The wealthy McKean family hired Frank Furness to design a handsome mansion for their family at 1925 Walnut Street in 1869. Patriarch Thomas McKean ended up being so pleased with the final result that he had Furness design another home right next door at 1923 Walnut for his then three-year-old son, Henry. The homes were connected on the first floor, which allowed the space to be used as a grand ballroom from time to time.

The McKean’s home at 1925 was eventually demolished in the 1920s to make way for what is today the Chatham Hotel. But Henry’s home, which eventually sold to Edward T. Stotesbury of the famed Whitemarsh Hall, remains today and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

This church was built between 1870-75 by Fraser, Furness, and Hewitt for about $200,000, according to an article published in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Made of green serpentine stone, similar to that of the 19th-Street Baptist Church (built around the same time), the Lutheran church was well-received by the American Institute of Architects at the 1876 centennial.

The congregation worshipped in the Furness church for two decades, until it was demolished in 1901. But some of Furness’ interior work was saved—the pulpit, baptismal font, organ panel, altar and its railing, and carved reredos—and moved to the congregation’s new church.

Also known as the Darley Residence or the Johnson Residence, this stately home at 510 South Broad Street was designed by Furness for Bloomfield Hanes Moore and his wife, Clara Jessup Moore between 1872 and 1874. In later years, architect Charles M. Burnes was responsible for exterior alterations to the home, but Furness’ touch was evident within the opulent space, which boasted grand fireplaces and plenty of ornamental architectural details throughout.

One publication named King’s View of Philadelphia said in 1902 that the home was “unquestionably the handsomest residence on South Broad Street and one of the finest in the city.” We’ll have to take their word for it—the building was razed in the 1950s.

Look familiar? The Guarantee Trust and Deposit Company building was very similar in style to Furness’ Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts building, which was constructed around the same time between 1873 and 1875. An 1876 article in The Public Ledger described the building as “extremely ornamental” “absolutely fire-proof as possible.”

The building, however, was demolished in 1957.

Built in 1876, the Provident Life and Trust Company is largely considered to be one of Furness’ greatest works. The stand-out building on 4th Street commanded attention, with its Moorish-influenced, modern Gothic style so typical of Furness works. The four-story banking room was one of the building’s highlights.

But Furness’ building had its issues, and over the years it saw multiple additions and renovations. It was eventually demolished in the late 1950s during Philly’s urban renewal campaign.

Designed in 1878, the brownstone edifice contained a reading room that provided bibles and other religious reading for sailors and their shipmates. It also included a parish house, known as the “Brewer School House” in honor of its donor, Charles Brewer of Pittsburgh. The building was subsequently used as a club house for boys. And in the 1960s, it was used as the meeting place for the Queen Village Neighbors Association. The ornate Victorian structure burned down in 1974.

Furness designed this stately house right on Rittenhouse Square for railroad tycoon Alexander J. Cassatt in the late 1880s. It wasn’t the first time the two worked together: Furness also designed Cassatt’s main barn house on his 600-acre estate called Chesterbrook Farms.

But while the main barn house remains, Cassatt’s townhouse was demolished just after 1971. Today, the Rittenhouse Hotel stands in its place.

Fun fact: Cassatt was the brother of famous impressionist painter, Mary Cassatt, who has a tea room named after her in the Rittenhouse Hotel today.

In 1892-93, Furness was given the task of expanding and renovating Broad Street Station, which was originally designed by the Wilson Brothers. When it eventually opened in 1893, it became the world’s largest passenger railroad terminal.

But in 1923, the train shed was destroyed in a fire and subsequently demolished. The station continued until 1952, when train services ceased, and by 1953 Furness’ grand building was demolished.

In 1895, Furness’ childhood friend-turned-sugar tycoon William West Frazier hired the architect to design an office for the Franklin Sugar Company. Like most of Furness’ work, the building at 125 S. 12th Street was pretty ornate, adorned with statues and a wrap-around balcony.

The building eventually met the wrecking ball sometime around 1940 to make way for a parking lot, which remains to this day. The history of the sugar company is detailed in a mural by the lot.