Lindley Johnson (January 18, 1854February 27, 1937) was a noted Philadelphia architect. Johnson was born in the Germantown neighborhood of

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, Pennsylvania, and attended

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before graduating from the

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in 1875. He went on to be trained at

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for three years. Johnson spent one year in the office of

Frank Furness Frank Heyling Furness (November 12, 1839 – June 27, 1912) was an American architect of the Victorian era. He designed more than 600 buildings, most in the Philadelphia area, and is remembered for his diverse, muscular, often inordinately scaled ...

, another noted Philadelphia architect before starting his own firm. He was one of the founders of Philadelphia's T-Square Club.

Notable buildings

*Designed than 20 commissions on Grindstone Neck,

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. Including the Winter Harbor Yacht Club, the Episcopal Church, and The Grindstone Inn. * Princeton Club at 1221 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *Poplar House,

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1854 births 1937 deaths Architects from Philadelphia Germantown Academy alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni American alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts {{US-architect-19C-stub