shingle Style cottage later used as Jekyll Island’s infirmary. Walter Rogers Furness was the individual in charge for Furness, Evans & Company.
- Recorded role
- Firm commission; Walter Rogers Furness was individual in charge
- Reported style
- Shingle Style
- Construction span
- About 2 years · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1889–1891
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1890–1891Standing
Williamson Free School — original campus buildings
Media, PA
Furness designed the original vocational-school campus: administration building, boiler house, workshop, superintendent’s house and three cottages. The marker represents the campus ensemble.
- Recorded role
- Architect of original campus ensemble
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1890–1891
Ground broken in 1890; classes opened in September 1891. The architect list instead gives 1889–1890.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1891Standing
Wycombe Station
Wycombe, PA
Wycombe Station is a documented Furness-related project in Wycombe, PA. The source records the named work in 1891.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1891
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1888–1892Lost
Exchange Place / Jersey City terminal — rebuilding
Jersey City, NJ
A rebuilding phase of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Jersey City waterfront terminal. The terminal complex was demolished by 1963.
- Recorded role
- Terminal rebuilding, attributed Furness work
- Construction span
- About 4 years · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1888–1892
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate locates the former site; the lost structure no longer survives.
1892Lost
Merion Cricket Club — 1892 clubhouse
Haverford, PA
The fourth Merion clubhouse stood at the Haverford grounds, backing onto Montgomery Avenue. It burned in January 1896.
- Recorded role
- Architectural firm: Furness, Evans & Company
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1892
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1892Status unclear
Mount Sinai Cemetery mortuary chapel
Philadelphia, PA
Mount Sinai Cemetery mortuary chapel is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1892.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1892
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1892Standing
New Castle Public Library — Old Library Museum
New Castle, DE
New Castle Public Library — Old Library Museum is a documented Furness-related project in New Castle, DE. The source records the named work in 1892.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1892
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1892–1893Lost
Broad Street Station — Furness expansion
Philadelphia, PA
Furness dramatically expanded the Wilson Brothers’ existing station. The elaborate terminal was demolished in 1953; this record concerns the 1892–1893 expansion, not its 1881 opening.
- Recorded role
- Architect of terminal expansion; original building by Wilson Brothers
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1892–1893
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate locates the former site; the lost structure no longer survives.
c. 1895Lost
Franklin Sugar Refinery offices, South 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA
Franklin Sugar Refinery offices, South 12th Street is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1895.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: c. 1895
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Address: 125 South 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA
Location: Approximate former site from Census street-address interpolation of the recorded address; not a surveyed footprint.
1895Standing
Horace Jayne House
Philadelphia, PA
Horace Jayne House is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1895.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1895
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1897Status unclear
All Hallows Church
Wyncote, PA
All Hallows Church is a documented Furness-related project in Wyncote, PA. The source records the named work in 1897.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1897
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
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Merion Cricket Club — present clubhouse
Haverford, PA
The present stone-and-brick clubhouse followed two fires in 1896. Allen Evans, a partner and club founder, is credited with the design within the Furness practice.
- Recorded role
- Firm commission; design credited to Allen Evans
- Reported style
- Colonial Revival · Late Victorian
- Construction span
- About 1 year · based on recorded years
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1896–1897
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1898Lost
West End Trust Building
Philadelphia, PA
A Furness, Evans & Company office building later replaced by the Girard Trust tower. The former building was demolished in 1928.
- Recorded role
- Architectural firm: Furness, Evans & Company
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1898
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1901Standing
Lansdowne Station — Furness work
Lansdowne, PA
Lansdowne Station — Furness work is a documented Furness-related project in Lansdowne, PA. The source records the named work in 1901.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Outside the current map period
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1901
The station opened in 1880; Furness’s architect-page entry dates his work to 1901. The later phase stays outside the map period.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1901Status unclear
Ragged Edge
Chambersburg, PA
Ragged Edge is a documented Furness-related project in Chambersburg, PA. The source records the named work in 1901.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Outside the current map period
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1901
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1902Lost
Arcade Building and pedestrian bridge
Philadelphia, PA
Arcade Building and pedestrian bridge is a documented Furness-related project in Philadelphia, PA. The source records the named work in 1902.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Outside the current map period
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1902
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1902Standing
Haverford School — Furness building
Haverford, PA
Haverford School — Furness building is a documented Furness-related project in Haverford, PA. The source records the named work in 1902.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Outside the current map period
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1902
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1903Status unclear
Edgewood Station
Edgewood, PA
Edgewood Station is a documented Furness-related project in Edgewood, PA. The source records the named work in 1903.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Outside the current map period
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1903
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1905Standing
Pennsylvania Railroad Building — Wilmington
Wilmington, DE
Pennsylvania Railroad Building — Wilmington is a documented Furness-related project in Wilmington, DE. The source records the named work in 1905.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Outside the current map period
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1905
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
1905Status unclear
Sherwood Station
Riderwood, MD
Sherwood Station is a documented Furness-related project in Riderwood, MD. The source records the named work in 1905.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Outside the current map period
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1905
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
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Girard Trust Company banking room
Philadelphia, PA
The domed banking room was conceived by Furness and designed collaboratively by Furness, Evans & Company and McKim, Mead & White. It later became part of the Ritz-Carlton hotel.
- Recorded role
- Concept; collaborative firm commission
- Reported style
- Beaux-Arts
- Construction span
- About 2 years · based on recorded years
Outside the current map period
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1905–1907
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Construction record: Reported years for the identified construction or alteration phase; elapsed calendar years are approximate.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1908Standing
Wilmington / French Street Station
Wilmington, DE
Wilmington / French Street Station is a documented Furness-related project in Wilmington, DE. The source records the named work in 1908.
- Recorded role
- Architect
Outside the current map period
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1908
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
1910Standing
Zurbrugg Mansion
Delanco, NJ
A Classical Revival mansion in Delanco, designed by Furness, Evans & Company. Its 1910 construction places it outside the current map period.
- Recorded role
- Architectural firm: Furness, Evans & Company
- Reported style
- Classical Revival
Outside the current map period
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: 1910
Reported year refers to this named building or Furness phase.
Location: Article coordinate identifies the named building or complex; for an addition it marks the host structure.
Date not recordedStatus unclear
Bridgeton Freight House
Bridgeton, NJ
Bridgeton Freight House is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Bridgeton, NJ.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: COHANSEY ST near IRVING ST ("...south of...") Bridgeton, Cumberland County, NJ
Date not recordedStatus unclear
Bridgeton Passenger Station
Bridgeton, NJ
Bridgeton Passenger Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Bridgeton, NJ.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: COHANSEY ST near IRVING ST ("...south of...") Bridgeton, Cumberland County, NJ
Date not recordedStatus unclear
Christ Chapel Rectory
Bensalem, PA
Christ Chapel Rectory is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Bensalem, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: Bensalem Township, Bucks County, PA (Eddington)
Date not recordedStatus unclear
Frankford Station
Philadelphia, PA
Frankford Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: Philadelphia, PA
Date not recordedStatus unclear
Lewisburg Station
Lewisburg, PA
Lewisburg Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Lewisburg, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: Lewisburg Borough, Union County, PA
Date not recordedStatus unclear
Lewistown Station
Lewistown, PA
Lewistown Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Lewistown, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: Lewistown Borough, Mifflin County, PA
Date not recordedStatus unclear
Main Street Station, Norristown
Norristown, PA
Main Street Station, Norristown is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Norristown, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: Norristown Borough, Montgomery County, PA
Date not recordedStatus unclear
Mermaid Station
Philadelphia, PA
Mermaid Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: E MERMAID LN Philadelphia, PA
- Mermaid Station ↗Philadelphia Architects and Buildings · project identity and recorded address
- Mermaid Station — chronology ↗Philadelphia Architects and Buildings · construction and alteration dates, named contributors, demolition where stated
Date not recordedLost
Mount Pleasant Station
Philadelphia, PA
Mount Pleasant Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA. The building is recorded as demolished.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: Philadelphia, PA
Date not recordedStatus unclear
Noble Station
Abington, PA
Noble Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Abington, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: Noble, Abington Township, Montgomery County, PA
- Noble Station ↗Philadelphia Architects and Buildings · project identity and recorded address
- Noble Station — chronology ↗Philadelphia Architects and Buildings · construction and alteration dates, named contributors, demolition where stated
Date not recordedStatus unclear
Pottsville Station
Pottsville, PA
Pottsville Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Pottsville, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: Pottsville City, Schuylkill County, PA
Date not recordedStatus unclear
Reading Station
Reading, PA
Reading Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Reading, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: Reading City, Berks County, PA
- Reading Station ↗Philadelphia Architects and Buildings · project identity and recorded address
- Reading Station — chronology ↗Philadelphia Architects and Buildings · construction and alteration dates, named contributors, demolition where stated
Date not recordedStatus unclear
Signal Tower at Tabor
Philadelphia, PA
Signal Tower at Tabor is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: Philadelphia, PA
Date not recordedStatus unclear
Watch Box at Ashland
Ashland, PA
Watch Box at Ashland is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Ashland, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: Pennsylvania (Ashland)
Date not recordedStatus unclear
West Milford Junction Station
West Milford, PA
West Milford Junction Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in West Milford, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: (West Milford) Pennsylvania
Date not recordedStatus unclear
Wingohocking Station
Philadelphia, PA
Wingohocking Station is listed in the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings inventory of Furness-related projects. The recorded work is in Philadelphia, PA.
- Recorded role
- Associated architect / Furness practice
Map location pending
Dates & sources +
Reported dates: Date not recorded
No construction year is recorded in the consulted chronology.
Address: Philadelphia, PA