Santa Clara County Biographies


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CHARLES D. AUSTIN
Supervising Architect of Stanford University
 
CHARLES D. AUSTIN, supervising architect of the Leland Stanford, Jr., University 
buildings, succeeded W. A. Rodman of Boston, in that capacity. Mr. Austin was 
educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, and commenced 
life as a civil engineer, afterward entering the employ of Shepley, Rutan & 
Coolidge, architects of the university. He entered upon the duties of his 
present position May 1, 1888.

SOURCE: Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, 
California, Illustrated. - Edited by H.S. 
Foote.- Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888. page 328 Transcribed by 
Roena Wilson