Quote of the day
What the insurance companies have done is to reverse the business so that the public at large insures the insurance companies.
Stanford White
Born: November 9, 1853
Died: June 25, 1906 (aged 52)
Bio: Stanford White was an American architect and partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. He designed a long series of houses for the rich, and numerous public, institutional, and religious buildings.
Known for:
- Washington Square Arch
- Rosecliff
- Pennsylvania Station
- Wardenclyffe Tower
- Naumkeag