Talk:Glen Mills station

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Frank Furness?

Latest comment: 7 years ago7 comments3 people in discussion

What evidence is there that Frank Furness designed this station?

It is not listed in George E. Thomas, et al., Frank Furness: The Complete Works, (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, revised 1996).
It is not listed at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings.[1]
It is not listed at frankfurness.org.[2]

The claim appears to be unsubstantiated (except by Waymarking). I'm going to removed the Frank Furness template from the article. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 16:39, 5 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

There is at least one book that states it's an unsure claim. I'd remove it until a true source can be found or completely disproven. Mitch32^{(The many fail: the one succeeds.)} 17:23, 5 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

User:Mitchazenia. Thanks for the quick response. Preston Thayer wrote his dissertation on Furness's railroad stations.[3] I wonder if he addressed Glen Mills? == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 19:13, 5 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

This may be the work of architect Joseph Wilson(https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/21565), who designed the Morton Train Station (https://www.google.com/search?q=morton+station+pa&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiyvIPphqjUAhUK8CYKHRM7AmIQ_AUIDCgD&biw=1920&bih=901) which is very similar in appearance to Glen Mills and is regularly mistaken as a Furness design.Pajokie (talk) 01:22, 6 June 2017 (UTC)pajokieReply

Pajokie. Good call! Wilson Brothers & Company would have been my guess also. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 11:06, 6 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

Wilson Brothers published a catalogue of their works in 1885.[4] Glen Mills does not appear to be in it, unless it was under another name. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 11:16, 6 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

User:BoringHistoryGuy Thanks for the Wilson catalougue info. There are many similarities - Glen Mills is a slightly more refined version of Morton and was constructed ~20 years later so it could be a copy from someone unknown also. Something worth doing some research on. Good Stuff! Pajokie (talk) 14:11, 6 June 2017 (UTC)pajokieReply

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