John Rice Rowhouses - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Bluejacket01
N 39° 57.045 W 075° 10.576
18S E 484943 N 4422305
Designed by the firm Fraser, Furness & Hewitt, the John Rice houses exhibit Furness and Hewitt's "...growing conception of a building as a conglomerate of invisible forces and strains...." according to Michael J. Lewis.
Waymark Code: WMG0NC
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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The John Rice Rowhouses, fronted with Ohio stone, show the growing confidence of the young architects Frank Furness and George Hewitt, principals with the firm Fraser, Furness & Hewitt.

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: 1870

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