A short bio from Philadelphia Builders and Architects)
Franklin D. Edmunds combined his architectural career with equally successful ventures as politician and clubman. His father, Henry Reeves Edmunds, was president of the Philadelphia Board of Public Education from 1902 until 1917, and this relationship affected Edmunds's prospects as a young architect. F. D. Edmunds graduated from Central High School in 1893 and from the University of Pennsylvania with his degree in architecture in 1897. In 1898 he returned to the University following a summer in Europe in order to take post-graduate courses and in that same year became a draftsman with D. K. Boyd, a position which lasted until 1901. During the years with Boyd, Edmunds continued his studies by taking life drawing and costume classes at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art.
After Edmunds married Sue Price Paxton of Millbourne, PA, in 1909, he became active in the political structure of the Borough of Millbourne, serving as Chief of the Bureau of Building Inspectors (1915-1917), member of the borough council (1918-1921), member of the Millbourne Fire Association (1911 to 1930), justice of the peace (1925-1931), and burgess (1930 until his death).
Written by Sandra L. Tatman.
Franklin D. Edmunds combined his architectural career with equally successful ventures as politician and clubman. His father, Henry Reeves Edmunds, was president of the Philadelphia Board of Public Education from 1902 until 1917, and this relationship affected Edmunds's prospects as a young architect. F. D. Edmunds graduated from Central High School in 1893 and from the University of Pennsylvania with his degree in architecture in 1897. In 1898 he returned to the University following a summer in Europe in order to take post-graduate courses and in that same year became a draftsman with D. K. Boyd, a position which lasted until 1901. During the years with Boyd, Edmunds continued his studies by taking life drawing and costume classes at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art.
After Edmunds married Sue Price Paxton of Millbourne, PA, in 1909, he became active in the political structure of the Borough of Millbourne, serving as Chief of the Bureau of Building Inspectors (1915-1917), member of the borough council (1918-1921), member of the Millbourne Fire Association (1911 to 1930), justice of the peace (1925-1931), and burgess (1930 until his death).
Written by Sandra L. Tatman.
A short bio from Philadelphia Builders and Architects)
Franklin D. Edmunds combined his architectural career with equally successful ventures as politician and clubman. His father, Henry Reeves Edmunds, was president of the Philadelphia Board of Public Education from 1902 until 1917, and this relationship affected Edmunds's prospects as a young architect. F. D. Edmunds graduated from Central High School in 1893 and from the University of Pennsylvania with his degree in architecture in 1897. In 1898 he returned to the University following a summer in Europe in order to take post-graduate courses and in that same year became a draftsman with D. K. Boyd, a position which lasted until 1901. During the years with Boyd, Edmunds continued his studies by taking life drawing and costume classes at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art.
After Edmunds married Sue Price Paxton of Millbourne, PA, in 1909, he became active in the political structure of the Borough of Millbourne, serving as Chief of the Bureau of Building Inspectors (1915-1917), member of the borough council (1918-1921), member of the Millbourne Fire Association (1911 to 1930), justice of the peace (1925-1931), and burgess (1930 until his death).
Written by Sandra L. Tatman.
Franklin D. Edmunds combined his architectural career with equally successful ventures as politician and clubman. His father, Henry Reeves Edmunds, was president of the Philadelphia Board of Public Education from 1902 until 1917, and this relationship affected Edmunds's prospects as a young architect. F. D. Edmunds graduated from Central High School in 1893 and from the University of Pennsylvania with his degree in architecture in 1897. In 1898 he returned to the University following a summer in Europe in order to take post-graduate courses and in that same year became a draftsman with D. K. Boyd, a position which lasted until 1901. During the years with Boyd, Edmunds continued his studies by taking life drawing and costume classes at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art.
After Edmunds married Sue Price Paxton of Millbourne, PA, in 1909, he became active in the political structure of the Borough of Millbourne, serving as Chief of the Bureau of Building Inspectors (1915-1917), member of the borough council (1918-1921), member of the Millbourne Fire Association (1911 to 1930), justice of the peace (1925-1931), and burgess (1930 until his death).
Written by Sandra L. Tatman.
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