San Francisco and Stanford

golden gate bridge

Hoover Tower

walk through the main quad, rodin sculptures

“the university’s architectural crown jewel,” the Stanford Memorial Church.

The church was conceived by Boston-based Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge (now Shepley Bulfinch) architect Charles A. Coolidge and was finished in 1903. Romanesque and Byzantine details abound, and the glorious, multicolored mosaic on the facade was designed by Italian firm Salviati & Co.

Stanford University was set up in 1885, with the general design of its campus coming courtesy of notable Boston landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

The view is simply breathtaking!

8,180-acre Stanford

Pay $2 to go up to the top floor and take in the beautiful view of the campus and the surrounding Bay Area.