Furness Library

34th St. below Walnut on University of Pennsylvania campus, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Philadelphia.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 19, 1972. NRIS 72001154.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Furness Library,School of Fine Arts
  • Henry Charles Lea Librar

From Wikipedia:

Fisher Fine Arts Library

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 and part cathedral, was designed by Philadelphia architect Frank Furness (1839–1912).

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997280

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