November 11, 2019

Tag: Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts

Frank Furness, Philadelphian

Ray Hahn

Frank Furness, Philadelphian

Frank Furness, circa 1905

Frank Furness, Philadelphian,  was many things, a war hero, community servant, philanthropist, and gentleman.

Frank Furness returned to Philadelphia, after his discharge from the Union Army as a cavalry officer, to become the most famous Philadelphia architect of the 19th century. 

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