The Architectural Motive 



Missions of California, that of San Juan Capistrano 

 (as already stated) having doubtless furnished the 

 acceptable motive. 



Encina Hall, a massive stone building accommo- 

 dating over 300 students, though related to the rest Hdl 

 by some characteristic details, had a different in- 

 ception. In general elevation it repeats on a large 

 scale that of a finely situated hotel at Silva Plana 

 in the Swiss Engadine, where the Stanfords once 

 spent a happy holiday. 



The fortunate conception of a double quadrangle, 

 a striking architectural triumph, is due to Charles 

 Allerton Coolidge, a gifted disciple and associate Stanford 

 of Henry Hobbs Richardson, the most distinguished University 

 American architect of his time. For the satisfying 

 beauty of the Memorial Church in its original form, 

 credit is due Mr. Clinton Day of Oakland, who 

 was singularly successful in bringing this somewhat 

 divergent structure into pleasing harmony with the 

 general group. 



Before submitting his designs Mr. Coolidge made 

 a thorough study of the mission buildings still ex- 

 tant, as a basis for the completed plan subsequently 

 evolved by him. His firm, Shepley, Rutan and 

 Coolidge (successors to Richardson), now being 

 commissioned to go ahead with the matter, Mr. 

 Coolidge himself largely superintended the con- 

 struction of the Inner Quadrangle and Encina Hall. 

 The Outer Quadrangle, finished in 1900, follows 

 closely, though not absolutely, the sketches origi- 

 nally submitted. 



"The main group, composed thus of two quad- 

 rangles, one surrounding the other, reproduces on 

 an imposing scale the open arcades, long colonnades, 



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