Stanford White

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architect person

Stanford White was a prominent American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his Beaux-Arts designs and major contributions to New York City’s architectural landscape.

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architect → person →
activeYearsEnd	1906 →
activeYearsStart	1870s →
burialPlace	St. James, New York →
causeOfDeath	homicide →
child	Lawrence Grant White →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1853-11-09 →
dateOfDeath	1906-06-25 →
educatedAt	New York public schools →
employer	McKim, Mead & White →
era	Gilded Age →
familyName	White →
father	Richard Grant White →
fullName	Stanford White →
givenName	Stanford →
mannerOfDeath	shot →
memberOf	McKim, Mead & White →
movement	Beaux-Arts architecture →
nationality	American →
notableEvent	murdered by Harry Kendall Thaw →
notableFor	Beaux-Arts civic and cultural buildings → lavish Gilded Age residential designs → shaping the architectural landscape of New York City →
notableWork	Boston Public Library interiors → Century Association clubhouse (New York) → Columbia University buildings → Harvard University buildings → Judson Memorial Church campanile → Madison Square Garden (second Madison Square Garden) → New York City townhouses for wealthy clients → New York Herald Building → New York University Main Building (University Building) renovations and designs → Newport, Rhode Island mansions → Players Club (New York) → Rosecliff (Newport mansion, collaboration) → Villard Houses → Washington Square Arch →
occupation	architect →
placeOfBirth	New York → New York City → United States of America →
placeOfDeath	Madison Square Garden → New York → New York City →
positionHeld	partner at McKim, Mead & White →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Bessie Springs Smith →
style	Beaux-Arts → Neoclassical architecture → Renaissance Revival →
subjectOf	Thaw–White murder case →
workLocation	New York City → Newport, Rhode Island NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mills Mansion → New York University Main Building → Symphony Hall → Wardenclyffe Tower project →	architect
Washington Square Park →	archDesignedBy
McKim, Mead & White →	founder
Stanford White →	fullName
World’s Columbian Exposition design team →	member
McKim, Mead & White →	notableMember