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RESOLuTIUN OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
PROCLA!Ml~G JUNE 5, 1984,
"BIRGE M. CLARK UAY"
WHEREAS, Birge M. Clark, a native of Mayfield and a Captain
in the U. s. Army Balloon Service during Wor1d War I, commenced
his career as a Palo Alto architect in 1919 after completing the
design and construction of the Herbert Hoover home at Stanford;
and
WHEREAS, as the City 1 s foremost architect for six decades,
Birge M. Clark designed more than one hundred commercial~
institutional, and residential buildings constructed in Palo Alto,
of which one-third are cited as exceptional, major, or
contributing in quality by the Palo Alto Inventory of Historic
Buildings, including the U. S. Post Office and the Senior Citizens
Center (which are California Points of Historical Interest), the
Horris House (listed in the National Register of Historic Places),
the Lucie Stern Community Center and the Stern residences, and
many others in his masterly form of the California Colonial style;
and
W HER t. A!:> , he t1 as en r i c he d the C i ty 1 s h i st or i ca 1 arch i v es by
collecting records of his architectural works, and by writing
descriptions of major commissions and reminiscences of life in
early Palo Alto; and
\t!liEREAS, Birge M. Clark has served the City for many years
in many ways anc is now retiring from the Palo Alto Historic
Resources Board and the Board of Directors of the Palo Alto
Historical Association.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City
of Palo Alto hereby commends the outstanding public service of
Birge M. Cl ark and records its appreciation as well as the
appreciation of the citizens of this community for the service and
contribution rendered, and proclaims June 5, 19&4, as 11 BIRGE M.
CLARK UAY" in Palo Alto, and encourages all residents to honor the
generous services and superb architectural achievements of Birge
M. C 1 ark.
lNTRO~UCED ANU P-SSED: May 21, 1984
AYES: Bechtel, Cobb, Fletcher, Klein, Levy, Renzel, 5utorius,
Witherspoon, Woolley
NOES: None
AtiSTENTIONS: None
Al:iSENT: None
APPROVED: ¥-· ~-
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