[Horace Howard Furness in his library]

Title

[Horace Howard Furness in his library]

Subject

Furness, Horace Howard, 1865-1930
Architecture and City Planning

Description

Horace Howard Furness in his library at "Lindenshade" — his house, formerly located in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. Bookcases designed by his brother, architect Frank Furness, and executed by furniture-maker Daniel Pabst are at far left and right. The Furness-Pabst desk in the background right is now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Source

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, PA,23-WALF,2A-5 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa1383/. This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

Publisher

Wikimedia Commons

Date

circa 1900

Rights

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.

Language

English

Type

photograph

Coverage

United States

Files

Collection

Citation

“[Horace Howard Furness in his library],” Explore Fisher, accessed November 13, 2026, https://pennds.org/explorefisher/items/show/55.