E. B. Warren Rowhouses - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Bluejacket01
N 39° 56.903 W 075° 10.593
18S E 484918 N 4422043
Designed by the firm of Furness & Hewitt, the E. B. Warren 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: WMG1AE
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 12/31/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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Ebenezer Burgess Warren was a successful Philadelphia developer, according to Bryn Mawr College, Growth and Structure of Cities Department.

According to Lewis, "the E. B. Warren houses dissolved into a taut skeleton of piers and moldings."

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: 1871

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