Stanford University, Encina Hall, Stanford, CA (1889-1891)

Structure Type: built works - dwellings - housing - student housing; built works - public buildings - schools - university buildings

Designers: Hardy, Holzman, Pfeiffer, Architects (HHPA) (firm); Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge, Architects (firm); Weihe, Frick and Kruse, Architects (firm); Charles Allerton Coolidge Sr. (architect); Edward Louis Frick (architect); Hugh Gelston Hardy (architect); Malcolm Holzman (architect); Lawrence Anthony Kruse Sr. (architect); Norman Henry Pfeiffer (architect); Charles Hercules Rutan (architect); George Foster Shepley Sr. (architect); Ernest Edward Weihe (architect)

Dates: constructed 1889-1891

4 stories, total floor area: 280,000 sq. ft.

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Stanford University Campus, Stanford, CA
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Alteration

SInce its completion as the men's dorimitory at Stanford University, Encina Hall has seen at least two full-scale renovations.

The Online Archive of CA indicated that the San Francisco architectural firm of Weihe, Frick, and Kruse, Architects, worked on an Encina Hall remodeling after World War II. (See Online Archive of California.org, "Weihe, Frick & Kruse Collection, 1917-1976," accessed 02/04/2024.)

PCAD id: 15997

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