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STANFORD WHITE By: Joelle Diesz

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Stanford White. By: Joelle Diesz. Hometown: New York City, New York. Born: November 9 th , 1853 Died: June 25 th , 1906. He designed a lot of buildings through-out the world. September Of 1878. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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STANFORD WHITEBy: Joelle Diesz

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Hometown: New York City, New YorkBorn: November 9th, 1853 Died: June 25th, 1906

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HE DESIGNED A LOT OF BUILDINGS THROUGH-OUT THE WORLD

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September Of 1878 Stanford joined

Charles Follen McKim and William Rutherford Mead to start the business McKim, Mead and White.

White designed a long series of houses for the rich, very rich, and various religious buildings.

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MCKIM, MEAD, AND WHITE

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McKim, Mead, and White’s business become the largest and most important architecture office in America

Between 1879 & 1912---------- Isaac Fletcher Mansion completed in 1899

Top picture replicates a wing in Henry VIII’s Hampton court

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26TH STREET MADISON AVE IN MANHATTAN This building was designed by Stanford White in 1890

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McKim, Mead and White’s WorkCocke, Rouss, and Old Cabell halls at the University of Virginia

The Rotunda

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EACH PARTNER BROUGHT THE BUSINESS TO EXCELLENT LEVEL.McKim, Mead and White and brought specific and identifiable strengths to the firm. McKim was a designer with good understanding of Early American buildings and decorative arts, White was a skilled artist, capable of creating fantastic details. Mead mostly ran the office.

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First Bowery Savings Bank

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EVELYN NESBITEvelyn was 16 years old and White was 47 years old when Stanford and Evelyn had an affair.

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June 25th, 1906White was at a wealthy get together . He was watching the chorus when Thaw Evelyn’s husband shot him in the back multiply times.

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THE END!!By: Joelle Diesz