Dr. Caspar Wister House - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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N 39° 56.881 W 075° 09.799
18S E 486048 N 4422000
The Philadelphia architect Frank Furness designed this house in 1883 for his brother-in-law and sister, Dr. Caspar Wister and Annis Lee Furness.
Waymark Code: WMG358
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/06/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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Furness sought to show the owner's personalities in the houses he designed for them. Both Dr. Wister and his wife Annis Lee Furness were lively personalities and desired a house suitable for parties. Sadly, the house was 're-modeled' in the 1930s. The house next door was designed by Furness for J. Gardner Cassatt.

For more about Frank Furness, see frankfurness.org. For a video about Frank, see Frank Furness: A Philadelphia Original. Also see the books Frank Furness: Architecture and the Violent Mind by Michael J. Lewis and Frank Furness: The Complete Works by Thomas, Cohen and Lewis.
Public/Private: Private

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Year Built: 1883

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