Background
Rutan, Charles Hercules was born on March 28, 1851 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Nicholas Warren and Sarah Elizabeth (Marsh) Rutan.
Rutan, Charles Hercules was born on March 28, 1851 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Nicholas Warren and Sarah Elizabeth (Marsh) Rutan.
Educated schools of Newark, 1857-1867. In office of Gambrill & Richardson, architects, New York, 1867.
Draughtsman, Gambrill & Richardson, 1870-1878. Draughtsman with H. H. Richardson, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1878-1886. Member firm of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, Boston, and Chicago, since 1886.
Member firm of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, Boston, and Chicago, since 1886. Fellow American Institute Architects. President American Tract Society (Boston), since 1895, Congressional Church Union of Boston, 1903.
Married Sarah E. Brower, September 15, 1874.