White, Stanford

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Born: Nov 09, 1853 AD
Died: 1906 AD, at 52 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Architects


1853 - Born on the 9th of November in New York.

1880 - In June, he joined Charles Follen McKim and William Rutherford Mead in founding a new architectural firm that soon became the most popular and prolific one in the country.

1887 - Organization concentrated on designing large country and seaside mansions in what was called the Shingle style.

1881 - White designed one of the subtlest of these informally planned structures, the Casino at Newport, R.I.

1891 - The Madison Square Garden.

         - Washington Memorial Arch.

1892 - New York Herald Building.

1906 - Died on the 25th of June in New York.

1906 - Madison Square Presbyterian Church.
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