Palo Alto Stanford Heritage

Index to Houses

"Prof" denotes an unclassified Professorville home. "SHS" identifies home on a Stanford Historical Society tour. "*" indicates that the house displays a centennial plaque.
Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Addison Avenue is one of the original streets in Palo Alto, it is named for Joseph William Addison, an English essayist and statesman (1672–1719).  House numbers 145 - 991.
181 Addison Avenue	1908
203 Addison Avenue	1903
209 Addison Avenue	1903
219 Addison Avenue	1903*				H.L. Upham	One of 4 cottages built for Mrs. L.B. Angell in Block E
225 Addison Avenue	1903				H.L. Upham	One of 4 cottages built for Mrs. L.B. Angell in Block E
233 Addison Avenue	1903*				H.L. Upham	One of 4 cottages built for Mrs. L.B. Angell in Block E
241 Addison Avenue	c. 1923
253 Addison Avenue	ca. 1933
271 Addison Avenue	1894*	4
281 Addison Avenue	1903 *
301 Addison Avenue	1901	3
310 Addison Avenue	ca. 1938	Prof
319 Addison Avenue	1900	Prof		1990 HHT
326 Addison Avenue	1907*	Prof
327 Addison Avenue	1902	3		2010 HHT
342–344 Addison Avenue	ca. 1904	Prof				Houses at rear
350 Addison Avenue	ca. 1904	Prof
353 Addison Avenue	ca. 1921/1922					Deemed potentially elligible for the CRHR
358 Addison Avenue	ca. 1900	Prof	2012 Preservation Award
361 Addison Avenue	ca. 1902
367 Addison Avenue	1905*	1	2006 Preservation Award	2006 HHT		HP House and Garage; National Register; California Landmark
370 Addison Avenue	1895*	Prof
376 Addison Avenue	1908	Prof
448 Addison Avenue	1924	2				Roller Residence
449 Addison Avenue	1899	4		1998 HHT		Original stable for 451 Addison. Not visible from the street.
451 Addison Avenue	1899	2
471 Addison Avenue	1902
505–507 Addison Avenue	1922				Birge Clark
519 Addison Avenue Avenue
520 Addison Avenue Avenue
521 Addison Avenue Avenue
526 Addison Avenue	1905*
527 Addison Avenue
536 Addison Avenue	ca. 1920
537 Addison Avenue	1904*
538 Addison Avenue	1950					Addison Court 538, 540, 542, 544, 546, 548, 552
551 Addison Avenue	1903
560 Addison Avenue	1898*
574 Addison Avenue	ca. 1923
575 Addison Avenue	ca. 1905					twin of 581
580 Addison Avenue	ca. 2008
581 Addison Avenue	ca. 1901					twin of 575
650 Addison Avenue	1924				Birge Clark	Addison Elementary School
708 Addison Avenue/ 1003 Middlefield Road	1916 renovation completed in 2016 and address changed to 1003 Middlefield
717 Addison Avenue	1922
733 Addison Avenue	ca. 1906
737 Addison Avenue
740 Addison Avenue
767 Addison Avenue	ca. 1908
906 Addison Avenue	ca. 1932
909 Addison Avenue	ca. 1925
916 Addison Avenue	ca. 1928
918 Adison Avenue	ca. 1965
919 Addison Avenue	ca. 2003
920 Addison Avenue	demolished					Part of a court
922 Addison Avenue	demolished					Part of a court
924 Addison Avenue	demolished					Part of a court
925 Addison Avenue	ca. 2006; 6/6 house + cottage				Mary Maydan, architect	house plus cottage
926 Addison Avenue	demolished					Part of a court
928 Addison Avenue	demolished					Part of a court
930 Addison Avenue
931 Addison Avenue	1910*
933 Addison Avenue		4			Ralph Emerson Welles, builder	cottage group
934 Addison Avenue	ca. 1984
936 Addison Avenue	ca. 1984
937 Addison Avenue	ca. 1946	4			Ralph Emerson Welles, builder	cottage group
938 Addison Avenue	ca. 1983
939 Addison Avenue		4			Ralph Emerson Welles, builder	cottage group
940 Addison Avenue	ca. 1985
941 Addison Avenue	ca. 1997
943 Addison Avenue	1909*
947 Addison Avenue	new					rear behind 949
949 Addison Avenue
951-953-955 Addison Avenue	1927 Demolished	4
954 Addison Avenue and rear cottages
955 Addison Avenue	2010
959 Addison Avenue
960 Addison Avenue	ca. 1964
962 Addison Avenue
965 Addison Avenue
971 Addison Avenue	2010
972 Addison Avenue
978 Addison Avenue
981 Addison Avenue
986 Addison Avenue
987 Addison Avenue	new
990 Addison Avenue
991 Addison Avenue
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Alger Drive is named for a financial backer of Stern and Price who developed the tract. House numbers 410 - 660.
410 Alger Drive	1952 Demolished Summer 2012				Stern and Price
411 Alger Drive	1952				Altered Stern and Price
420 Alger Drive
430 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
431 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
440 Alger Drive	1952				Expanded Stern and Price
441 Alger Drive	1952				Expanded Stern and Price
450 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
451 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
455 Alger Drive	1952				Expanded Stern and Price
460 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
461 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
470 Alger Drive
471 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
480 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
481 Alger Drive	1952				Remodeled Stern and Price
490 Alger Drive	1952 + later addition
507 Alger Drive
508 Alger Drive
519 Alger Drive	1952				Expanded Stern and Price
520 Alger Drive
531 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
532 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
543 Alger Drive	1952				Expanded Stern and Price
544 Alger Drive	1952				Expanded Stern and Price
555 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
556 Alger Drive	1952				Expanded Stern and Price
567 Alger Drive	ca. 1952
568 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
580 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
609 Alger Drive	ca. 2011					Demolition photos
610 Alger Drive	1952				Expanded Stern and Price
619 Alger Drive	1952				Expanded Stern and Price
620 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
630 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
640 Alger Drive	1952				Stern and Price
650 Alger Drive	1952 Demolished				Stern and Price
660 Alger Drive					Eichler
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
The name Alma Street is older than Palo Alto. Originally a path running along the railroad tracks, it was named by Timothy Hopkins for a family friend. House numbers 141 - 4280. Alma Village, replaces most of a 1950's shopping center anchored by a Lucky Market.
141 Alma Street	1905/1915	4	2006 Preservation Award
149 Alma Street
205 Alma Street	1910*					Water Tower
291 Alma Street
301 Alma Street						University Park Fire Station View from High Street
325 Alma Street	1903					Detail
329 Alma Street						Dahl Plumbing
525 Alma Street	1917	2	2007 Preservation Award
529 Alma Street	1918	2
535–539 Alma Street	1921	2			Birge Clark	(1985 photo)
705 Alma Street						Ellison's Body Shop
799 Alma Street	1929	2			Lindgren and Swinerton, Inc., architect & builder	Pringle Service Station
841 Alma Street						D and B Automotive
853 Alma Street						Lawson Bros. Cleaners
875 Alma Street						Peninsula Creamery office and plant
917–925 Alma Street						Fuller Building
1101 Alma Street	1896/7		2005 Preservation Award
1111 Alma Street
1335 Alma Street	1983
1425 Alma Street	1922
1433 Alma Street	1925	4				Mission Revival/Prairie school/European Secessionist
1995 Alma Street/ 105 Rinconada Avenue						House faces Rinconada
2235  Alma Street						Professional offices
3375 Alma Street						Stanford Villa Apartments
3477 Alma Village Court
3501–3525 Alma Street						Offices
3553 Alma Street						Apartments
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Alvarado Row, one of the first residential streets on the Stanford campus, it was named for Juan Bautista Alvarado who was governor of Alta California from 1836 to 1842. His grandfather, also Juan Bautista Alvarado, was a member of the 1769 Portola expedition. Originally named Alvarado Avenue by David Starr Jordan, he changed avenue to row because a row of pattern-book houses was built there. House numbers start at 576 (Alvarado Row and Alvarado Court).
570 Alvarado Row	1892					Griffin-Drell House; moved from original location
576 Alvarado Row					Thought to be Will G. Corlett	Chi Theta Chi
579 Alvarado Row	1929			2012 SHS	Theodore W. Lenzen
582 Alvarado Row	1898			2012 SHS	Curtis Tobey, Jr.	Bolivar House
583 Alvarado Row	1924				L.A. Bachelder
587 Alvarado Row	1920				Bungalowcraft Co.
592 Alvarado Row	1896					Hammarskjold House
593 Alvarado Row	1921				Bungalowcraft Co. William Short, contractor
611 Alvarado Row	1920				Bungalowcraft Co.
612–614 Alvarado Row	1908				Bakewell & Brown
621 Alvarado Row	1921 modified
634 – 636 Alvarado Row	1908				Bakewell & Brown
637 Alvarado Row	1914				John K. Branner
646 Alvarado Row	1917 / 1920				John K. Branner
649 Alvarado Row	1916					Built for University Librarian George Thomas Clark and Annie Douglas Clark.
665 Alvarado Row	1927				Birge Clark
668 Alvarado Row	1936				Charles Sumner
675 Alvarado Row	1924				Wolfe & Higgins
676 Alvarado Row	1936				Charles Sumner
683 Alvarado Row	1925				L. A. Batchelder
694 Alvarado Row	1928				Charles Sumner
705 Alvarado Row	1937				Charles Sumner
710 Alvarado Row	1936				Henry C. Collins
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Amarillo Avenue was named to reflect on the yellow blossoms of the street trees planted in the 1950s. Amarillo is Spanish for yellow or golden.
1026 Amarillo Avenue	1951
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Ames Avenue is named for Joseph Sweetman Ames, chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. He was the 4th president of Johns Hopkins University and an authority of spectroscopy and aerodynamics. House numbers 700 - 795.
704 Ames Avenue						Los Arboles Eichler
708 Ames Avenue						Los Arboles Eichler
716 Ames Avenue						Los Arboles Eichler
724 Ames Avenue						Los Arboles Eichler
732 Ames Avenue						Los Arboles Eichler
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect	Other
Amherst Street, at the top of College Terrace, was named for Amherst College in Massachusetts (est. 1821). House numbers 2200 - 2390.
2000 Amherst Street	ca. 1952
2015 Amherst Street	ca. 1955
2020 Amherst Street	1979					Read about the original Catefory 2 home.
2030 Amherst Street	ca. 1979
2035 Amherst Street	ca. 1950
2040 Amherst Street	ca. 1947
2047 Amherst Street	ca. 1950
2054 Amherst Street
2060 Amherst Street	ca. 1935
2065 Amherst Street	ca. 1950
2081 Amherst Street	ca. 1941
2098 Amherst Street	ca. 2001
2100 Amherst Street	ca. 1933
2103 Amherst Street	ca. 1954
2120 Amherst Street	ca. 1936
2121 Amherst Street	ca. 1938
2131 Amherst Street	ca. 1939
2147 Amherst Street	ca. 1996
2150 Amherst Street	ca. 1926
2170 Amherst Street	ca. 1932
2190 Amherst Street	ca. 1928
2195 Amherst Street	ca. 1946
2196 Amherst Street	ca. 1945
2200 Amherst Street	ca. 1938
2215 Amherst Street	ca. 1937
2216 Amherst Street	1934			2011 HHT
2225 Amherst Street	ca. 1937
2230 Amherst Street *	1906			2011 HHT
2250 Amherst Street	ca. 1946
2270 Amherst Street	ca. 1939
2274 Amherst Street	ca. 1939
2275 Amherst Street *, 1893	1893 *	2		1997 and 2011 HHT
2282 Amherst Street	ca. 1924
2282 B Amherst Street	ca.. 1924
2300 Amherst Street	ca. 2002
2303 Amherst Street	1931			2011 HHT
2308 Amherst Street
2320 Amherst Street	ca. 1959
2321 Amherst Street	ca. 1950
2331 Amherst Street
2335 Amherst Street
2338 Amherst Street	ca. 1959
2345 Amherst Street	ca. 1954
2350 Amherst Street	ca. 1937
2370 Amherst Street	ca. 1947
2389 Amherst Street	ca. 1936					chimney
2390 Amherst Street	ca. 1932
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Arastradero Road derives its name from the Spanish word "arrastre", meaning a hauling road. House numbers start at 532.
633 Arastradero Road	1950
695 Arastradero Road	1904 / 1932				Birge Clark	Alta Mesa Memorial Cemetery
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Arbol Drive, part of the 1946 Encina Granda Park trac, ist named for the large oak tree where the corner of Arbol meets Encina Grande Drive. Arbol is Spanish for tree.
4015 Arbol Drive	2000
4018 Arbol Drive	c. 1946-1949/1960
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Arbutus Avenue may have been named for a native flowering Madrone tree. Other streets in the development named for plants are Aspen, Driftwood, Evergreen, Lupine, Talisman, and Thornwood.
3520 Arbutus Avenue	1957
3613 Arbutus Avenue	1963
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Arcadia Place is named for its tract, Arcadia.
1470 Arcadia Place	1947/1990
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Arrowhead Way, Aztec Way, Cardinal way and Indian Drive are streets in the Montezuma Gardens tract on the south side of Oregon.
1065 Arrowhead Way	1954					Montezuma Gardens
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Ash Street is located in the 1904 Evergreen Park tract and aligned with First Street in the original town of Mayfield. Birch Street was also treated the same way and met with Second Street in Mayfield. In 1952, the Palo Alto City Council voted to change the names of First and Second streets, but waited two years to officially make the change in order to accommodate the merchants on California Avenue.
1850 Ash Street	1955
2040 Ash Street *	1906 *
2435 Ash Street	1948
3261 Ash Street	1990
Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Ashtby Avenue and Drive, in the Ashby Addition to Palo Alto, was named for Delmar E. Ashby, an early orchard owner. Delmar's wife's name was Ella. The street name was changed to Lincoln Avenue in 1930. Today's addresses are those between 900 and 1280 Lincoln. More recently, Ashby Drive is located on the former Crescent Park School site. It is u-shaped and both ends are on the south side of Dana Avenue between Center Drive and Newell Road.
Ashby Drive
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Ashton Avenue and Ashton Court, part of a Stern and Price tract, are named for a Veterans Administration official. This tract was platted in 1948, but the homes were not built until 1952. House numbers 510 - 699 and 3324 - 3463 for Ashton Court.
510 Ashton Avenue
513 Ashton Avenue	1952					Stern and Price
525 Ashton Avenue	1952					Stern and Price
530 Ashton Avenue	1952					Stern and Price—expanded
537 Ashton Avenue	1952					Stern and Price
540 Ashton Avenue	1952					Stern and Price
549 Ashton Avenue	1952					remodeled
561 Ashton Avenue	1952					Stern and Price
570 Ashton Avenue	1996					replacement
573 Ashton Avenue	1952					Stern and Price
585 Ashton Avenue						replacement
590 Ashton Avenue						replacement
597 Ashton Avenue	1952					Expanded Stern and Price
610 Ashton Avenue
619 Ashton Avenue	1952
620 Ashton Avenue	1952					Stern and Price
629 Ashton Avenue	1952					Expanded Stern and Price
630 Ashton Avenue	1952					Expanded Stern and Price
639 Ashton Avenue						Replacement
640 Ashton Avenue						Replacement
649 Ashton Avenue	1952					Stern and Price
650 Ashton Avenue
659 Ashton Avenue	1952					Stern and Price
660 Ashton Avenue	1952					Stern and Price
669 Ashton Avenue	1952					Stern and Price
670 Ashton Avenue
680 Ashton Avenue
689 Ashton Avenue						replacement
699 Ashton Avenue
3423 Ashton Court
3424 Ashton Court	1952					Expanded Stern and Price
3433 Ashton Court	1952					Stern and Price
3434 Ashton Court	1952					Stern and Price
3444 Ashton Court	1952— demolished 2012					The link includes photos of the mid–century modern light fixtures, kitchen and other rooms. Other models had a galley kitchen.
3448 Ashton Court (was 3444)	2014					replacement home for 3444
3453 Ashton Court						replacement
3454 Ashton Court	1952					Expanded Stern and Price
3463 Ashton Court						replacement

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