Frank Wallace Munn

1014 Oak Lane Avenue, Oak Lane [Philadelphia], PA

1890-91 | Residence | Extant

“Minerva Parker architect…has just completed plans for a residence, for F. Wallace Munn, at Oak Lane, N.P.R.R., to be stone, three-stories high, slate roof, plate and stained glass, wood mantles, hard wood finish, electric work, best of sanitary plumbing, etc.” (December 17, 1890)

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Although we do not yet know much about Wallace Munn, this commission was one that Minerva referred to often when she wrote about her designs. She apparently modeled several projects after this commission, with its signature turret and the rhomboid-shaped glass in the front door.