Edward Durell Stone
Edward Durell Stone
Born
March 9, 1902(1902-03-09)
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Died
August 6, 1978 (aged 76)
New York City, New York
Spouse(s) Orlean Vandiver (m. 1930–1953)
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Stone" Location:
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Maria Torch (m. 1954–1966)
«start: (1954)–end+1: (1967)»"Marriage:
Maria Torch to Edward Durell Stone"
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Violet Moffatt (m. 1971–1978)
«start: (1971)–end+1: (1979)»"Marriage:
Violet Moffatt to Edward Durell Stone"
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2 Columbus Circle, New York City (since
modified)
Edward Durell Stone (March 9, 1902 -
August 6, 1978) was a twentieth century
American architect.
Early life
Stone was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, a
small college town in the northwest corner of
the state. His family, early settlers of the
area, owned a prosperous dry goods store.
One of his childhood friends was J. William
Fulbright, the future United States Senator
from Arkansas and Chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee. Stone and Ful-
bright remained friends throughout their
lives. Stone attended the University of Arkan-
sas, where his interest in architecture was
ncouraged by the chairman of the art de-
partment. His older brother, James Hicks
Stone (1886-1928), was already a practicing
architect
in Boston, Massachusetts, and
James encouraged his younger brother to join
him there. While in Boston, Stone attended
the Boston Architectural Club (now The Bo-
ston
Architectural
Center),
Harvard
University, and MIT, but he never received a
degree. While studying, Stone also appren-
ticed in the offices of Coolidge, Shepley,
Bulfinch and Abbott, H. H. Richardson’s suc-
cessor firm. Henry R. Shepley, one of the
firm’s senior partners, mentored Stone while
he was
in Boston and assisted him
throughout his career.
While studying in Massachusetts, he won
the prestigious Rotch