Arthur Bridgman Clark (1866–1948) an American architect, printmaker, author, and professor, as well as the first mayor of Mayfield, California (1855–1925), and first head of Art and Architecture Department at Stanford University.

[2][4] Clark and his wife studied painting with William Merritt Chase in Art Students League of New York in 1898 and with John Henry Twachtman and James Whistler in Paris.

[8] During the summers when Stanford University classes were out of session, Clark would work as a freelance architect in the Palo Alto-area designing private residencies.

[1] Mayfield was a town that bordered Stanford University and at the time was a popular destination for rowdy bars.

[2][10] Clark died May 15, 1948, in Palo Alto, California, and he is buried at Alta Mesa Memorial Park.