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3 unusual facts about Birge Clark


Birge Clark

He was married to the former Lucile Townley, daughter of Stanford mathematician and astronomer Sidney Dean Townley for sixty-three years, until her death in 1986.

His principal architectural works at Stanford are the Lou Henry Hoover House (assisting his father), now the residence of the university President, the three John Stauffer laboratories (1960’s), and the Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building (1977).

Birge Malcolm Clark (April 16, 1893 – April 30, 1989) was an American architect, called “Palo Alto's best-loved architect” by the Palo Alto Weekly; he worked largely in the Spanish Colonial Revival style.


College Terrace, Palo Alto, California

Notable former residents of College Terrace include the architect Birge Clark, theologian Robert McAfee Brown, and folk singer Joan Baez.


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Middleton Tract, California

Other notable personages who owned cabins in the Middleton Tract include famed Palo Alto Architect Birge Clark, Round Table Pizza founder Bill Larson, Stanford University Professor of Education Avlarez, and one of the Mozilla Foundation/Mozilla Corporation's founders Asa Dotzler.