Stanley H. Klein

Stanley H. Klein (October 15, 1908 – April 12, 1992) was a noted New York City architect.

Biography

Life and career The son of Hungarian immigrants, Ferdinand and Regina Neudorfer, Klein was a graduate of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and of New York University.

Among his most well-known designs was the single family, six room house shown at the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow, where Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev held their televised "Great Kitchen Debate." Designed to help the Soviet people get the feel of "an average American home," the house was similar to hundreds of homes he designed on Long Island and the New York metropolitan area.

Larger Klein homes built in Jamaica, Queens, in New York City, and elsewhere featured a symmetrical colonial style; many of these larger brick homes still exist throughout Jamaica Estates and the rest of Queens.

In the 1960s, Klein also designed several homes in Flower Hill, New York.

Klein also designed the Hillcrest Jewish Center, Temple Beth Sholom, and the Queensboro Jewish Center – all three of which are in Queens – in addition to the Pine Hollow Country Club, in East Norwich, New York.

Death Klein died on April 12, 1992, at Long Island Jewish Hospital in New Hyde Park, New York.

Personal life Klein was married for 50 years to his wife, Audrey. Together, they had three children: Michael F. Klein, Roberta Klein, and David Klein.