Draft:Stone Brothers

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Not to be confused with Stone Brothers Racing

Stone Brothers was an architecture firm jn New Orleans, Louisiana headed by Sam and Guy Stone. They were one of the city's busiest firms and designed the Ritz Carlton Hotel / Maison Blanche building on Canal Street that is now a Rotz-Carlton Hotel, entrance portico and tower of the Confederate Memorial Hall built in 1908, renovations to the St. Charles Hotel (demolished), the Fairchild Company Building built in 1904, Masonic Temple building at 333 St. Charles Avenue completed in 1926, and the Contemporary Arts Center building. The firm was also handled the renovation of the French Market for the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s.

Sam Stone began his architectural career working for Thomas Sully in the 1890s. Sully's firm designed numerous notable buildings in the city. After Sully's death he formed his own firm Sam Stone and Co. His sons joined and it became Stone Brothers. Sam Stone also served as Commisioner of Public Property and Commissioner of Public Safety. He served as president of the Louisiana's Board of Architectural Examiners. He also served on the building code's board of appeals. He was president of the Audubon Park Commission. He was a masonic fraternity member. He was a founder of the Audubon Zoo.

Work

 * Basement of the St. Charles Hotel
 * Jackson Apartments (1911)
 * Orpheum Theater assisting G. Albert Lansburgh
 * Maison Blanche building on Canal Street, now a Ritz-Carlton Hotel
 * See Lion Pool of the Audubon Zoo
 * Natatorium and Bath Houses ad Audubon Park (demolished) *Civic Theater
 * Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 820 Paydras Street, assisting P. Thornton Marye of Atlanta