Collection contains architectural
drawings by Birge M. Clark, his brother David B. Clark, and other partners Walter
Stromquist, David F. Potter and Joseph Ehrlich, with a few drawings by his father A. B.
Clark. Projects were mostly located in Palo Alto, Stanford, and other communities on the
Peninsula and included residences, schools, businesses, and city offices. Most of the
drawings are pencil on tissue but other formats are also represented.
Birge M. Clark
began his architectural practice in Palo Alto after World War I, when he helped his father
A. B. Clark with the design of Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover's home on the Stanford campus.
He went on to design many homes and businesses in Palo Alto, including the Post Office, the
Lucie Stern Community Center, and the Hewlett-Packard plant. His contributions to Stanford's
architecture include the Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building and the John Stauffer Chemical