About Edward Durell Stone Edward Durell Stone (March 9, 1902 -
August 6, 1978) was a twentieth century American architect and
an early proponent of modern architecture in the United States.
Stone was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, a small college town
in the northwest corner of the state. His family, early settlers
of the area, owned a prosperous dry goods store. One of his
childhood friends was J. William Fulbright, the future United
States Senator from Arkansas and Chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. Stone and Fulbright remained friends
throughout their lives. Stone attended the University of
Arkansas, where his interest in architecture was encouraged by
the chairman of the art department. His older brother, James
Hicks Stone (1886–1928), was already a practicing architect in
Boston, Massachusetts, and James encouraged his younger brother
to join him there. While in Boston, Stone attended the Boston
Architectural Club (now Boston Architectural College), Harvard
University, and MIT, but he n