Palo Alto Stanford Heritage

Index to Houses

"Prof" denotes an unclassified Professorville home. "*" indicates that the owner accepted a centennial plaque.
Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Laguna Avenue and Laguna Court mark the location of what was a small reservoir located between Los Robles Avenue and Shauna Lane. Maps from 1941 and 1949 show Laguna Court as being named Neal, land owners in the 1920's when the Peninsular Railway had a stop at the corner of Laguna and Matadero avenues. Laguna Way is at the south end of Laguna Avenue, south of Los Robles Avenue. Laguna Oaks Place is a cul de sac just north of Iliama Way in Barron Park.
3618 Laguna Avenue	1949
Bol Park 3590 Laguna Avenue
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
La Selva Drive was originally named Woodland Drive, but because the post office often confused it with a street of the same name in Menlo Park, the post office changed it to the Spanish La Selva, for forest.
3785 La Selva Drive	1932 / 2014
3887 La Selva Drive	1975
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Lathrop Drive, Stanford is named for Jane Lathrop Stanford, wife of Leland Stanford.
862 Lathrop Drive, Stanford	1964
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Leland Avenue is located in the 1904 Evergreen Park subdivision. This street is parallel to Stanford Avenue, so it can be assumed to honor Leland Stanford.
250 Leland	replacement home built 1987	Category 3, 1904
390 Leland	1904	4
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Lincoln Avenue was named for Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865). Until 1930, that part of Lincoln Avenue in the Ashby Addition, was named Ashby Avenue for Delmar E. Ashby, early orchard owner.
132 Lincoln Avenue	1920	4			John Dudfield, builder	Originally 1104 High Street
151 Lincoln Avenue	1920					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
160 Lincoln Avenue	1934 / 1948
179 Lincoln Avenue	1904					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
189 Lincoln Avenue	1904					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
210 Lincoln Avenue	1906	3				Included in listing for 1101 Emerson
225 Lincoln Avenue Read about the original home	2012/13	Professorville				Original Category 3 1909-1911 house demolished 2012
251 Lincoln Avenue	1903	4			Charles Hodges
308 Lincoln Avenue	1902 *	3
318 Lincoln Avenue	1901	4
329 Lincoln Avenue	2020 (1899 )/ 2014	Professorville		1989 HHT		Owners research led to formation of Professorville Historic District.
331 Lincoln Avenue	1893–1894	Professorville		2006 HHT
334 Lincoln Avenue	1897	3	2008 Preservation Award
345 Lincoln Avenue	1893	2		1991 and 2001 HHTs
356 Lincoln Avenue	1896	1			A.B. Clark, Guido Marx, builder	Still in original family
365 Lincoln Avenue	1903	2		1990 HHT — 2001 HHT	Gus Laumeister, builder
381 Lincoln Avenue	1894	4
405 Lincoln Avenue	2012	Professorville				replacement home
409 Lincoln Avenue	1922	Professorville
427 Lincoln Avenue	1926 / 2015	Professorville
436 Lincoln Avenue	c, 1920 / 1922	Professorville
439 Lincoln Avenue	1929	Professorville
451 Lincoln Avenue	1924	Professorville			Charles K. Sumner
467 Lincoln Avenue	1925	4
510 Lincoln Avenue	1931	3	Landmark Historic Residence		Henry Gutterson	side view
528 Lincoln Avenue	1933				Charles Sumner	Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
536 Lincoln Avenue	1897	4			Charles Hodges, architect; James W. Wells, builder	Restored in 2015
539 Lincoln Avenue	1922					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
585 Lincoln Avenue	1983
630 Lincoln Avenue	1905					"Terrapin House" Deemed eligible for the National Trust and the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
646 Lincoln Avenue	1923					Deemed otentially eligible for the California Register of Historic Resources by Dames and Moore in 1998.
660 Lincoln Avenue	1932					Considered for the National Register and deemed potentially eligible for the California Register of Historic Resources by Dames and Moore in 1998.
690 Lincoln Avenue	1936
809 Lincoln Avenue	1922
849 Lincoln Avenue	1922
961 Lincoln Avenue	1922
1157 Lincoln Avenue	1926
1250 Lincoln Avenue	1927	4				Originally 565 Ashby
1370 Lincoln Avenue	1927	2			Charles K. Sumner	Originally 405 Ashby
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Lockey Alumni House	c. 1916					On Castilleja campus, 1310 Bryant Street
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Lois Lane was named for Barrett and Hilp secretary, Lois Morrison.
136 Lois Lane	1951				Barret and Hilp
Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Loma Verde Avenue and Place. Originally named College Avenue in anticipation of a college planned there by the Methodist College Board. Loma Verde, which translates from the Spanish as green hill, was changed to Loma Verde in 1940.
731 Loma Verde Avenue	1985
994 Loma Verde Avenue	1958
3171–3175 Loma Verde Place	1961
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Los Arboles, the Spanish name of this short Stanford residential street means "the trees". It is also the name of an Eichler tract along Cork Oak Way, Holly Oak Drive, and Middlefield Road in south Palo Alto.
525 Los Arboles, Stanford	1940				Victor Thompson	E. Shaw, original owner
535 Los Arboles, Stanford	1939				Birge Clark	Charles Fairman, original owner
541 Los Arboles, Stanford	1936				Birge Clark
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Los Robles Avenue takes its name from the Spanish words for "the oaks" and the local deciduous Valley Oak (Quercus lobata).
995 Los Robles	2022
1099 Los Robles	c. 1942
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
The spelling of Louis Road is the result of an error! A 1919 map indicates the Lewis Subdivision planned for small farms. The name was chosen to honor Charles Lewis Smith, one of the founders of the Palo Alto National Bank.
2312 Louis Road	1971
2323 Louis Road	2022
2704 Louis Road	1946
2997 Louis Road	1953
3101 Louis Road	1952
3330 Louis Road	c. 1900 - 1910					Deemed otentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
3539 Louis Road	c. 1958				Eichler	Eichler Swim Club and Tennis Club opening day photos
3777 Louis Road	1955
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Louisa Court was named for Maria Luisa Soto de Copinger, wife of John Greer. Her son Joseph's his home was built at 785 Newell Road, but the address changed to 1517 Louisa Court when the Eichler cul-de-sac was made.
1517 Louisa Court	1905	2				Joseph Greer House
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Lowell Avenue was named for American poet and diplomat, James Russell Lowell (1818–1891).
114 Lowell Avenue	1907					Project proposal signage April 27, 2016
200 Lowell Avenue	2017 based on 1923 original					Original home was built in 1923 and was totally renovated between 2015 and 2017.
218 Lowell Avenue	2022
275 Lowell Avenue	1997					Original home was a Category 2 on the Historic Inventory.
301 Lowell Avenue	1906 *					Deemed potentially eligible for the California register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
340 Lowell Avenue	c.1916 / 1918
353 Lowell Avenue	1919
401 Lowell Avenue	1908	4			Gus Laumeister, builder
420 Lowell Avenue	c. 1920
502 Lowell Avenue	1922
505 Lowell Avenue	1929					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
510 Lowell Avenue	1987
520 Lowell Avenue	1994
521 Lowell Avenue	1929
525 Lowell Avenue	1950
526 Lowell Avenue	2006					Original home was deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
530 Lowell Avenue (rear house)	Demolished 2011. Two houses on lot.	536 Lowell Avenue	536 entry		536 Side view	536 Dining room with built-in cabinet
535 Lowell Avenue	1926	4			L.A. Batchelder, builder
536 Lowell Avenue	2011-2012 Replacement for 530 and 536					Original house (see 530)
540 Lowell Avenue	1927					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
555 Lowell Avenue	1925					alternate view Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
563 Lowell Avenue	1921					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
566 Lowell Avenue	1941 / 1990					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
569 Lowell Avenue	1924				Birge Clark
578 Lowell Avenue	1910
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
The name Lundy Lane was chosen because the Lundy family owned property in the area.
124 Lundy Lane	c. 1967
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Lupine Avenue was named for the native wildflower.
3583 Lupine Avenue	1956
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Lytton Avenue, an original street, was named for Edward George Earle Lytton, Bulwer–Lytton, Baron (1803–1873) best known for The Last Days of Pompeii.
101 Lytton Avenue	2013					Original building built circa 1908.
130 Lytton Avenue	1982
131 Lytton Avenue	1950
151 Lytton Avenue	1962 / 2001
200 Lytton Avenue						Cogswell Plaza
245 Lytton Avenue	1996
250 Lytton Avenue	1986
251 Lytton Avenue	1979
255 Lytton Avenue (was 265)	1926	4				Originally Tinney Funeral Home, later Gatehouse Restaurant
265 Lytton Avenue	2012					alternate view including original 265
305 Lytton Avenue	1976
314 Lytton Avenue	1963
366 Lytton Avenue	c. 1901					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998
379 Lytton Avenue	1909 demolished 1985	3			George Mosher, builder	Same design at 215 Fulton, 225 Fulton, and 575 Hawthorne
411 Lytton Avenue	1901	2			Frank D. Wolfe
446 Lytton Avenue	2013					l
489–497 Lytton Avenue / 360 Cowper	1902	4				Site of Palo Alto's first hospital
515 Lytton Avenue	2009
525 Lytton Avenue	1921
530 Lytton Avenue	1975
533 Lytton Avenue	1976
555 Lytton Avenue	1896	3			Frank D. Wolfe	Hannah Clapp House article
573 Lytton Avenue	1915
645–651 Lytton Avenue	1908					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Registger by Dames and Moore in 1998.
667 Lytton Avenue	1903 *	4
675 Lytton Avenue	1914 *					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
761 Lytton Avenue	1924					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
771 Lytton Avenue	1924	4
846 Lytton Avenue	2023
851 Lytton Avenue	1905/6	3				View of rounded porch.
859 Lytton Avenue	1909 *				2013 Preservation Award	Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
881 Lytton Avenue	1926 / 1940					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.

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