White, Stanford (1853-1906), was a leading American architect. He was a partner in McKim, Mead, and White, one of the largest and best-known American architectural firms of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. White helped found the firm in 1879 with Charles Follen McKim and William Rutherford Mead. White’s works were especially noted for their ornamentation and rich texture.
White designed a wide range of buildings, including country houses, churches, city housing projects, and office buildings. He also collaborated with the American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens on a number of monuments. White’s major designs include the Tiffany Building (1906), the Washington Arch (1889-1895), the Judson Memorial Church (1891), and the campus of what is now the Bronx Community College of the City University of New York (1892-1901). All these projects were built in New York City.
White was born in New York City on Nov. 9, 1853. He began his career as an assistant to the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson. White was shot to death on June 25, 1906, by Harry K. Thaw, the jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit, one of White’s friends. White’s murder and Thaw’s trial created a sensation in the United States.
