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Was there a foriegn influence upon the "Philadelphia School" as whole or perhaps on some of the individual "members"...or was it more or less a home grown architecture?"
Tom MacWood:
To understand the influences on the Philly School (or Pennsylvania) architects simply understand some of their histories and that basically four out of six of them were amateurs who never took a nickel for what they did, and half of them were doing architecture just for their club or themselves. Good examples;
Thomas:
Read in his own words in the "appreciaton" in the front of his own book "Golf Architecture in America"
Crump;
Read what's been written on this site recently. Trip to Europe, influences of Colt, Tillinghast, Travis, Macdonald, and numerous others at PVGC.
Wilson:
Read what he said written in his own words in recent days on this site. Macdonald's advice and itinerary advice before his seven month trip to Europe, what he said about the prinicples of NGLA, PVGC and those in Europe, and what others with him at Merion East said he applied to that course.
Tillinghast;
Read it in his own words of influences in Europe, Old Tom etc, and his own ideas on "modern" architecture.
Flynn:
Influences of Merion East, PVGC etc, read his own ideas written on here on such things as trees in architecture and articles he wrote on architectural principles for the USGA Green Section.
Fownes;
Good question. Read his own words about his feeling about PVGC etc
Did all those Philly or Pennsylnania architects develop their own unique and individual styles and types and ideas and preferences on architecture that's reflected in their courses? Yes, definitely!