Phoebe Stanton

Phoebe Stanton
Born	Phoebe Baroody 1914 (1914) Carroll County, Illinois, US
Died	September 24, 2003(2003-09-24) (aged 88–89) Baltimore, Maryland, US
Other names	Phoebe Baroody Stanton
Alma mater	Mount Holyoke College, Radcliffe College, Courtauld Institute of Art
Known for	Architectural history, Baltimore city architectural planning
Spouse	Daniel J. Stanton

Phoebe Baroody Stanton (1914–2003) was an American architectural historian, professor and urban planner. She taught at Johns Hopkins University, from 1955 until 1982. Stanton was outspoken about the architectural history and design for the city of Baltimore. She wrote and published three books.

Biography

Phoebe Baroody was born in 1914 in Carroll County, Illinois, into a Lebanese-American family. She was raised in Chicago. At the age of 14, she traveled to Lebanon for the first time.

She received her B.A. degree in 1937 from Mount Holyoke College, and her M.A. degree in 1939 from Radcliffe College. She attended Stanford University for additional graduate work. During World War II, she worked for the Board of Economic Securities. She received her PhD in 1950 from Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London. At Courtauld, she studied under Nikolaus Pevsner and John Summerson.

She was married to Daniel J. Stanton, a city planner; and in 1954 they moved to Chinquapin Parkway in Baltimore. Stanton was an outspoken supporter of Baltimore's architecture and advised the city on design. In 1963, she became involved with the city's planning and preservation issues.

She was faculty and taught at Johns Hopkins University, from 1955 until 1982. She also occasionally taught at Reed, Goucher, and Bryn Mawr colleges.

Stanton died at 88 on September 24, 2003, in a Baltimore hospital due to complications from heart disease and emphysema.

Publications

• Stanton, Phoebe B. (1968). The Sculptural Landscape of Jane Frank. A. S. Barnes.
• Stanton, Phoebe B. (1972). Pugin. Pioneers of Modern Architecture. New York City, New York: Viking Press. ISBN 9780670582167.
• Stanton, Phoebe B. (1997). The Gothic Revival and American Church Architecture: An Episode in Taste 1840–1856. Volume 1 of Johns Hopkins Studies in Nineteenth-Century Architecture. JHU Press. ISBN 9780801856228.