Palo Alto Stanford Heritage Many Palo Alto and Stanford buildings are recognizable as the work of certain architects and builders, some of whom are known internationally. The following list of architects and builders is not a complete listing of their works, but does provide examples. Recent additions include architects, builders and others who have contributed to the character of Palo Alto through their recent contributions via restoration and rehabilitation that have been honored with PAST Preservation Awards.
H. B. Adair Builder 356 Kingsley Rod Allen Contractor 936 Scott renovation Thomas J. Allen Builder 630 Lytton demolished Allison and Allison Architect 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto H.S. Administration and Auditorium buildings (old photo) SJ Amoroso Construction Builder Rinconada Library Restoration/Remodel Louis Anderson Builder 215 Bryant, studio at 460 Churchill, 2301, 2305, 2311 Hanover Montgomery Anderson Architect R. C. Andrews Builder 1136 Waverley A. Aro and N. J. Okerman Architect 1424 Hamilton Back to Index L. A. Bachelder Builder 535 Lowell, 265 Lytton (Tinney and Sons) Albert Bain Architect 559 Kingsley Charles P. Baker Builder 1350 Byron C.H. Barrett 1023 Forest Avenue Bakewell & Brown Architect 1200 Bryant, Stanford double houses Hans Baldauf Architect 1061 Bryant restoration C. A. Bates Builder 1431 Waverley (Gamble House) William H. Bates Builder 475 Melville L. S. Bean Buiilder 505 Homer, 567 Melville W. G. Bell Builder 1230 Parkinson Sam Benzacar, Creative Habitat Designer/Contractor 251 Lincoln Avenue restoration Thomas Bender Architect 1005 Bryant Street; 1017-1023 Bryant Street Martin Bernstein Architect 334 Kingsely restoration; 617 High landscahping Bertrand & Chamberlin Architect 359 Embarcadero Road William M. Bernard Builder 951, 953, 955 Addison (demolished) George C. Bertsche Builder 628 Middlefield Joe Bettencourt/
Straightline ConstructionBuilder 859 Lytton restoration Big-D Pacific Builder Palo Alto Art Center Black & Campbell Builder 165 Channing/865 High, 367 University John Blakewell Architect Stanford double houses: 612/614 Alvarado Row and Salvatierra Bliss and Faville Architect 567 Hale Bill Bocook Architect 536 Gerona remodel S. A. Born Building Co. Builder 1800 Waverley P. W. Bosworth Builder 2110 Park T. E. Bowman Architect 1301 Bryant John Branner Architect 939 University, primarily on the Stanford campus: 755 Santa Ynez C. E. Branson Architect 505 Homer Charles Brown Architect 859 Lytton restoration William Bruner Architect 668 Ramona Street Rehabilitation Lawrence Buck (Chicago) Architect 1160 Bryant C. L. Buckman Builder 1451 Cowper Jerome Buttrick Architect 327 Addison renovation Back to Index W. Matlock Campbell Builder 334 Cowper, 706 Cowper William Campbell Builder 449 Seneca J. W. Carpenter Builder 200 Coleridge A. W. Caukins Buiilder 264 Channing, 209 Homer (with J.W. Wells), 935 Ramona, 942 Ramona Mark Cavagnero Associates Architect Palo Alto Art Center O .L. Cavanagh Builder 190 Island CAW Architects Architect 345 Lincoln, 345 Forest Avenue, Sapp Center (2017) J. H. Christie Architect 95 University (SP Train Station) Thomas Church Landscape Architect 950 University, 1800 University Arthur Bridgman Clark Architect 345 Lincoln, 356 Lincoln, 433 Melville, 1136 Waverley Birge Clark Architect Commercial and residential (see Birge Clark page) David Clark Architect 155 Island Drive E. V. Cobby Architect 529 Bryant Cody, Anderson, Wasney Architects 825 Channing renovation; 520 Ramona restoration; 541 Ramona rehabilitation; 1013 Ramona renovation; Peterson Building rehabilitation; Sea Scout Base Adaptive Use; 261 Hamilton Avenue Rehabilitation Cody Brock Commercial Builders Builder Sea Scout Base Adaptive Use; 261 Hamilton Avenue Rehabilitation Frederick Confers Architect 190 Island Christopher M. Cook Builder 220 Miramonte, 260 Miramonte Ernest Coxhead Architect 351 Homer, 567 Melville Kate Courteau Architect 2000 Bryant remodel Kathleen Craig Landscape Design 351 Homer restoration Cranston & Smith Realtors Builder 384 – 396 University / 502 Waverley (Decker Oak Building) Creative Habitat Designer/Builder 251 Liincoln Avenue (2017) Dominic Cresci Contractor 1345 Cowper renovation William Crimm Architect 200 Coleridge, 301 Coleridge Back to Index H. H. Dabinett Builder 63 Crescent Drive, 70 Crescent Drive, 365 Hawthorne Gardner A. Dailey (1895 - 1967) Architect 27 Crescent Drive, 515 East Crescent/1800 University,1870 University Damant and Sons Builder 520 Ramona Street Jon de la Cruz Interior Designer 601 Melville Avenue restoration Pedro de Lemos Architect 460-464 Churchill, 1550-1570 Cowper, 2301, 2305, 2311 Hanover, 101 Waverley Oaks, 520-526 Ramona, 535 Ramona Street, Allied Arts (Menlo Park) Devcon Construction Builder 323 University Avenue Rehabilitation, Old Winery, Stanford restoration Dimensional Construction Builder 1303 Waverley garage Antonio Drago Builder 2050 and 2056 Hanover John Dudfield Builder 625 Hale, 132 Lincoln, 251 Middlefield Joseph Dunn Builder 734 Seneca Back to Index Joseph Eichler Buiilder Edgewood, Green Gables, Greenmeadow, Los Arboles and other subdivisions and commissions at Stanford EYP Architecture * Engineering Sapp Center, Stanford Albert Farr Architect 1600 Bryant Street Z. O. Field and Francis K. Ledyard Builder 1017 Bryant, 1146 Waverley Findley and Kingham Builder 872 and 874 Boyce C.E. Finnell Builder 2051, 2057, 2063, 2069, 2075, 2081 Harvard Street Tom Eliot Fisch Architect Hoover Pavilion restoration Ralph W. Follmer Builder 435 Coleridge, 460 Homer, 1505 University J. W. Ford Builder 334 Lincoln (original), today Frank Fox Builder 232 Coleridge, 475 Homer, 320 Kellogg, 467 Lincoln Val Franz Builder 369 Churchill George Freear Architect 70 Crescent Drive Back to Index Michael Garavaglia Historic Architect 564 University Avenue Rehabilitation, Rinconada Library Restoration/Remodel Elmer Gary Architect 661 Bryant former (First Church of Christ, Scientist) Robert Geering Architect 623 Cabrillo, rehabilitation Wells P. Goodenough Builder 455 Coleridge, 1247 Cowper, 300 Homer, many sidewalks bear his stamp. Charles E. Gottschalk Architect 705 Forest Sidney L. Griffiths Builder 560 Melville Group 4 Architecture Rinconada Library Restoration/Remodel Henry Gutterson Architect 510 Lincoln D. R. Halling Builder Cowper Court (demolished) Hays Group Architect 323 University Avenue Rehabilitation William Hays Architect 1701 Bryant (remodeled in 2013) J. C. Hladik Architect 345 Forest (Laning Chateau) Roy Heald Architect 248 Homer, Castilleja Administration Building, 255/265 Lytton, 950 University, 970 University John Hermannsson Architect 1060 High remodel E. A. Hettinger Builder 803 Cowper, 433 Melville Charles Hodges Architect Designed many homes at Stanford and Palo Alto as well as Stanford's Memorial Arch. Henry W. Hook Builder 1022 Webster, 1026 Webster Back to Index George Jacobson Builder 310 Tennyson, 939 University Anton Jensen Builder 449 Monroe (photo shows original location on Homer) Carr Jones Architect / Builder 2101 Waverley Street Joel Karr, Weske Karr Design Group Architect Old Winery restoration, Stanford KFA Group Architect College Terrace Library renovation Leslie Kiler Landscape Architect 1928, 1950, and 1990 Cowper, 190 Island E. J. Kingham Builder 340 Coleridge, 355 North California William F. Klay Architect/Buiilder 450 North California, 780 Hamilton William Knoles Architect 1445 Bryant Guy Koepp Architect 2121 Webster Kohler Associates Architect 1118 Webster rehabilitation Back to Index Gustav Laumeister Builder 430 Kingsley, 308 Lincoln, 1020 Waverley, 950 University Francis K. Ledyard Builder 1017 Bryant Lindgren and Swinerton Architects/Buiilder 799 Alma Street Michael Lindstrom/Architectural Design Structure Architect 525 Alma restoration Lindstrom & Sons Builder Homer Avenue Commercial Rehabililtation Lee Lippert/Lippert & Lippert Design Architect Homer Avenue Commercial Rehabililtation Ed Lowis Builder 2130, 2136 Oberlin Longueville and Price Architect/Builder 460 Maple Mark Lucas Builder 466 Ruthven Lundberg Design Architect 661 Bryant Adaptive Use Back to Index Charles Mackenzie Architect 860 University M. P. Madison and E. A. Williams Architects 119 Bryant John Madsen Builder Cardinal Hotel M.P. Madison Builder 514 High Mallock & Feasy Builder 1870 University K.C. Marcinik Architect 936 Scott, renovation Mark Cavagnero Associates Architect Palo Alto Art Center Mariuc build + remodel Builder 1128 Webster rehabilitation Guido Marx Builder 356 Lincoln Judith Mattingly Architect 1303 Waverley garage reconstruction Bernard Maybeck Architect The recently restored Sunbonnet House at 1061 Bryant Street is his prominent Palo Alto design. McDonald and Kahn Builders 456 University (New Varsity Theater) Frank McMurry Architect 450 Kingsley Fred Meyer Architect 320 Kellogg William M. Meyer Builder 1130 University A.J. Miller & Associates Structural Engineer 668 Ramona Street Rehabilitation A. N. Mills Builder 564 University, 534 Forest, 175 Webster, 401 Webster, 623 Alma, 1312 Cowper Minton Company Builder 544 Coleridge, 1250 Lincoln, 1416 Tasso W. Garden Mitchell Architect 2110 Park (concrete) Pete Moffat Contractor 1061 Bryant restoration Monson Brothers Architects/Builders 529 Bryant George B. Moore Builder 686 Matadero, 2300 Wellesley (College Terrace Library) Julia Morgan Architect Designed several homes including 423 Chaucer and the National Register World War I Hostess House Chester Morris Builder 1000 Cowper (demolished) George W. Mosher
(1863 - 1939)Builder 270 Channing, 359 Embarcadero, 575 Hawthorne, 617 High, 900 University Back to Index E. K. Nelson Builder 440 – 450 Bryant Samuel Newsom Architect 514 High Leslie Nichols Architect 419 Maple, 1664 Emerson, 39 Crescent, 1313 Newell Road, Lawn Bowling Club House NorthWall Builders Builder 358 Addison; 345 Lincoln, 345 Forest Avenue, Sapp Center (2017) Garth Nystrom Builder 1345 Cowper renovation; 623 Cabrillo rehabilitation Arthur T. O'Brien Architect 457 Kingsley Olaf Richard Ogran Builder 1504 Byron LeBaron Olive Architect 263 Churchill, 1021 Cowper Oliver and Company Contractor 668 Ramona Street Rehabilitation Frederick Olmstead Landscape Architect Stanford Campus Ole Olsen Builder 390 Leland, 591 Stanford Osborne and Knight Builder 1370 Lincoln Back to Index Page & Turnbull Preservation
Architects1247 Cowper restoration/rehabilation; Hoover Pavilion restoration John F. Parkiinson Builder 321 Kipling William Peacock Builder 510 Waverley (Decker Oak) Ray Peppin Architect 2510 Waverley George Peterson Builder 271 University Plant Construction Builder Sapp Center, Stanford (restoration) William Pluns Builder 760 Homer H. B. Post Builder 236 Churchill, 300 Coleridge Powers Architect 384 – 396 University / 502 Waverley (Decker Oak Building) J. A. Prewitt Builder 667 Lytton Lionel M. Pries Architect 1155 Waverley Longueville Price Architect / Builder 460 Maple J. E. Qualls Builder 1621 Castelleja Quality Construction by VM Builder 564 University Avenue Rehabilitation P. P. Quinn Builder 271 Addison, 610 California, 450 Kingsley Back to Index Francis W.Reid Berkeley Architect 1527 Waverley Reid Brothers Architect 456 University (New Varsity Theater) RHM Architecture Architect 819 Ramona rehabilitation W. T. Rhodes Architect 509 Hale Robelo & Associates Builder 601 Melville restoration Milton B. Roller Architect 448 Addison G. W. Rosebrook Builder 225 Emerson T. Paterson Ross (1873-1956) (See The DeForest House) Architect 900 University (Squire House) Back to Index E. J. Schmaling Builder 1220 Hamilton, 2261 Waverley Virginia Schutte Designeer 1027 Emerson remodel Alfred Seale Builder 305 Churchill Coleman Seidel Builder 423 Chaucer Shea & Shea Architects 751 Waverley (St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church) Sheldon & Mosher Builder 225 Emerson Sherrill Construction Builder 327 Addison renovation A. W. Smith Architect 601 Melville, National Register; 281 Addison, 430 Kingsley and 739 Santa Ynez, Stanford. (Most of his work was in Oakland.) Cleveland Smith Builder 510 Tennyson George Washington Smith Architect Most famous for the public buildings in Santa Barbara, 1336 Cowper (National Register) Henry C. Smith Architect Mike Smith Builder Woman's Club remodel Paul Rowan Smith Builder 218, 224, 226, 230 North California Walter Sorenson Builder 1410 Tasso James Stedman Builder 1849 Webster (demolished) Marcus Stedman Designer / Builder 272 Rinconada Avenue was his home. Other Stedman homes were featured on the 2009 Holiday House Tour. E. A. Stenbit Builder 2261 Waverley Clinton Stepherson Construction Builder 510 Lincoln (side view) Stern & Price Developers See examples on Murdoch, Alger, Ashton, Cowper, Maureen, Middlefield, and Rambow. Joseph L. Stewart Architect 610 Coleridge Harold Stormer Architect 840 Hamilton Charles K. Sumner Architect Sumner homes were featured on the 2007 Holiday House Tour. Barry Swenson Builder College Terrace Library renovation Back to Index Clarence Tanta Architect 300 Coleridge Charles Tantau Architect 236 Churchill C. W. Taylor and Sons Builder 212 High (Trolley Barn) Terra Nova Industries Old Winery restoration, Stanford (2017) John Hudson Thomas Architect 1680 Bryant, 628 Middlefield; his work was mainly in the East Bay in Berkeley Mary D. Thomas Architect 1432 Webster Alfred G. Thompson Builder 212 – 214 Homer William Thompson Builder 1200 Bryant Curtis Tobey, Jr. Architect 660 Waverley (demolished) David Toews Construction Builder 617 High landscaping Back to Index H. L. Upham Architect / Builder 271 Addison, 200 Homer, 381 Hawthorne, 443 Kipling Vance Brown Builder Peterson Building rehabilitation; Hoover Pavilion restoration George H. Van Epps Buiilder 627 Channing H. Van Polen Architect / Builder 2105, 2114, 2115, 2124 Oberlin Aino Vieira da Rosa Architect 358 Addison rehabilitation;601 Melville Avenue restoration (2017) Carl Walstrom Builder 1415 Cowper Carl Warnecke Architect 271 University Sarah Warto Landscape Design 601 Melville Avenue restoration Chris Wasney Architect Webcor Builders Builder 819 Ramona rehabilitation William Henry Weeks Architect 251 University, 235 Hamilton (Cardinal Hotel) Lobby Weeks and Day Architect Stanford Theater Ralph Emerson Welles Builder 931 Addison James W. Wells Builder 209 Homer (with A. W. Caulkins), 374 Kingsley, 465 Melville E. A. Williams and M. P. Madison Architects 119 Bryant P. W. Wilson Builder 771 Lytton Margaret Wimmer Residential Designer 251 Lincoln Avenue restoration Frank W. Wise Builder 1052 Bryant Frank D. Wolfe Architect / Builder 1052 Bryant, 711 Cowper, 860 University Frank Lloyd Wright Architect National Register Hanna–Honeycomb House at Stanford William Wilson Wurster Architect 2240 Cowper, 1570 Emerson, 305 Churchill Back to Index
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