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Discover a Gus Laumeister just outside of downtown that was used for office space at one time. Do you recognize it? Read and see more on the Inventory page.
See pictures of the future home of the Palo Alto History Museum on our Advocacy page. More to follow!
See a short video about the Roth Building
Now playing! A video of Juana Briones: Life Across the Eras, the October 2008 presentation by Jeanne McDonnell to the Palo Alto Historical Association is playing on local Comcast cable channel 30 at the following days and times. The program title is Heritage.
Wednesday
8 p.m.
Thursday
noon
Saturday
1 p.m.
If you don't have access to cable, you can also watch on your computer at the same times on the web page for the Media Center: www.communitymediacenter.net . This DVD of Jeanne McDonnell's presentation on Juana Briones is available to borrow from the History Desk at the Palo Alto Main Library. The History Desk is open Tuesday evenings and Thursday afternoons.
Just added –
- Links to short videos on the Cardinal Hotel and the Roth Building on the Resources page
- Details about all past Holiday House Tours with more to come...
- Up-dated board list and photo!
- Photos of the future History Museum building on Homer Avenue.
- The Inventory page has been expanded to identify homes and properties that have won Preservation Awards and/or have been on a Holiday House Tour. Almost all the homes listed on Kingsley now include photos.
- Marcus Stedman and photos and descriptions of the houses on the 2009 Holiday House Tour
- The latest Preservation award winners are on the Preservation Awards page as are pictures of winners from 2007 to 2010.
- Juana Briones House timeline
May: The original Palo Alto Medical Clinic building on Homer Avenue is recommended for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
| Juana Briones House:On May 19 the Juana Briones House was included on the new list of the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places! See three videos now, or visit the exhibit from the newly established Juana Briones Archive at the Stanford University Green Library soon. Follow a timeline of the Juana Briones house |
Links to videos from the Palo Alto Historical Association's Exploring the Archives . . . National Register Properties in Palo Alto . . . Places to Visit . . . and more are on our Resources page.
Visit the Los Altos History Museum this summer to see By Hand: American Women with Needle and Thread.
Just added-- listings and photos of the "newest" centennial homes (1910) and photos of many Birge Clark buildings! Is your house 100 years old or even older? The search is now on for houses that were built in or before 1911! Do you live in one? Let us know! |
Palo Alto homes feature a rich variety of architectural styles. Eichler and other Mid-Century Modern homes tend to be grouped together, while other styles tend to be more scattered. Can you recognize and find them all? This example shows the mission and medieval styles. New: Style descriptions as well as drawings!
Palo Alto Historic Home Inventory . . .
Photos of the deLemos cottages on the 1500 block of Cowper Street. . .
College Terrace Library
Palo Alto High School's Haymarket Theater
Demolitions . . . Spring surprise
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