The colorful backstory of Stonehurst’s general contractor Edward F. Miller includes pirate attacks, shipwrecks and 600-ton barks.

Literally and figuratively, Barney McCusker and other workmen from distant countries helped build the foundations of this community.

Using traditional bow lathes, talented Islamic craftsmen create mashrabiya to regulate light, heat, airflow, humidity and privacy in desert climates throughout North Africa and the Middle East.

Simon Klaber escaped from the Jewish Quarter of Prague just before the 1848. Stonehurst incorporates marbles from Klaber’s New York marble works sourced from Mexico, Italy and Africa.