Furness, Evans & Co. architectural records for the office building for the Pennsylvania Railroad at Wilmington, Delaware, . 1904-1905.

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Furness, Evans & Co. architectural records for the office building for the Pennsylvania Railroad at Wilmington, Delaware, . 1904-1905.

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The collection comprises 29 original architectural drawings on linen for the office building adjoining the railroad station at Wilmington, Delaware. Drawings include architectural construction drawings and shop drawings for steel, dated September 1904-March 1905. Note: Drawings by Furness, Evans & Co., architects and the American Bridge Co., fabricators. The street address for the building is 100 South French St., Wilmington, DE.

Architectural drawings 29 sheets : various media.

University of Pennsylvania, Architectural Archives

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Furness, Evans & Co.

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Furness, Evans & Co. was the architectural firm of Walter Rogers Furness, son of Horace Howard Furness. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, 1894. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155883302 Frank Furness practiced architecture in Philadelphia under the firm names Fraser, Furness & Hewitt (1867-1871), Furness & Hewitt (1871-1875). Frank Furness (1876-1880), Furness & Evans (1881-1885) and Furness, Evans & Co. fr...

Evans, Allen, 1849-1925

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Allen Evans was born in Paoli, Pennsylvania, son of Edmund Cadwalader Evans, MD (1812-1881) and Mary Louisa Allen Evans. He studied two years at the Philadelphia Polytechnic College, and by 1869 he was employed in the office of Samuel Sloan. By 1871 Evans had moved to Furness & Hewitt. In 1881 he became a full partner with Frank Furness and the firm's name became Furness & Evans. In 1885 the firm was expanded and the name became Furness, Evans & Co. Evans carried on the ...

Pennsylvania Railroad

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...

Furness, Frank, 1839-1912

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Frank Furness practiced architecture in Philadelphia under the firm names Fraser, Furness & Hewitt (1867-1871), Furness & Hewitt (1871-1875). Frank Furness (1876-1880), Furness & Evans (1881-1885) and Furness, Evans & Co. from1886 until death in 1912. His partner Allen Evans continued the firm under that same name. Furness's work, known for his distinctive personal style, included railroad stations, banks, residences, office buildings and churches. He was one of the founders of t...