fisher fine arts library

Fisher Fine Arts Library is located on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. Architect Frank Furness designed the library in his quintessential eclectic style in 1890. Since its opening, the library has undergone four stages of alteration, the most recent being a renovation by Venturi Scott Brown Assoc. in 1991. The Stair Tower originally served as the display for artifacts now housed in the Penn Museum in addition to functioning as a means for pedestrian traffic between floors. Today the tower serves as circulation for offices and classrooms.

Drawing by Kallie Kothmann, Dorcas Corchado, and Jake Torkelson. It was made in the style of HABS single-sheet drawings and follows HABS guidelines. This drawing was made for Documentation and Recording II at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduat…

Drawing by Kallie Kothmann, Dorcas Corchado, and Jake Torkelson. It was made in the style of HABS single-sheet drawings and follows HABS guidelines. This drawing was made for Documentation and Recording II at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate Program in Historic Preservation.

Fisher Fine Arts Library exterior, 1910. The central stair tower is the focus of our single-sheet drawing (Library of Congress).

Fisher Fine Arts Library exterior, 1910. The central stair tower is the focus of our single-sheet drawing (Library of Congress).

Fisher Fine Arts Library is located on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. Architect Frank Furness designed the library in his quintessential eclectic style in 1890. Since its opening, the library has undergone four stages of alteration, the most recent being a renovation by Venturi Scott Brown Assoc. in 1991.