Samuel White, architect and great-grandson of Stanford White, will present a slide lecture, “Stanford White, Venice and New York,” on Sunday, March 21, at 3 p.m. in Lenfell Hall, the Mansion, College at Florham.

White’s talk will focus on the influence of Venice — its architecture and design — on the work of Stanford White, a founding member of the legendary firm of McKim, Mead & White, which designed “Florham,” the former Vanderbilt-Twombly estate, now the College at Florham. A true “Friend of Florham,” White is returning to the University for the third time to lecture on American architecture.

White is the co-author with Elizabeth White of McKim, Mead & White: The Masterworks, published in 2003, which documents the institutional and commercial designs of America’s most famous architectural office. Reviewers have said that The Masterworks is certain to stand the test of time as one of the most important publications on American architecture. White’s first book, The Houses of McKim, Mead & White, is the definitive monograph of the firm’s residential commissions.

As a partner of Platt Byard Dovel White, Architects, White oversees a wide range of institutional, commercial and residential clients.

Sponsored by the Friends of Florham, the slide lecture is open to the public and will be followed by a reception in the Great Hall of the Mansion. White’s latest book will be available for sale and signing. Admission to the lecture and reception is $5. For further information, call 973-443-8661 or go to http://inside.fdu.edu/prpt/samwhite.html.

Samuel White

March 2004

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College at Florham, Madison, N.J.

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Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, N.J.

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