[1] Furber was educated at Carleton College (1871) and the University of Minnesota (1875) where he graduated as civil engineer in 1876.

Furber attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated as an architect in 1879.

[2] Furber's role "was to drum up trade for the Boston office and supervise construction from drawings that they sent him.

"[4] Furber was a founder of the Architectural League of New York and on the board of directors of the American Institute of Architects.

[2][5] Furber married Sara Kate Montgomery on November 15, 1882, and had three children.