Gilchrist, Edmund B. (Edmund Beaman), 1885-1953. Edmund Beaman Gilchrist architectural records, 1908-1984, bulk 1908-1945. - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Olmsted Brothers

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The Olmsted Brothers firm was formed in 1898 by John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. These two stepbrothers were the son and stepson of Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., an early American landscape architect and designer of New York's Central Park. The Olmsted Brothers completed numerous large projects, including comprehensive park systems, universities, exposition grounds, libraries, hospitals, and state capitols. The two stepbrothers were also among the founding members of the America...

Gilchrist, Edmund B. (Edmund Beaman), 1885-1953

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Edmund Gilchrist was born in Philadelphia, son of William W. and Susan (Beaman) Gilchrist. He took courses in architecture at the Drexel Institute and at the University of Pennsylvania and worked in the offices of Horace Trumbauer and Wilson Eyre. He first worked with his most important early client, developer Dr. George Woodward, while in Eyre's office. Woodward gave Gilchrist his first independent commissions near the end of the first decade of the twentieth century. Together with...

Furness, Evans & Co.

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Furness, Evans & Co. was the architectural firm of Walter Rogers Furness, son of Horace Howard Furness. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, 1894. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155883302 Frank Furness practiced architecture in Philadelphia under the firm names Fraser, Furness & Hewitt (1867-1871), Furness & Hewitt (1871-1875). Frank Furness (1876-1880), Furness & Evans (1881-1885) and Furness, Evans & Co. fr...