Dr. Hulme Warburton’s Office, Historic Landmark at Benton and Main Street., Santa Clara, Calif. Dr. Hulme Warburton M.D.(1819-1903) constructed this office in the 1870s. After his death in 1903, many other physicians, and one dentist, Dr. Thomas Gallup, occupied the building. The building was used as law offices from 1954 to 1964 until urban renewal in downtown Santa Clara threatened to destroy it. In 1966, Dr. Warburton’s office was the first building to be relocated to History Park. Dr. Henry Hulme Warburton was one of the first physicians in the Santa Clara Valley. Born in Staffordshire, England, in 1819, he emigrated to the United States in 1844. Warburton was a surgeon aboard a whaling ship when it docked in San Francisco in 1847. Like many others he tried his hand at gold mining, but settled in Santa Clara, establishing his medical practice in 1848. The son of a doctor, Henry was born in England and practiced medicine with his father until he came to America in 1844. After a short stay in New York, he became surgeon on a whaling vessel and cruised the northwest coast of North America, New Zealand, and the Sandwich Islands. He tried his hand at gold digging but soon settled in Santa Clara in 1848. At that time, he was one of only three doctors in California, with the next closest located in Santa Barbara. He and his wife, Catherine (Long), had seven children and raised an adopted daughter. The Warburton family is one of the most prominent in Santa Clara with a tradition of civic leadership. Dr. Warburton’s son, Henry Luke Warburton, helped to organize both Mission Bank and the Santa Clara branch of Garden City Bank and Trust which later became American Trust Company. Dr. Warburton’s grandson, Austen Den Warburton, was a lifelong Santa Clara resident who ran a successful law practice and was respected as a historian. He had special interest in history and archeology of California and the Southwest, and a permanent exhibit of Native American artifacts are part of the collection of the Triton Museum of Art. When Austen Warburton died in 1995, the Santa Clara Valley Weekly published a special tribute issue in order to have enough space to describe his accomplishments and contributions to the Santa Clara community. Austen is buried in an adjacent plot. Warburton Avenue, where Santa Clara’s Civic Center is located, is named after the Warburton family.
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