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The Palo Alto Inventory
of Historic Buildings was initiated in 1979 with the goal of identifying
historic or unique buildings. There are four categories ranging from contributing
to exceptional.
Palo Alto Properties on the National Register
of Historic Places
Downing House, 706 Cowper Street
Kathleen Norris House, 1247 Cowper Street
Pettigrew House, 1336 Cowper Street
United States Post Office, 300 Hamilton Avenue
Dunker House, 420 Maple Street
Allen House, 601 Melville Avenue
World War I Hostess House, 25 University Avenue
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, 95 University Avenue
As part of a June 2008 presentation, Tim
Cannan, President of PreservationDirectory.com,
at the Architectural Heritage Center's "Old House Fair" in Portland, Oregon,
compiled a comprehensive resource guide for historic and cultural resource
preservation. The title of the resource guide is Preservation
Resources on the Web.
The comprehensive resource guide presents
primary online resources in the field of historic and cultural resource preservation,
with an emphasis on resources in Portland and the State of Oregon. Topics
include researching your historic home; funding sources and tax credit programs
available; utilizing your State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO); finding
an undergrad/graduate program in historic preservation; historic real estate
resources online; preservation event/conference directories; and much more.
The presentation cover national resources in depth, so this will be of interest
to preservationists and historic homeowners everywhere.
DoCoMoMo, celebrating and preserving
the architecture of the mid twentieth century worldwide.
The Art Deco Society
of California, an organization dedicated to increasing awareness and
promoting preservation of the Art Deco era. In 1999 they presented preservation
awards to two buildings in our area, the Lucie
Stern Sea Scout Base and the Hoover Pavilion.
Since many of Palo Alto's historic buildings have beautiful ceramic tile,
you may find the Tile Heritage Foundation
of interest!
If you're looking for recycled building materials, check Whole
House Building Supply, the only architectural salvage source in the
mid-peninsula. Call them at (650) 852-9460 to hear about the current week's
demolition sales.
Farther away, there's Ohmega
Salvage in Berkeley and Caldwell's (415) 550-6777 in San Francisco.
Many preservation
books are available in the Palo Alto libraries. The Main Library has books
that were purchased with a PAST Heritage grant on history, architecture, preservation
and restoration of homes. And don't forget to check the links to modern architectural
books on the Advocacy page!
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