Phoebe 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.^[1] Stanton was outspoken about the architectural history and design for the city of Baltimore.^[1] She wrote and published three books.

Phoebe Baroody was born in 1914 in Carroll County, Illinois, into a Lebanese-American family.^[2] She was raised in Chicago.^[2] At the age of 14, she traveled to Lebanon for the first time.^[2]

She received her B.A. degree in 1937 from Mount Holyoke College, and her M.A. degree in 1939 from Radcliffe College.^[3][1] She attended Stanford University for additional graduate work.^[2] During World War II, she worked for the Board of Economic Securities.^[2] She received her PhD in 1950 from Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London.^[3][1] At Courtauld, she studied under Nikolaus Pevsner and John Summerson.^[2]

She was married to Daniel J. Stanton, a city planner; and in 1954 they moved to Chinquapin Parkway in Baltimore.^[2][3] Stanton was an outspoken supporter of Baltimore's architecture and advised the city on design.^[1][3] In 1963, she became involved with the city's planning and preservation issues.^[3]

She was faculty and taught at Johns Hopkins University, from 1955 until 1982.^[3] She also occasionally taught at Reed, Goucher, and Bryn Mawr colleges.^[1]

Stanton died at 88 on September 24, 2003, in a Baltimore hospital due to complications from heart disease and emphysema.^[1]

• 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.