Sacramento County
Biographies
FRANK H. SCHARDIN
FRANK H. SCHARDIN.--Sacramento owes much of its fame, not only as the capital of California, but as one of the most progressive, artistic cities in the United States, to such gifted leaders in the architectural world as Frank H. Schardin, whose work has long been in agreeable evidence here. A native son, he was born near Woodland, in Yolo County, on August 22, 1862, the son of Nicholas Schardin, one of six brothers who came out to California in the early fifties. The six young men engaged in mining, and spent, with other venturers, over $1,000,000 in hydraulic mining; and one of our subject's uncles was killed as the result of a blast. Nicholas Schardin married Miss Mary H. Polar, and engaged for a while in farming in Yolo County; he died in 1888. Mrs. Schardin breathed her last in Sacramento, on November 20, 1915, at the age of seventy-five.
The public schools of Woodland gave Frank Schardin his elementary education, and in 1880 he took up the study of architecture with N. D. Goodell, a pioneer architect in the city of Sacramento. Fourteen years later, enriched by years of additional study and much practical experience, Mr. Schardin established himself in business, succeeding Mr. Goodell. Mr. Schardin has specialized in residential work, and has designed many of the notable new homes in Sacramento, including the residence of J. L. Mayden; William H. Devlin, at No. 1214 O Street; Mrs. Anna Yule, Fifteenth and M Streets; Fred and George Yoerk; and Samuel Leake. In Sacramento he also remodeled the old Crocker home, and connected it with the Crocker Art Gallery. For years he has so labored that he has not only come to enjoy an enviable reputation as one of the best architects in northern California, but has contributed what he could to the advancement of architectural study and taste generally. Mr. Schardin is a member of the American Institute of Architects.
In 1883, Mr. Schardin was married to Miss Marion Negel of Canada, by whom he has had three children. Roy K. Schardin studied violin in Germany, and is now in charge of a studio in Sacramento; Helen K. Schardin is a student at Stanford University; and Herbert died aged two years.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Pages 741-742. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.