Palm Beach County FlArchives Biographies.....CLARKE, L. PHILLIPS  
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Author: The History of Florida:  Past & Present, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1923,  Vol. II pg.209

	CLARKE, L. PHILLIPS and HENRY STEPHEN HARVEY.  The professional skill 
and artistic ability of the two young men composing the dependable 
architectural firm of Harvey & Clarke of West Palm Beach are unquestioned, and 
they have built up a fine patronage and are numbered among the leaders in 
their line in Palm Beach County.
	HENRY STEPHEN HARVEY, the senior member of the firm, was born in 
Alabama, and educated in the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was 
graduated in architecture in 1914, after which he was engaged as supervisor of 
building construction until he entered the World war, early in 1918.  He was 
commissioned a second lieutenant from civil life and was assigned to duty in 
the air service as construction supervisor of aviation buildings at various 
aviation camps throughout the country.  After his honorable discharge from the 
army service he resumed his work as an architect, and early in 1921 located 
for the practice of his profession at West Palm Beach.  With Mr. CLARKE as his 
associate he has designed and supervised the construction of some of the most 
notable buildings in this city and at Palm Beach.  At the latter place should 
be mentioned the modern residences of JAMES KING CLARKE, WILLIAM S. THOMAS and 
T. J. SMYTH.  He was the architect, assisted by Mr. CLARKE, of the New 
Guaranty Building in West Palm Beach, and they supervised its construction.  
In May, 1922, they began work on a modern office building, the largest and 
finest in the city, and one of the best in Florida.  It is a seven-story 
building, and besides having a beautiful architectural appearance, embodies in 
its construction every modern convenience and comfort that an office building 
can have.  It is being erected at a cost of $200,000.  The firm also designed 
and built the Forrest Building and other business structures and residences at 
West Palm Beach and in its vicinity.  They are members of the Chamber of 
Commerce, the Kiwanis Club, the Palm Beach Yacht Club, of the American 
Institute of Architects and the Florida State Architects Association, and Mr. 
HARVEY belongs to the T Square Club, architectural, of Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.
	L. PHILLIPS CLARKE was born at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but is 
practically a product of Palm Beach, having come here annually from his 
infancy with his parents on their winter visits to the famous resort.  His 
father, LOUIS S. CLARKE, was one of the pioneers of Palm Beach, where he 
established a winter residence in the early ‘80s.  His home, “Dulciora”, 
located on Lake Trail South, is one of the most attractive estates at Palm 
Beach.  His summer home is at Haverford, Pennsylvania.
	LOUIS S. CLARKE is an engineer by profession, and a man of great 
importance in the industrial world.  He was the founder of the great Auto Car 
Company of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of trucks.  He was in fact one 
of the first motor car manufacturers, having been associated with the 
Pittsburgh Motor Vehicle Company, which was organized in 1896.  It was he who 
was responsible for the first shaft-driven automobile in America.  He also 
designed the naval bomb fuse which has been adopted as standard by the United 
States Government, and has also been adopted for army use.
	L. PHILLIPS CLARKE was educated at Palm Beach and in Philadelphia, is 
an architect by profession, and, as above stated, is associated with HENRY 
STEPHEN HARVEY in the firm of Harvey & Clarke.  During the World war Mr. 
CLARKE served his country as chief machinist’s mate, enlisting in the United 
States Navy, April 17, 1917.  He was assigned to duty as inspector of 
submarine destroying bombs at Philadelphia and in France.


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