Frederick Sterner

Frederick Sterner (1862–1931) was a British-born American architect, who designed large residential and commercial buildings in Colorado and New York City.

Sterner worked in Colorado for two decades, during which he primarily designed large residences for wealthy Coloradoans.

[1] One of Varian and Sterner's most important works is the Romanesque Revival style Denver Athletic Club (1889).

[2] His brother Albert lived in New York City and Sterner took up residence in 1906,[1] while also continuing to work in Denver.

They added Arts and Crafts tile work, tinted stucco, flower boxes, and iron balconies.

[1] In addition to his work renovating brownstones, Sterner continued to design new homes, such as for one of the Singer Sewing Machine heirs and descendants of the Astor family.

She was an interior designer who worked on one of Sterner's buildings Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

George H. Shorey found Sterner's renovation of the house to be "as enthralling as gypsy music" and wrote in a 1924 review in International Studio magazine, "It is a sluggish imagination that cannot be captivated by pink and scarlet geraniums against gray stucco, or solid green shutters against a background of red, with well-watered window boxes ambuscading small-paned windows.