Allen Evans architectural records and family papers, 1831-1952 (bulk 1883-1929).

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Allen Evans architectural records and family papers, 1831-1952 (bulk 1883-1929).

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This collection comprises records and papers kept by Allen Evans, Rebecca Evans and their daughter Margaret Evans. Materials kept by Allen Evans focus on his architectural projects, including houses on the property of Edmund C. Evans designed and built for family members. Other family materials include correspondence, memorials and clippings on the death of Allen Evans, materials related to Rebecca Evans's activities as a member of St. Mary's Church, Ardmore and materials related to family involvement in the Merion Cricket Club. In addition, the collection includes biographical materials about Allen Evans prepared by Margaret Evans in 1938 and later family photographs. Materials related to architectural projects are found in a project scrapbook of newsclippings as well as in an additional small quantity of correspondence, photographs, drawings and clippings. Evans preserved materials related to a small number of projects, and it may be inferred that these projects were ones in which he was particularly active. Of particular interest among these materials are: 1) reproductions of a legal deposition by Frank Furness concerning design of the Girard Bank Building; 2) correspondence with Alexander Cassatt; 3) a set of small-scale renderings (1921) by George W. Casey of Furness, Evans & Co. for All Saints Church, Wynnewood, PA. Formal architectural drawings are found for a few projects in which the Evans family was directly involved, e.g., family houses and St. Mary's Church. Some projects documented by Evans are not found in published job lists of the firm's work. The collection contains no office project files. Limited financial materials for the firm are found in the collection for the years 1908-1923, not complete. A group photograph shows members of Furness, Evans & Co. in 1918. The collection contains substantial biographical and genealogical information about Allen Evans, especially in correspondence to Rebecca Evans on her husband's death and in the materials prepared by their daughter Margaret in 1938 for the National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Biographical information is also found for Rebecca Evans and their six children including photographs of some of the children in later years. In addition, researchers may find useful materials related to the history of St. Mary's Church, of the Merion Cricket Club, and of housing in and development of Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Architectural drawings 17 items : various media.Photographs 127 photoprints, 2 photonegatives.Additional materials 1 cubic foot.

University of Pennsylvania, Architectural Archives

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All Saints' Church (Wynnewood, Montgomery County, Pa.)

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Cassatt, Alexander J. (Alexander Johnston), 1839-1906.

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Brother of painter Mary Cassatt. From the description of Selections from Alexander Johnston Cassatt's letterbook index, [ca. 1894-1903]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515751 Civil engineer Alexander Johnston Cassatt served as president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (1899-1906). He was the brother of artist Mary Cassatt. From the guide to the Alexander Johnston Cassatt letterbook index, 1894-1896; 1898-1903, 1894-1903, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Casey, George W. (George Whitman), ca. 1866-1955.

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Merion Cricket Club.

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Evans, Margaret Eleanor.

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St. Mary's Church (Ardmore, Pa.)

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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...

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, John Lewis

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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...

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 ...

Girard Bank

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After the charter of the First Bank of the United States expired in 1811, the merchant Stephen Girard established a private bank, called "Girard's Bank", in the former BUS headquarters in order to maintain adequate banking facilities for Philadelphia. Girard died in 1831, and a group of local businessmen continued the institution as the "Girard Bank." In 1832 they received a state charter as the "Girard Bank of the City of Philadelphia." The bank was forced to suspend payment in January 1842 in ...

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...

Evans, Rebecca Chalkley Lewis, 1854-1927.

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Rebecca Chalkley Lewis Evans was the daughter of Philadelphia businessman John Thompson Lewis. She married architect Allen Evans (1849-1925), a partner of Frank Furness, in April 1876. They had 6 children: Mary Allen (b.1877; married M. Mason Smith), John Lewis (b. 1878), Margaret Eleanor (b.ca.1882), Cadwalader (b.ca.1885; died young), Rowland (b.ca.1887; married Elizabeth Downs), and Allen (b.ca.1889; married Elizabeth Holloway). Rebecca and Allen lived first on 21st Street in Philadelphia and...

Evans, Allen, 1891-1960.

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