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:''This article is about the American architect. For the British philosopher, see William Stoddart.'' William Lee Stoddart (1868–1940) was an architect best known for designing urban hotels in the eastern United States. Though he was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, most of his commissions were in the South. He maintained offices in Atlanta and New York City. Stoddart attended Columbia University, although it is uncertain if he graduated. He then worked in the office of George B. Post for ten years before opening his own office. ==Personal life== Stoddart married Mary Elizabeth Powell in Atlanta in 1898, and they settled in Maywood, New Jersey. After approximately a decade of living together, they separated, a separation that became the subject of scandal in the New York newspapers. (At the time of the divorce, Mrs. Stoddart lived with her three children in Reno, Nevada.) On November 1, 1909, she sued for divorce alleging “extreme cruelty.” Shortly afterward, in late November Stoddart filed a countersuit. He alleged that his wife’s attraction to one of his friends, Robert L. Shape, had led to the marital breakdown. During this era, when marital breakdowns were considered scandalous, ''The New York Times'' published three intimately personal letters from Mrs. Stoddart to Mr. Stoddart, in which she begged for a legal separation and financial support.〔 According to Stoddart’s obituary, the divorce occurred in 1908.〔 However, when one considers the two articles published in 1909 describing the divorce lawsuit and countersuit,〔〔 it is likely that 1909 was the year the divorce actually occurred. On July 19, 1923, at Asheville, North Carolina, William Stoddart remarried. His second wife was Mrs. Sabra (Wheless) Ballinger who died in 1934.〔 Stoddart spent his final years in Larchmont, New York and died of a stroke on October 2, 1940, at the age of 71 at a hospital in New Rochelle, New York.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Lee Stoddart」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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