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Index to Houses

"Prof" denotes an unclassified Professorville home. "*" indicates that the house displays a centennial plaque.
Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
East Charleston was named for George Charleston, purchaser of 160 acres of marsh land in what is now Pao Alto and Mounain View. He was from Scotland and his letters are preserved in the Mountain View Pioneer and Historial Association archive.
737 East Charleston	1957
738 East Charleston	1954
Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
East Crescent Drive was named in 1926 when the Crescent Park tract was planned.
500 East Crescent Drive	1951
515 East Crescent Drive	1930	2			Gardner Dailey	Mortonson Residence, Landmark building
525 East Crescent Drive	1926	4			Gardner A. Dailey
530 East Crescent Drive	1926					Considered for the National Register and deemed potentially eligible for the California Register in by Dames and Moore in 1998.
541 East Crescent Drive	1928					Deemed eligible for the National and California Registers in by Dames and Moore in 1998.
548 East Crescent Drive	1928			2007 HHT	Charles Sumner	Considered for the National Register and deemed potentially eligible for the California Register in by Dames and Moore in 1998.
557 East Crescent Drive	1930					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register in by Dames and Moore in 1998.
566 East Crescent Drive	1926					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register in by Dames and Moore in 1998.
576 East Crescent Drive	1926
585 East Crescent Drive	1936					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register in by Dames and Moore in 1998.
590 East Crescent Drive	1930					Monterey style Considered for the National Register and deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
East Greenwich Place dates from 1939. The developers of the Leland Manor subdivision, Hare, Brewer and Kelly, Inc. held a contest to name the street held a contest and Mrs. C. L. Phillips won $10 for her suggestion of Greenwich.
836 East Greenwich Place	circa 1948; 3/2					Leland Manor
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
East Meadow Drive, originally known as Diss Road, which bordered the Diss and Berner ranches, was re–named in 1953 at the request of the developers of tract housing on either side.
171 East Meadow Drive	1950				Stern and Price
210 East Meadow Drive	1951
211 East Meadow Drive	1950				Stern and Price
240 East Meadow Drive	1952				Fairmeadow Eichler
417 East Meadow Drive	2005
425 East Meadow Drive	1951				Stern and Price
433 East Meadow Drive	1951				Stern and Price
441 East Meadow Drive	1951				Stern and Price
449 East Meadow Drive	1951				Stern and Price
457 East Meadow Drive	1951				Stern and Price
465 East Meadow Drive	1951				Stern and Price
473 East Meadow Drive	2007				replacement
480 East Meadow Drive					Birge Clark	JLS Middle School (Wilbur Junior High)
481 East Meadow Drive	1951				Stern and Price
489 East Meadow Drive demolished	1951				Stern and Price
497 East Meadow Drive	1951				Stern and Price
500 East Meadow Drive						Fairmeadow Elementary
515 East Meadow Drive	1951				Stern and Price
525 East Meadow Drive	2010					replacement
535 East Meadow Drive	1951				Stern and Price	expanded
545 East Meadow Drive	1951				Stern and Price
555 East Meadow Drive	1996					replacement
565 East Meadow Drive	1951				Stern and Price
595 East Meadow Drive	1952				Stern and Price
611 East Meadow Drive	1952				Stern and Price
631 East Meadow Drive	2006					replacement
641 East Meadow Drive	1952				Stern and Price
651 East Meadow Drive	1956				Eichler
661 East Meadow Drive	1956				Eichler	expanded
670 East Meadow Drive	1956					Covenant Presbyterian Church, founded 1951
671 East Meadow Drive	1956				Eichler
681 East Meadow Drive	1956				Eichler
691 East Meadow Drive	1965				Eichler
875 East Meadow Drive	1956
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Edgewood Drive probably got its name in 1920 from the developer. It was one of the first streets in the Crescent Park tract, No. 1.
1400 Edgewood Drive	1934				Birge Clark	Considered for the National Register and deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
1401 Edgewood Drive	1938				Birge Clark	Deemed eligible for the National Register and the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
1414 Edgewood Drive	1934	4
1417 Edgewood Drive	1952
1422 Edgewood Drive / 185 Island Drive	1936					Considered for the National Register and potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
1425 Edgewood Drive	2002
1431 Edgewood Drive	1948				Birge Clark
1440 Edgewood Drive	1948				Birge Clark
1441 Edgewood Drive	1968
1449 Edgewood Drive	1929					Built for Fritz Roth of PAMF. On cover of 1978 phone book"
1450 Edgewood Drive	1918-24	4				Originally carriage hoouse for 1456
1456 Edgewood Drive	1866 -- foundation; 1882 house; many alterations over the years	2				Newell house
1462 Edgewood Drive	1949					closer view Considered for the National Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
1474 Edgewood Drive	1935				Birge Clark	Deemed eligible for the National Register and California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
1480 Edgewood Drive	1936				Birge Clark	Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
1490 Edgewood Drive	1936	3			Birge Clark	House Birge Clark built for himself
1491 Edgewood Drive	1941					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
1499 Edgewood Drive	1946
1657 Edgewood Drive	1950
1565 Edgewood Drive	2011
1690 Edgewood Drive	2014
1893 Edgewood Drive	circa 1950: 3/2
1949 Edgewood Drive	circa 1956 4/2				Eichler	Green Gables
2034 Edgwood Drive	1997
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
This portion of El Camino Real and Way (the King's Highway), dates from 1852. It was originally known as the San Francisco–San Jose Road used by the weekly stage coach. It was also knows as the County Road, and as Mayfield's Main Street. In 1906 it became officially El Camino real and was the second nationally named highway. Circa 1911, it became California's first State Highway. El Camino Way, before 1920, was part of the original route.
2650 El Camino Real	1923 DEMOLISHED 1982	3			Henry C. Smith	Mayfield School
3751 El Camino Real
4068 El Camino Way	circa 2014; 3/3				Hayes Group	condominium
4149 — 4161 El Camino Way	1987				The Hamlet	condominium
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
El Capitan Place is named for the rock in Yosemite National Park.
520 El Capitan Place	1954			2008 HHT		Greenmeadow Eichler
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
El Carmelo Avenue was platted in 1905 for the proposed city of Leland.
311 El Carmelo Avenue	1892 *					Originally located at 164 Hamilton Avenue
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
El Dorado Avenue was to be the name of a streeet in the never established City of Leland. Leland would have been bounded by what are now Colorado and El Verano Avenues and Alma Street and the Bay.
179 El Dorado Avenue	1950
450 El Dorado Avenue	1960
Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
El Escarpardo Way, Stanford is a cul–de–sac off Gerona Road. The name is derived from the Spanish for "steep slope".
421 El Escarpado Way	1927				Charles Sumner
430 El Escarpado Way
445 El Escarpado Way	1927				Charles Sumner
450 El Escarpado Way	1927				Charles Sumner
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Ely Place is part of a development by the contract builder firm of Burke and Wyatt. It is named for Henry Ely, a librarian in Palo Alto and Menlo Park and investor in the Greenmeadow Eichler tract.
220 Ely Place	1960
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Embarcadero Road was originally a trail on the Seale and Greer properties that led to a landing on San Franscsquito Creek at the Bay. It became a county road in 1872.
50 Embarcadero Road	1917, 1922	2			Allison & Allison (Administration Building and Auditorium-theater); Birge Clark and Walter Huber	Palo Alto Senior High School
51 Embarcadero Road	demolished 1954					Lucas Greer residence -- site of Town & Country Village
233 Embarcadero Road		Professorville				No photo yet
235 Embarcadero Road	1906	2		1994 HHT	Gus Laumeister
251 Embarcadero Road	1906	Professorville
281 Embarcadero Road / 1250 Bryant (best seen from Bryant)	c. 1908	Professorville			possible Laumeister; built for Prof. George Peirce
320 Embarcadero Road	1907
330 Embarcadero Road	1912	4
340 Embarcadero Road	1907 *
350 Embarcadero Road	1911
359 Embarcadero Road	1901	4				Was 374 Melville and 370 Embarcadero
425-427 Embarcadero Road	1907 *			1989 HHT	A.W. Smith
473 Embarcadero Road	1988	Professorville
505 Embarcadero Road	1907	4		1996 HHT
525 Embarcadero Road	c. 1921					Deemed potentially eligible for the CRHR in 1998
2500 Embarcadero Road	1937	2
2560 Embarcadero Road	1941	1	2012 Preservation Award		Birge Clark	Built as the Sea Scout Base (more photos)
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Emerson Street was named for the author/philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803–1882.
107 Emerson Street	1980
202 Emerson Street	1909 *
205 Emerson Street	1900					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
206 Emerson Street	1910					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
210 – 216 Emerson Street	1912					4 units Deemed eligible for the National and California Registers by Dames and Moore in 1998.
213 Emerson Street	1900					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
220 Emerson Street	2007
225 Emerson Street	1893	2				Rosebrook House
230 - 232 Emerson Street	1901 / 2000
231 Emerson Street	1988
235 Emerson Street	1904 *					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
234 - 240 Emerson Street	1902					Photo taken April 2011 Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
245 Emerson Street	1906
249 – 251 Emerson Street	1906
244 - 250 Emerson Street	1908					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
318 Emerson Street	1906 *
324 Emerson Street	1902 *			1999 HHT
435 – 439 Emerson Street	1924 – 25				Birge Clark	Baker Hotel Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
510 Emerson Street / 180 University Avenue	1899	3				Fraser Building
530 - 532 Emerson Street	1915					Wasson Building; originally California Restaurant Considered for the National Register and deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
534 Emerson Street	1920					Mac's Smokeshop, originally Star Barber Shop, then Palo alto Paint Companmy (1928) Considered for the National Register and deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
536 Emerson Street	1920	2				Bells' Books
540 Emerson Street	1904	3
543 Emerson Street	1922	3				Schmidt Building
544 Emerson Street	c. 1926	4			Birge Clark	Originally a Chinese restaurant
548–552–556–566 Emerson Street	1924					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
566 Emerson Street / 177 Hamilton Avenue	1924					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
611 Emerson Street	1916	2			Birge Clark
624 – 640 Emerson Street	1924	3				Commercial block
625 - 631 Emerson Street	1902	2				Apartment house
635 Emerson Street	1938	4				Acme Glass company
651 Emerson Street	1920
701 Emerson Street	2003
718 Emerson Street	1950
721 Emerson Street	2003
723 Emerson Street	2003
728 – 732 Emerson Street	1924					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
731 Emerson Street	1895/96 *					Deemed potentially eligible for the National and California registers by Dames and Moore in 1998.
735 Emerson Street	1925	4				Connects to 734 Ramona
745 Emerson Street	1932 / 1960
761 Emerson Street	1901					Emerson portion of 201 Homer
795 Emerson Street
800 Emerson Street 806 Emerson Street 818 Emerson Street	1923	4				Commercial
825 Emerson Street	1966					Village Cobbler
829 Emerson Street	1962					Ahmann Kadlec Associates
833 Emerson Street	1962					Pilates Studio
839 Emerson Street	1959					Flipboard
847 Emerson Street	1924					Jacquie's Sew & Sew
882 Emerson Street	1960					Commercial building
895 Emerson Street	1979 / 2000					Commercial building
913 Emerson Street / 200 Channing Avenue	1984					Site of Lee de Forest home (note marker at front describing importance)
926 Emerson Street	1962					Emerson Cleaner
929 Emerson Street	1904 / 1912					Cottage
930 Emerson Street	1963					Commercial building
933 – 935 – 937 Emerson Street	1950					Commercial building
934 - 944 Emerson Street	1920 / 2000					Part of group --glimpse of rear cottage Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
936 Emerson Street	1920					Part of group Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
938 Emerson Street	1920					Part of group Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
941 - 943 Emerson Street	1902 original homes					Commercial building
944 Emerson Street	1920					Cottage group Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
945 Emerson Street	1905					Rear commercial space Deemed potentially eligible for the National and California Registers by Dames and Moore in 1998.
948 Emerson Street	1906					Residence
949 Emerson Street	1905					S.O.S. Market Deemed potentially eligible for the National and California Registers by Dames and Moore in 1998.
1001 Emerson Street	1999
1004 Emerson Street	1908					"Rainbow House"
1010 Emerson Street	1910 / 1995
1017 Emerson Street	c. 1925
1023 Emerson Street	1920
1024 Emerson Street	1908
1027 Emerson Street	1904	4	2000 Preservation Award	2006 HHT
1028 Emerson Street	ca. 1916					Craftsman bungalow
1035 Emerson Street	1904	3			Gustav Laumeister
1040 Emerson Street	c. 1910
1085 Emerson Street *	1909
1090 Emerson Street*	1908		1999 Preservation Award			Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
1091 Emerson Street	now 225 Lincoln	Professorville
1101 Emerson Street*	1903	3			Laumeister
1102 Emerson Street	1925	Professorville
1111 Emerson Street	1903	4			Laumeister
1118 Emerson Street	1909
1121 Emerson Street*	1908	Professorville		1988 HHT
1128 Emerson Street	1916	4
1129 Emerson Street	1908	4		1991 HHT	Laumeister
1133 Emerson Street	1976	Professorville
1134 Emerson Street	1907	4
1135 Emerson Street	1976	Professorville
1174 Emerson Street	1980	Professorville
1176 Emerson Street	1925	3
1200 Emerson Street	1911	Professorville
1210 Emerson Street	1910	Professorville
1215 Emerson Street	1906	Professorville				Deemed eligible for the National and California registers by Dames and Moore in 1998.
1230 Emerson Street	1910	Professorville
1234 Emerson Street	1910	Professorville				Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
1260 Emerson Street	1924	Professorville	Landmark Historic Residence
1263 Emerson Street	c. 1912 - 1926 threatened	Professorville				on Castilleja School campus
1401 Emerson Street	1913	4			Charles Hodges	Allan and Ann Peck were the original owners
1505 Emerson Street	1922
1551 Emerson Street *	c. 1906 / 1942					Craftsman
1570 Emerson Street	1937	4			William Wilson Wurster / Thomas Church
1664 Emerson Street	1939				Leslie Nichols
1729 Emerson Street	1922
1768 Emerson Street	2015/16				Steve Pouge
1818 Emerson Street	1922
1904 Emerson Street	1940 / 1980
1918 Emerson Street	1940					Photo of house and construction sign taken Aug. 2, 2013
1919 Emerson Street	1930					Decorative detail Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register (1998)
1926 Emerson Street	1951
1927 Emerson Street	1930
1932 Emerson Street	2008					Original home was potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
1935 Emerson Street	1934					Original home was potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
1944 Emerson Street	1930
1947 Emerson Street	1934
1959 Emerson Street	1924
2004 Emerson Street	1940 / 1946
2015 Emerson Street	1927 / 1960
2020 Emerson Street	1988
2027 Emerson Street	1987
2030 Emerson Street	1937
2040 Emerson Street	1956					group of homes
2050 Emerson Street	1930					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
2051 Emerson Street	2007					Photo taken during construction Aug. 2, 2013
2056 Emerson Street	1920					At rear of lot Deemed potentially eligible for the California Registerby Dames and Moore in 1998.
2060 Emerson Street	1920					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
2065 Emerson Street	1928 / 2015
2085 Emerson Street	1938
2100 Emerson Street	1993
2135 Emerson Street	2022
2105 Emerson Street	1931 /12013
2290 Emerson Street	ca. 1949
2360 Emerson Street	circa 1923 / 1992				Roger Kohler up-dates
2453 Emerson Street	1957
2637 Emerson Street	c. 1950 / 1985
2640 Emerson Street	c. 1948
2661– 2663 Emerson Street	c. 1952
2666 Emerson Street	c. 1952
2671 Emerson Street	c. 1948 / 1975
2676 Emerson Street	c. 1951
2685 Emerson Street	c. 1949
2690 Emerson Street	c. 1951 / 1956
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Encina Avenue is named for the Spanish name for the California Live Oak which grew in the surrounding countryside.
51 Encina Avenue	1900	2				Greer house and barn
Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Escobita Avenue is located in the 1923 Southgate Subdivision where many street have Spanish names. Escobita translates to "small bush".
1508 Escobita Avenue	1930					Deemed eligible for the California Register of Historic Rsources by Dames and Moore in 1998.
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Escondido Road on the Stanford campus runs from Stanford Avenue in Palo Alto's College Terrace to the Escondido Mall near the main Quad. Escondite Cottage, the home of Peter Coutts is located on Comstock Circle at the Stanford Avenue end of the street.
860 Escondido Road					Peter Coutts' Library / Tower House
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Everett Avenue was named for Edward Everett, 1794–1865, a Unitarian minister, governor of Massachusetts, president of Harvard College, and United States Secretary of State.
115 Everett Avenue	1913					Deemed potentially eligible for California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
163 Everett Avenue	1951
171 Everett Avenue	2010					Original
177 Everett Avenue	1905					Deemed otentially eligible for California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
183 Everett Avenue	1905
186 Everett Avenue	1963
188 Everett Avenue	1963
205 Everett Avenue	c. 1921-22					Deemed potentially eligible for the ECalifornia Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
206 Everett Avenue	1996
208 Everett Avenue	1996
210 Everett Avenue	1996
212 Everett Avenue	1996
306 Everett Avenue
404 Everett Avenue / 311 Waverley	1900 / 1910
412 Everett Avenue	1906 / 1970		3	1999 HHT
472 Everett Avenue	1900 / 1930					474 on same property in rear
475 Everett Avenue	1904 / 1920
477 Everett Avenue	1922					Deemed otentially eligible for California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
482 Everett Avenue	1899					Deemed eligible for the National Trust and the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
505–507–509 Everett Avenue	1904					Side apartment at 275 Cowper Deemed potentially eligible for California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
559 Everett Avenue	1904					Deemed otentially eligible for California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
560 Everett Avenue	1936/37 and 1945	3				Streamline Moderne
565 Everett Avenue	ca. 1910					Deemed otentially eligible for California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
566 Everett Avenue	1913; possibly 1905					Original owner Laura Williamson was a librarian at Stanford. Original cost: $1,500. Deemed otentially eligible for California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
575 Everett Avenue	1900					Deemed otentially eligible for California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
576 Everett Avenue	1918					Deemed otentially eligible for California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
579 Everett Avenue	1932
604 Everett Avenue	1909 / 1946
614 Everett Avenue	2003					Demolished house was deemed potentially eligible for the California RegisterDeemed otentially eligible for California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
626 Everett Avenue	2011					very modern glass
634 Everett Avenue	2013
657 Everett Avenue*	1908/1910	4				alternate view
676 Everett Avenue	1917 demolished; 1997 replacement
751 Everett Avenue	1916	4				Pair to its neighbor at 761
758 Everett Street	1923	4			Birge Clark	Tudor Cottage
761 Everett Avenue	1916	4				Pair to its neighbor at 751 Everett
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Evergreen Drive was named
3505 Evergreen Drive	1957
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