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Stanford University's Main Quadrangle was one of the earliest projects for the Boston firm of Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge; Henry Hobson Richardson (born 09/29/1838), the great Boston architect, had obtained the commission for Stanford originally, but he died in Brookline, MA, on 04/27/1886 before work had proceeded; it then went to his successor firm, led by employees George Foster Shepley, Sr., (1861-1903), Charles Hercules Rutan (1851-1914), and Charles Allerton Coolidge, Sr., (1858-1936); Coolidge was the lead designer on the Stanford commission, and spent extended periods in Palo Alto during the 1880s.

Numerous alterations have occurred to the Quad over the years; serious seismic rehabilitation work followed the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, which lasted approximately ten years; due to the 1989 quake, the Geology Corner of the Quad was demolished and painstakingly rebuilt.

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