June 27, 2026
Tag: Brooks Mansion
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Frank Furness, Philadelphian
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Walking into a building for the first time seldom prompts the question, who was the architect? Names like Wright, van der Rohe, Gropius, Pei and Fuller come to mind, but Furness? – not so much. Frank Furness isn’t well known beyond his home town of Philadelphia, but his forty year career brought over six-hundred homes,…
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May 9, 2022 11 Comments
There is a certain feeling of accomplishment when you find something lost or learn something new! It also happens when you’re looking for a person, especially when the person shares their name with others. While looking for Agnes Richardson, there it was, a 44-year-old classified ad in The London Observer asking for Biographical Details for an art museum exhibit. At least six of the people whose names appear in the ad are postcard artists.