Charles M. Rousseau
Charles Marion Rousseau (1848–1918) was a Kingdom of Belgium-born American architect. He was an early architect in the city of San Francisco, California. He co-founded the architecture firm Rousseau and Son, and raised three sons that became noted architects. Early life Rousseau was born on September 23, 1848, in Rotterdam, Kingdom of Belgium (now the Netherlands); he was of Belgium ancestry. His father was Peter Rousseau (born ), who worked as a florist. The exact date of immigration is unknown, but it is thought to have been in 1876. The Rousseau family initially moved to Saint Louis, Missouri, where he worked as a draftsman with the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White. He married in . Career Between roughly 1885 to 1900, the family moved to San Francisco, California. The family house was located at 1903 Webster Street in San Francisco, California. In 1890, he opened his own architecture firm. Charles M. and his son Arthur Frank collaborated and formed the f ...
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Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"New Meuse"'' inland shipping channel, dug to connect to the Meuse first, but now to the Rhine instead. Rotterdam's history goes back to 1270, when a dam was constructed in the Rotte. In 1340, Rotterdam was granted city rights by William IV, Count of Holland. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.7 million, is the 10th-largest in the European Union and the most populous in the country. A major logistic and economic centre, Rotterdam is Europe's largest seaport. In 2020, it had a population of 651,446 and is home to over 180 nationalities. Rotterdam is known for its university, riverside setting, lively cultural life, maritime heritage and modern architecture. The near-complete destruction ...
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