Palo Alto Stanford Heritage Awards were presented at the Williams House, 351 Homer Avenue on May 16, 1998. The afternoon began with welcome words from Nancy Huber and Martin Bernstein. Mayor Richard Rosenbaum read a proclamation stating that Palo Alto was supporting Preservation Week, 1998. After a brief introduction by Martin Bernstein, Gail Woolley spoke about the "Survival of the Juana Briones House".
Centennial plaques were distributed by Mayor Rosenbaum and Joe Huber to the following properties:
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270 1/2 Channing Avenue, built in 1893: A small, unadorned cottage with a steeply pitched roof and board and batten siding. (Photo shows 270). |
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731 Emerson, built in 1895: A Victorian house with shingled gables, eave returns, bay windows, and an eyebrow dormer. |
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451–453 Channing, built in 1896: An Eastlake style house with a two–story bay window and an interesting railing design on the wrap–around porch. |
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832 Kipling, built in 1896: A two–story Victorian with decorative shingles on both front gables and an attractive second story bay window. |
845 Waverley, built in 1897: Spindle-work, a full–width front porch, corner boards, and a wide simple cornice. |
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560 Addison, built in 1898: A Queen Anne cottage with fish scale shingles on its front gable with bead molding, bulls eye corner detail on the windows. |
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815 Kipling, built in 1898: Mirror–image Queen Anne cottage to 817–819 with hipped roof, clipped corners and fish-scale shingles on the gable. |
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817–819 Kipling, built in 1898: Mirror–image Queen Anne cottage to 815 Kipling with hipped roof, clipped corners and fish scale shingles on the gable. |
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140 University Avenue, built in 1898: A Renaissance Revival building with Spanish baroque overtones. Listed on the National Register of Historic Place. |
These awards were given for projects completed in 1997.
Preservation Project Award: 936 Scott Street
Owner: David Raduziner Architect: K.C. Marcinik, Greenmeadow Architects Contractor: Rod Allen, Allen Construction |
Built in 1897 Jennifer Levinson |
Ross Ferguson |
Jessica McCuan, Palo Alto Weekly Intern, 1997 |
Preservation Landscape Award: 351 Homer Avenue 
Kathleen Craig Outstanding Community Contribution in Landscape Preservation Williams House Gardens, 351 Homer Avenue Kathleen Craig, coordinator of the volunteers who restored the Williams House gardens, both the flowers of Dora Williams and the working medicinal herb garden of Dr. Thomas Williams.  |
 Jana and Chris Stevens 947 Waverley Street Built in 1904 |
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