Inventory photo | Photo taken June 14, 2015 |
The following is from the Historic Buildings Inventory as revised in 1986:
This two-story Colonial Revival house has the traditional symmetrical, central-hall plan. The fan lights in the gable end and the chimney are quite well detailed.
As a letter-perfect example of its period revival style, this typifies the use of reminiscence as the basis for a good deal of residential construction in the city from the mid-twenties through the mid-forties, especially south of Professorville and in the Seale Addition.
It first was owned and occupied by Mrs. Pansy Baker (widow of Cleveland Baker) (1929 - 1939). From 1944 to 1967, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman L. Crary owned the home. Mrs. Crary was Elizabeth Thomas, whose childhood home had been the Hoskins Residence a half-block away on Lincoln Avenue; Mr. Crary was a steel corporation executive. The house served as a rental at the time of the Inventory; the owners were Lloyd and Shirley West.
[The architect / builder] Ralph Follmer, according to his son Frank, had had architectural training, and, unless his client had an architect, designed the buildings he constructed.
This house was built in 1927 and is a Category 4 on the Historic Buildings Inventory. The architect / builder was Ralph Follmer. The property measures 75 by 115 feet.
Sources: Palo Alto City Directories; Palo Alto Times 11/2/27, 11/10/27; interivew 1986 Ralph Follmer
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