Stanley H. Klein

Stanley H. Klein (October 15, 1908 – April 12, 1992) was a noted New York City architect. The son of Hungarian immigrants, Ferdinand and Regina Neudorfer, he 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 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 home was similar to hundreds of homes he designed on Long Island and the New York metro area.

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

He also designed the Hillcrest Jewish Center, the Queensboro Jewish Center and Temple Beth Sholom, all in Queens, and the Pine Hollow Country Club Clubhouse.

He was married for 50 years to the late Audrey Klein and had three children, the late Michael F. Klein, Roberta Klein, and David Klein, AIA.

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