John Fraser (October 18, 1825 – December 26, 1906) was a Scottish-born American architect who practiced in

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and

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His most significant surviving building is the

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(1864–65), a High Victorian,

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gentlemen's club constructed of brick and brownstone. His career is overshadowed by that of his former student and one-time partner,

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 unordinarily scaled b ...

(Fraser, Furness & Hewitt: 1867-71), whose influence is visible in Fraser's Washington, D.C. mansions for

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and John T. Brodhead. He served as acting supervisory architect for the U.S. Treasury (December 1878 - May 1879), created a master plan for the

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grounds, and served on the commission to complete Robert Mills's

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. He was one of the founders of the Philadelphia chapter of the

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. He maintained a residence in

Riverton, New Jersey Riverton is a borough located in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough had a total population of 2,779,The Woodlands Cemetery The Woodlands is a National Historic Landmark District on the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. It includes a Federal-style mansion, a matching carriage house and stable, and a garden landscape that in 1840 was transformed into a ...

Notable buildings

, 140 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1864–65). *Joseph Bates House, 18th & Delancey Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1867–68), with

and George Hewitt. *Manufacturers' National Bank, 27 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1870), with

and George Hewitt. *British Legation, Washington DC, D.C. (1872, demolished 1931) *General Plan for the Extension of the U.S. Capitol Grounds, Washington, D.C. (1874) *Calvary Presbyterian Church, Riverton, New Jersey (1878–79) *

Brodhead-Bell-Morton Mansion The Brodhead-Bell-Morton Mansion, also known as the Levi P. Morton House is a historic Beaux-Arts home, located at 1500 Rhode Island Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Logan Circle neighborhood. History It was built in 1879, to the ...

, 1500 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. (1879) *

James G. Blaine Mansion The James G. Blaine Mansion, commonly known as the Blaine Mansion, is an historic house located at 2000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The imposing house was completed in 1882 for James G. Blaine ...

, 2000 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. (1881). *Christ Episcopal Church, Riverton, New Jersey (1884) * Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (1922) File:Levi P. Morton House.JPG,

, Washington, D.C. (1879). File:Blaine Mansion - Washington, D.C..jpg,

, Washington, D.C. (1881).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fraser, John 1825 births 1906 deaths 19th-century American architects Architects from Philadelphia Burials at The Woodlands Cemetery People from Riverton, New Jersey Scottish emigrants to the United States 20th-century American architects Architects from New Jersey