Stanford White

Stanford White (September 11, 1853 - June 25, 1906) was an American architect and the "celebrity" partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. He designed a long series of formal and informal houses for the rich and the very rich, and various public, institutional, and religious buildings. His design principles embodied the "American Renaissance". His personality outshone his partner Charles Follen McKim now seen as every bit White's equal as an architect, and his scandalous sex life eclipsed everything, for those who have no taste for architecture.

Murdered

During the premiere performance of the musical revue, Mamzelle Champagne, at the Madison Square Roof Garden he was shot and killed by Harry K. Thaw. Thaw was the jealous millionaire husband of Evelyn Nesbit, a popular actress and artist's model, whom White had seduced when she was 16. William Randolph Hearst's newspapers sensationalized the murder, and it became known as the Trial of the Century.

Related Topics:
Mamzelle Champagne - Harry K. Thaw - Evelyn Nesbit - William Randolph Hearst - Trial of the Century

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