Incredible Stanford White Madison Square Garden Ideas. Web arry kendall thaw of pittsburg, husband of florence evelyn nesbit, former actress and artist's model, shot and killed stanford white, the architect, on the roof of madison square garden at 11:05 o'clock last night, just as the first performance of the musical comedy mamzelle champagne was drawing to a close. Web while the current madison square garden is recognized as one of the more unsightly buildings of manhattan, its 1890 predecessor was stanford white's architectural magnum opus.

In 1891 a sports arena was built on the site, designed by stanford white and dedicated chiefly to boxing. Web in 1906, american architect stanford white was murdered on the roof of a building he had designed sixteen years earlier. Web on the evening of june 25, 1906, during a performance of mam’zelle champagne on the rooftop of madison square garden, the architect stanford white was brutally murdered by harry kendall thaw.