Charles Julian Clarke (1836-9/9/1908) Louisville, Kentucky (F.A.I.A.)

A native of Frankfort, Kentucky, he attended schools in Louisville and completed his education at the University of Kentucky. At an early age he served an apprenticeship in architecture with the late Henry Whitestone, a leading member of the profession in Louisville in the mid-19th century, and remained as the latter's associate until the outbreak of the Civil War. Afterward he worked for a tie with the firm of Bradshaw Brothers, then began practice for himself. In 1891 he took Arthur Loomis into partnership, a young man who had been his draftsman for a number of years, and maintained an office under the name of Clarke & Loomis during the rest of his life.

Among Mr. Clarke's early works in Louisville were a number of churches, notably the Warren Memorial; the Second Presbyterian (1855) and the First Presbyterian built in 1884. Also he was architect of the Louisville Medical College (1890), (Medical School at the University of Louisville), and the Todd Office Building (1900), his last important work in the city.

Elected in 1882 to the Western Association of Architects, in 1889 upon the merging of the Association with the A.I.A., he was made a Fellow. He was also a member and first president of the old Louisville Chapter, A.I.A.