Common Architectural Styles in Palo Alto

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Important ArchitectsWho Worked in Palo Alto Before 1940

Allison and Allison
John Branner
Birge Clark
David Clark
Ernest Coxhead
Gardner Dailey
Elmer Gary
Carr Jones
Pedro DeLemos
Bernard Maybeck
Julia Morgan
Samuel Newsom
T. Patterson Ross
A. W. Smith
George Washington Smith
Henry C. Smith
Charles K. Sumner * See examples of his work in these pictures from the 2007 Holiday House Tour.
John Hudson Thomas
W. H. Weeks
William Wilson Wurster

Architectural Styles of Early Palo Alto

Victorian Queen Anne	Craftsman a.k.a. Bungalow	Mission Revival
Streamline Moderne	Classical Revival	Prairie
Tudor Revival	Medieval Revival	Colonial Revival
Bay Area Tradition	Spanish Colonial Revival

Can You Find These Style Setters?

All of the buildings pictured on this page are in Palo Alto. Many are homes so, out of deference to their owners privacy, we show only the street part of each address. But can you find them nonetheless?

Admire these homes as you locate them, but quietly please. And, as you search, experience our town's richly varied architecture, look around you for its many unpictured gems, and have fun!

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