Cigars with Frank Furness

The fiery-tempered architect Frank Furness (1839-1912), described by a friend as someone who dressed and acted like he gave no quarter to anybody or anything.

The poet Walt Whitman, who lived across the Delaware River in Camden, was a frequent visitor at 711 Locust Street. His poetry about the Civil War struck a deep chord with Frank Furness, who had experienced great horrors during his service in the Union Army.

The Western-style "smoking room” at the rear of the otherwise demure and Quaker-plain Furness townhouse at 711 Locust Street.

The Frank Furness-designed library of the Theodore Roosevelt Sr. townhouse at 6 West 57th Street, New York City.