Fisher Fine Arts Library
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The Fisher Fine Arts Library was the primary library of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from 1891 to 1962. The red sandstone, brick-and-terra-cotta Venetian Gothic giant, part fortress
Fisher Fine Arts Library in March 2024
The glass-roofed book stacks (right) were designed to be continuously expanded.
Main floor plan (1891).
Arthur Ross Gallery (1931), right, and Duhring Wing (1915), far right.
Furness & Evans
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Furness & Evans was a Philadelphia-based architectural partnership, established in 1881, between architect Frank Furness and his former chief draftsman, Allen Evans. In 1886, other employees were made
Philadelphia architect Frank Furness in 1903
