Francis ("Frank") R. Kowsky (born 1943) is a notable architectural historian and

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(SUNY) Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts at Buffalo State College, SUNY,

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. He has published on nineteenth-century American architects and architecture including Frederick Withers, Calvert Vaux, and

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, as well as the architecture and landscape of Buffalo and northwestern New York State. He is also active in

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and has served on the New York State Board for Historic Preservation, the Board of Directors of the Preservation Coalition of Erie County, New York, and is currently a trustee of the National Association for Olmsted Parks.

Writings

Authored Books * Kowsky, Francis R., ''The Architecture of Frederick Clarke Withers and the Progress of the Gothic Revival in America after 1850'', Wesleyan University Press, Middletown CT 1980; * Kowsky, Francis R., ''Buffalo Architecture: A Guide'',

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, Cambridge MA and London 1981; * Kowsky, Francis R., ''Country, Park & City: The Architecture and Life of Calvert Vaux'',

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, New York 1998; * Kowsky, Francis R., ''The Best Planned City in the World: Olmsted, Vaux, and the Buffalo Park System'', Library of American Landscape History, Amherst, MA 2018; ISBN 978-1-952620-27-0 * Kowsky, Francis R. with Lucille Gordon, ''Hell on Color, Sweet on Song. Jacob Wrey Mould and the Artful Beauty of Central Park'', Fordham University Press, New York 2023; ISBN 9781531502577 Articles *Kowsky, Francis R., "The Architecture of Frederick C. Withers (1828-1901)," ''Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians'' 35, No. 2 (May, 1976), pp. 83-107 *Kowsky, Francis R., "H.H. Richardson's Project for the Young Men's Association Library in Buffalo," ''Niagara Frontier'' 25/2 (1978), pp. 29–35 * Kowsky, Francis R., "The William Dorsheimer House: A Reflection of French Suburban Architecture in the Early Work of H. H. Richardson," ''Art Bulletin'' 62 (March 1980), pp. 321–147 * Kowsky, Francis R., "Municipal Parks and City Planning: Frederick Law Olmsted's Buffalo Park and Parkway System," ''Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians'' 46, No. 1 (March 1987), pp. 49–64 * Kowsky, Francis R., "H. H. Richardson's Ames Gate Lodge and the Romantic Landscape Tradition," ''Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians'', 50/2 (June 1991), pp. 181–188. * Kowsky, Francis R., "From Newburgh to Brookline: The Rise of Landscape in American Culture," ''View'' 16, (Summer 2016), pp. 36–41

References

External links

Buffalo State College
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kowsky, Francis R. 1943 births Living people American architectural historians American architecture writers American male non-fiction writers American biographers Writers from Buffalo, New York Buffalo State College faculty Historians from New York (state)