Robert Storer Stephenson

Robert Storer Stephenson
Born(1858-02-18)18 February 1858[1][2]
Brooklyn, New York
Died26 May 1929(1929-05-26) (aged 71)[3][4]
Westport, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
Alma materAmherst College
OccupationArchitect
SpouseKatherine Schermerhorn Stephenson
PracticeMcKim, Mead & White; Stephenson & Wheeler
BuildingsEdgerton, Wrexleigh, Brewster & Co. factory

Robert Storer Stephenson (1858–1929) was an American architect who was active in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Among numerous private and commercial buildings of that time, he is particularly known for designing two mansions: industrialist Frederick F. Brewster's Tudor-revival house in New Haven's Edgerton Park (completed 1909; demolished 1964)[5][6]: 4, 6 [7] and "Wrexleigh," attorney John Anson Garver's "cottage" on Oyster Bay Cove, on Long Island (completed c.1913).[8][9] He is also known for the distinctive design of the Brewster Building in Queens, New York.

  1. ^ Jones, Emma C. Brewster (1908). The Brewster Genealogy 1566-1907. New York: The Grafton Press. p. 351.
  2. ^ Montague, W. L. (1901). Biographical Record of the Alumni and Non-Graduates of Amherst College 1871-1896. Amherst, MA: Carpenter & Morehouse. p. 163.
  3. ^ "R. S. Stephenson, Architect, Is Dead". Times Union. May 28, 1929. p. 26. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "Robert S. Stephenson; New York Architect Dies at His Home in Westport, Conn". The New York Times. May 28, 1929. p. 31. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "Park History & Facilities". Edgerton Park Conservancy. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  6. ^ Janice L. Elliott and Marian Staye (March 10, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Edgerton". National Park Service. and Accompanying 17 photos from 1988, and 2 of mansion in 1960 and 1964 (captions on page 10 of text document)
  7. ^ "New Haven -- Community Gardens at Edgerton Park". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  8. ^ Price, C. Matlack (March 1914). "A Recent Country House on Long Island: The Garver Residence at Oyster Bay" (PDF). The Architectural Record. Vol. 35, no. 3. pp. 181–201. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  9. ^ "J. A. GARVER FUNERAL HELD IN OYSTER BAY". The New York Times. October 27, 1936. p. 25. Retrieved May 13, 2024.