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Centennial Homes and Buildings

Plaque and Award History

Brass plaques were first awarded by the City of Palo Alto to owners of centennial properties in 1994 at one of the centennial celebrations. In 1996, Palo Alto Stanford Heritage (PAST) decided to carry on the tradition of recognition by honoring properties built in 1895 and 1896. It has since become an annual event to present preservation awards and plaques during National Preservation Month.

Preservation awards have been awarded since 1996 to honor preservationists and owners of homes and businesses who respectfully care for their buildings so they will endure to be appreciated by generations to come. If you have information about the building date of properties not included on this list, or would like to research the history of your home or make corrections, please use the link to how to research your home, or send an e-mail to PAST at webmaster@pastheritage.org.

1891 centennial homes
1892 centennial homes
1893 centennial homes
1894 centennial homes
1895 centennial homes
1896 centennial homes
1897 centennial houses
1898 centennial homes
1899 centennial homes
1900 centennial homes
1901 centennial homes 1902 centennial  homes 1903 houses 1904 centennial homes 1905 centennial houses 1906 centennialhouses 1907 centennial houses 1908 centennial homes    

Centennial plaques received by owners of properties are marked with an asterisk.

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Built in 1892

570 Alvarado Row

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Built in 1893

 



    1893 plaque

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Built in 1894

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Built in 1895 and 1896

  • 1101 Alma Street 1896

  • 228 Byron Street

  • 451-453 Channing Avenue

  • 459 Channing Avenue

  • 951 Channing Avenue

  • 75 Cowper Street

  • 731 Emerson Street

  • 446 Forest Avenue * 1895

  • 1023 Forest Avenue

  • 1055 Forest Avenue

  • 1009 Forest Court

  • 422 Fulton Street

  • 640 Fulton Street

  • 832 Kipling Street

  • 356 Lincoln Avenue

  • 935 Ramona Street

  • 936-938 Scott Street

  • 449 Seneca Street

  • 417 Tasso Street
  • 1295 Wilson Street

  • 1896 centennial plaque

     

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    Built in 1897

    • 1101 Alma Street
      (originally corner of Hamilton and High)

    • 119 Bryant Street

    • 535 Bryant Street

    • 633 Channing Street

    • 509 Hale Street

    • 617 High Street
    • 621 High Street

    • 501 Kingsley Avenue

    • 405 Kipling Street

    • 430 Kipling Street

    • 433 Kipling Street

    • 334 Lincoln Avenue

    • 453 Melville Avenue

    • 1143 Webster Street


      1897 centennial plaque

     

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    Built in 1898

     

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    Built in 1899

    • 449 Addison Avenue

    • 451 Addison Avenue

    • 1033 Bryant Street

    • 1061 Bryant Street

    • 482 Everett Avenue *

    • 565 Hamilton Avenue

    • 334 High Street

    • 364 Kingsley Avenue

    • 449 Monroe Drive
      (originally 225 Homer Avenue)

    • 2950 Ramona Street
      (originally 445 Bryant Street)

    • 613 Stanford Avenue

    • 959 Waverley Street

    • 1120 Waverley Street

    1899 centennial plaque

     

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    Built in 1900

    • 319 Addison Avenue

    • 1052 Bryant Street

    • 213 Emerson Street

    • 51 Encina Avenue

  • 333 Kipling Street

  • 421 Kipling Street

  • 823-25 Kipling Street

  • 3330 Louis Road

  • 623 Middlefield Road

  • 311 Waverley Street/
        404 Everett Avenue*

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    Built in 1901

    • 301 Addison Avenue

    • 1020 Bryant Street

    • 1251 Bryant Street

    • 1940 Bryant Street

    • 1125 Byron Street

    • 803 Cowper Street

    • 431- 433 Kipling Street

    • 375 Hawthorne Avenue

    • 317 High Street

    • 342 High Street

    • 680 Homer Avenue*

    • 318 Lincoln Avenue

    • 411 Lytton Avenue

    • 305 Melville Avenue

    • 1057 Ramona Street

    • 1103 Ramona Street

    • 326 Waverley Street

    • 383 Waverley Street

    • 745 Waverley Street

     

     

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    Built in 1902

     

    • 327 Addison Street
    • 471 Addison Street
    • 730 Bryant Street*
    • 1010 Bryant Street*
    • 1044 Bryant Street
    • 1100 Bryant Street*
    • 737 Channing Avenue
    • 240 Emerson Street
    • 324 Emerson STreet*
    • 221 Kingsley Street*
    • 430 Kingsley Street
    • 411 Kipling Street
    • 437 Kipling Street*
    • 308 Lincoln Avenue*
    • 321 Melville Avenue*
    • 1116 Ramona Street*
    • 1005 University Avenue*
    • 313 Waverley Street*

    • 640 Waverley Street
    • 650 Waverley Street*
    • 1022 Waverley street*
    • 1207 Waverley Avenue
    • 1245 Waverley street*
    • 1431 Waverley Street*
    • 1545 Waverley street

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    Built in 1903

     

    1903 plaque
    • 181 Addison Avenue
    • 203 Addison Avenue
    • 209 Addison Avenue
    • 219 Addison Avenue*
    • 225 Addison Avenue
    • 233 Addison Avenue*
    • 281 Addison Avenue*
    • 551 Addison Avenue
    • 325 Alma Street
    • 737 Bryant Street*
    • 1116 Bryant Street
    • 1140 Bryant Street*
    • 321 Cowper Avenue*
    • 327 Cowper Avenue
    • 330 Cowper Avenue
    • 1101 Emerson Street*
    • 1111 Emerson Street*
    • 401- 403 Florence Street
    • 446 Forest Avenue
    • 1300 Hamilton Avenue
    • 381 Hawthorne Avenue*
    • 334 Kingsley Avenue*
    • 249 Kipling Street*
    • 251 Lincoln Avenue*
    • 365 Lincoln Avenue*
    • 667 Lytton Avenue
    • 315 Melville Avenue
    • 1115 Ramona Street*
    • 1139 Ramona Street*
    • 943 Scott Street
    • 755 University Avenue*
    • 851 University Avenue
    • 1207 Waverley Street
    • 1248 Waverley Street

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    Built in 1904

    • 537 Addison Avenue*
    • 695 Arastradero Road
    • 635 Bryant Street
    • 904 Bryant Street*
    • 918 Bryant Street
    • 932 Bryant Street*
    • 1130 Bryant Street*
    • 1200 Bryant Street*
    • 518 Byron Street
    • 627 Channing Avenue*
    • 675 Channing Avenue*
    • 263 Churchill Avenue
    • 1032 College Avenue
    • 275 Cowper Street
    • 1021 Cowper Street*
    • 1335 Cowper Street
    • 540 Emerson Street
    • 1027 Emerson Street*

     

    • 1035 Emerson Street*
    • 421 Guinda Street
    • 567 Hale Street*
    • 323 High Street
    • 257 Kingsley Avenue*
    • 390 Leland Avenue*
    • 1730 Middlefield Road*
    • 500 Melville Avenue
    • 1757 Park Boulevard
    • 1795 Park Boulevard
    • 942 Ramona Street*
    • 948 Ramona Street
    • 1112 Ramona Street
    • 591 Stanford Avenue
    • 564 University Avenue
    • 900 University Avenue

     

  • 121 Waverley Street
  • 947 Waverley Street
  • 175 Webster Street
  • 601 Webster Street
  • 619-623 Webster Street*
  • 334 Whitman Court*
  • 2130 Yale Street*
  • Palo Alto Historic Property Circa 1904

     

     

    * Receiving plaque

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    Built in 1905

    • 367 Addison Avenue
    • 270 Channing Avenue
    • 764 Channing Avenue
    • 260 Churchill Avenue
    • 209 Cowper Street
    • 215 Cowper Street
    • 223 Cowper Street
    • 250 Cowper Street
    • 1330 Cowper Street
    • 1078 Forest Avenue
    • 200 Homer Avenue
    • 469 Homer Avenue
    • 200 Homer Avenue
    • 1517 Louisa Court
    • 851 Lytton Avenue
    • 601 Melville Avenue
    • 904 Ramona Street
    • 1021 Ramona Street
    • 1029 Ramona Street
    • 1215 Stanford Avenue
    • 1229 Stanford Avenue
    • 181 Tasso Street
    • 425 Tasso Street
    • 1240 Waverley Street
    • 721 Webster Street
    • 1151 Webster Street
    • 1235 Webster Street
    1905 plaque

     

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    Built in 1906

    • 724 Bryant Avenue*
    • 336 Byron Street*
    • 757 College Avenue
    • 1080 College Avenue
    • 250 Cowper Street*
    • 904 Cowper Street
    • 1451 Cowper Street
    • 2150 Dartmouth Avenue*
    • 251 Embarcadero Road*
    • 318 Emerson Street*
    • 1017 Emerson Street*
    • 1551 Emerson Street*
    • 2131 Harvard Street*
    • 365 Hawthorne Avenue
    • 212 High Street
    • 201 Homer Avenue*
    • 469 Homer Avenue*
    • 505 Homer Avenue*
    • 301 Lowell Avenue*
    • 3905 Park Boulevard
    • 845 Ramona Street at Channing *
    • 934 Ramona Street*
    • 1147 Ramona Street*
    • 352 Stanford Avenue
    • 374 Stanford Avenue*

    1906 plaque

     

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    Built in 1907

    • 326 Addison Avenue*
    • 2264 Bowdoin *
    • 222 Byron *
    • 265 Coleridge Avenue
    • 800 Cowper Street
    • 1043 Cowper Street
    • 340 Embarcadero Road *
    • 425-427 Embarcadero Road*
    • 850-852 Forest Avenue
    • 554 Hawthorne
    • 1141 High Street*
    • 206-210 Homer Avenue*
    • 351 Homer Avenue *
    • 567-569 Homer Avenue*
    • 262 Kingsley*
    • 125 Middlefield Road *
    • 426 Palo Alto Avenue
    • 1047 Ramona Street*
  • 466 Ruthven*
  • 1525 Waverley Street*
  • 167 Webster Street*
  • 251 Webster Street*
  • 1235 Webster Street

  • 1907 plaque

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    Built in 1908

  • 181 Addison Avenue
  • 376 Addison Avenue
  • 162 Bryant Street
  • 336 Byron Street
  • 1225 Byron Street
  • 365 Coleridge Avenue
  • 375 Coleridge Avenue
  • 1357 Cowper Street
  • 281 Embarcadero Road
  • 250 Emerson Street
  • 1121 Emerson Street
  • 1129 Emerson Street
  • 657 Everett Avenue
  • 355 Fulton Street
  • 215-225 Fulton Street
  • 1037 Greenwood Street
    • 381 Guinda Street
    • 925 Hamilton Avenue
    • 2131 Harvard Street
    • 575 Hawthorne Avenue
    • 1003 High Street
    • 1015 High Street
    • 374 Kingsley Avenue
    • 545 Kingsley Avenue
    • 325 Kipling Street
    • 401 Lowell Avenue
    • 101 Lytton Avenue
    • 645-651 Lytton Avenue
    • 567 Melville Avenue
    • 1001 Ramona Street
    • 415 Tasso Street
    • 227-229 University Avenue
    • 251 University Avenue
    • 950 University Avenue
    • 1125 University Avenue
    • 270-274 University Avenue
    • 176 Waverley Street
    • 251 Webster Street
    • 1044 Webster Street
    • 1235 Webster Street
    • 373-375 Whitman Court

    • 1908 centennial home plaque

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    Centennial buildings are listed by street. Some houses have multiple listings because they have been identified as being constructed in more than one year. Sometimes this is due to identification by the building permit date which can be in the year before occupancy.

     

     

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