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Stanford White

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Architect

The Resume

    (September 9, 1853-June 25, 1906)
    Son of Shakespeare scholar Richard Grant White
    Designed many of New York's 'Gilded Age' buildings (Washington Square Arch, Madison Square Garden)
    Had an affair with Evelyn Nesbit, a showgirl
    Shot dead by Harry K. Thaw, Nesbit's husband

Why he might be annoying:

    He slept around on his wife.
    He put a knockout drug in Evelyn Nesbit's champagne and had sex with her while she was unconscious.
    He had a velvet swing in his apartment for the sole purpose of being able to look up women's skirts.
    He was shot to death in a building that he, himself designed.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was well educated and an architectural genius.
    He was charming and friendly, and was a social figure among New York's upper class.
    He was a pioneer of the elegant Gilded Age architectural style.
    His buildings still stand today, and are both majestic and functional.

Credit: Big Papa


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 38 Votes: 60.53% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 37 Votes: 56.76% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 29 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 61 Votes: 62.30% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 90 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 180 Votes: 68.33% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 218 Votes: 60.55% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 597 Votes: 59.97% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 901 Votes: 53.61% Annoying