Editing Frank Furness (section)

== Later Career and Decline ==

Furness's practice expanded through the 1880s and 1890s, with commissions for railroad stations, suburban houses, and institutional buildings. He designed stations for the Baltimore and Ohio, Reading, and Pennsylvania Railroads, bringing his distinctive approach to transportation architecture. Residential work continued in Philadelphia's suburbs, where Furness houses of varied scale served different clienteles. The firm handled multiple commissions simultaneously, with office staff executing designs that maintained Furness's character if not always his quality.<ref name="thomas"/>

By the early 1900s, changing taste reduced demand for Furness's work. Beaux-Arts classicism became the preferred style for major commissions, its refined elegance replacing Victorian vigor. Furness continued practicing until his death in 1912, but his final years brought few significant projects. His obituaries gave little indication that he would be remembered as a major figure, and the twentieth century's first decades saw continued decline in appreciation for his buildings.<ref name="lewis"/>