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Edward Durell Stone, a native son of Fayetteville, was a major figure in twentieth-century architecture. He is associated with the International Style, which originated in Europe in the 1920s and came to the United States shortly thereafter. This architecture made use of modern building techniques and materials such as steel, concrete, and large expanses of glass. In the 1940s and 1950s, he developed a more individualistic style, incorporating classical traditions and contemporary materials and methods. He was an early critic of what he called "America the Un-Beautiful," the tendency to sacrifice natural and civic beauty to growth and "progress." Stone designed many significant structures for government, education, and business clients throughout the world. The United States Embassy in New Delhi (1954), the United States Pavilion at the Brussels World's Fair (1958), and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington (1958), are among his most successful and prestigious projects.
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On Long Island, a coalition of forces has apparently saved the Conger Goodyear House, a 1938 gem by Edward Durell Stone for Goodyear, the first president of the Museum of Modern Art. In that more fortunate case, the World Monuments Fund, which had listed the Old Westbury, Long Island, house among its 2002 list of the "100 Most Endangered Sites," pulled together a funding group including the Barnett Newman Foundation, which purchased the house; the Monument Fund's own capital, which will finance necessary repair work; and the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities of Cold Spring Harbor, which will hold title to the property until a permanent buyer can be found. International, national, and local resources-all three-were required.
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Virtual Tour: Click on the arrows or dots on the floor plan below to see images from that spot or to see a 360° panorama. You will need Quicktime to see the 360° panoramas which can be downloaded for free here.
Read more:
. Essay: Modernism Endangered.
. Bio of Edward Durell Stone.
. Excerpt from Architects on Architecture.
. Excerpt from Edward Durell Stone: The Evolution of an Architect.
. Excerpt from Architectural Record October, 1962.
. A PDF version of the entire article from Architectural Record October, 1962.
. A walk-through of the Conger Goodyear House
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