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
Rambow Drive got it name because Rambow was the maiden name of the wife of one of the developers of the Stern and Price tract: Johanna Rambow Stern, (Mrs. Alfred Stern).
3436 Rambow Drive	1951/1999					Remodeled
3484 Rambow Drive	1951					addition to 4/3
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Ramona Street was named for the heroine of the popular Helen Hunt Jackson book, Ramona, which takes place in Temecula, east of San Diego. The American author (1830–1885) was a defender of Native Americans.
306 Ramona Street	1996
308 Ramona Street	1996
316 Ramona Street	1996
319 Ramona Street	c. 1918					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
347 Ramona Street	1893	3			Field and Ledyard, builder
Ramona Street Architectural District: Also see 235 Hamilton and 261 Hamilton
520 Ramona Street	1925	1	2008 Preservation award		Pedro deLemos	Ramona Street Architectural District
524 – 528 Ramona Street	1925	1			Pedro deLemos	Ramona Street Architectural District
530 Ramona Street	1926	2			Birge Clark	Ramona Street Architectural District
533-539 Ramona Street	1938	1			Pedro deLemos	Ramona Street Architectural District
538 Ramona Street	1927	2			Birge Clark	Ramona Street Architectural District
540-542 Ramona Street	1927	2			Birge Clark	Ramona Street Architectural District
541–545 Ramona Street	1928	4	2007 Preservation Award		Birge Clark	Ramona Street Architectural District
546 Ramona Street	1924	3			William Weeks	Ramona Street Architectural District
548 Ramona Street	1924	3			William Weeks	Ramona Street Architectural District
552 Ramona Street	1924	3			William Weeks	Cardinal Barber Shop, Ramona Street Architectural District
628 – 630 Ramona Street	1927	2			Birge Clark
668 Ramona Street	1926	2			Birge Clark
734 Ramona Street / 735 Emerson Street	1926	4			Ralph Follmer, bewilder	Emerson Street view Indian Bowl
748 Ramona Street / 201 Homer Avenue	1901	3
771 Ramona Street	1977					alternate view
819 Ramona Street	1924	3				AME Zion Church Read more.
828 Ramona Street	1910					Considered for the National register and deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
834 - 836 Ramona Street	1917					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
845 Ramona Street at Channing	1906 * moved here in 2005					Originally at 840 Bryant Now the Community Center and Office for Oak court condos Deemed eligible for the National and California Registers by Dames and Moore in 1998.
904 Ramona Street	1905 *					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
926 Ramona Street	c. 1902					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
934 Ramona Street	1906 * / 1946					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
935 Ramona Street	1895	4
942 Ramona Street	1904	4				A. W. Caulkins, builder
948 Ramona Street	1904	4				A. W. Caulkins or H. L. Upham, builder
1000 Ramona Street	1912	Prof
1001 Ramona Street	1908	3				Gus Laumeister, builder
1004 – 1006 Ramona Street	c. 1911	Prof
1013 Ramona Street	c. 1908 / 2007	Prof	2009 Preservation Award
1020 Ramona Street	1909	Prof
1021 Ramona Street	1905	4		1988 HHT and 2010 HHT		Identical to 1029
1024 Ramona Street	1914	4
1029 Ramona Street	1905	Prof				Identical to 1021
1030 Ramona Street	replacement ca. 2011	Prof
1037 Ramona Street	1906	Prof		2006 HHT
1040 Ramona Street	c. 1914	Prof
1047 Ramona Street	1907	4
1048 Ramona Street *	1904	4		2003 HHT
1057 Ramona Street	1901	4		1988 and 1993 HHTs		Rehab in 1985
1102 Ramona Street	c. 1908 / 1995	Prof
1103 Ramona Street	1901	3		1992 HHT	Gus Laumeister, builder
1106 Ramona Street	c. 1905 / 1934	Prof		1992 HHT	Andrew Browne, designer; Albert Cook, builder	Built for Samuel and Isobel Charles. She was first female Justice of the peace in California, succeeding her husband on his death in 1916. Former Stanford quarterback Don Bunce also a past owner.
1112 Ramona Street	1904	Prof
1115 Ramona Street	1903	2
1116 Ramona Street	c. 1902	Prof
1125 Ramona Street	1902	Prof
1139 Ramona Street	1903	2			Gus Laumeister, builder
1147 Ramona Street	1906	Prof		2003 HHT
1156 Ramona Street	1999	Prof
2297 Ramona Street	1947
2537 Ramona Street	2010:
2570 Ramona Street	1947
2577 Ramona Street	2006
2950 Ramona Street	1899; demolished 2009					Originally located at 445 Bryant Street. Moved in 1949.
3130 Ramona Street	1959
3517 Ramona Street	1950
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Richardson Court is named for the person who sold the land in 1956 for the Faircourt tract of homes.
869 Richardson Court	1956
Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Rincon Circle.gets its name from the Spanish land grant, Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito. Rincon is the Spanish word for bend, corner, or elbow.
4150 Rincon Circle	1949
Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Rinconada Avenue is on land which was part of the 1835 grant to Rafael Soto, Rancho Rinconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito. Spanish gives the meaning of "an inside corner" to rinconada, rincon being Spanish for bend, elbow or corner.
105 Rinconada	1945
106 Rinconada	1925 / 1960
111 Rinconada	1945
114 Rinconada	1925 / 1940
115 – 119 – 123 Rinconada	1952
122 Rinconada	1925
127 Rinconada	1932 / 1980
130 Rinconada	2007
135 Rinconada	1927					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
138 Rinconada	1927					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
143 Rinconada	1928					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
144 – 152 Rinconada	1932 / 1961
151 Rinconada	1927					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
158 Rinconada	1989 / 1995
167 Rinconada	1934
168 Rinconada	1928					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
180 Rinconada	1940 / 1990
187 Rinconada	1929 / 1950
202 Rinconada	1926 / 1946
212 Rinconada	1929 / 1970
219 Rinconada	1997
220 Rinconada	demolished Sept. 2013					Original home deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
227 Rinconada	1929 / 1937
228 Rinconada	1926 / 1985
239 Rinconada	1948
240 Rinconada	1927			2005 Holiday House Tour	Ernest Gibson	Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
243 Rinconada	2005
244 Rinconada	1987 / 2010
272 Rinconada Avenue	1931	4			Marcus StedmanOwner, architect and builder
273 Rinconada	1929					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
285 Rinconada	1937
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Roosevelt Circle is located in the Fairmeadow Eichler tract. it was named for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president.
6 Roosevelt Circle	1951				Fairmeadow Eichler
85 Roosevelt Circle	2016 non-Eichler replacement home
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Rorke Way was named by Sherman Cornblum, developer of the 1946 Middlefield Park tract,  to honor his sister Rose.
806 Rorke Way	1955
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Rosewood Drive was named by Sherman Cornblum, developer of the 1946 Middlefield Park tract,  to honor his sister Rose.
702 Rosewood Drive	ca. 1984, 2005
710 Rosewood Drive	1946
776 Rosewood Drive	1946
780 Rosewood Drive	2006
790 Rosewood Drive	1946
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Ross Court and Ross Road were named for early land owners, Albert E. and Mary Elizabeth Ross. They came here in 1894 from Reno, Nevada and in Lassen county. Their daughter, Grace, married Thomas Seale's son, Alfred. The area known as Ross Park was laid out in 1921. See Seale Avenue.
827 Ross Court	1956
2410 Ross Road	1947
3016 Ross Road	ca. 1984;
3180 Ross Road	1997
3337 Ross Road	1920
3366 Ross Road	1960					Los Arboles Eichler
3886 Ross Road	1955/1956 Demolished
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Address	Year	Inventory	Award	Tour	Architect/Builder	Other
Ruthven Avenue, which cuts through an original city block, was platted in 1891 on land belonging to Ida S. Hall, sister of druggist B. H. Hall. She named it after a Scots lord.
429 Ruthven Avenue	c. 1910 / 2014
426 – 428 Ruthven Avenue	c. 1921 / 1940					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
432 Ruthven Avenue	2015 New construction visible at left
446 Ruthven Avenue	c. 1900 / 1980					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
451 Ruthven Avenue	c. 1905					Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
454 - 458 Ruthven Avenue	1961
459 Ruthven Avenue	2015
465 Ruthven Avenue	1980
466 Ruthven Avenue	1907 *	4
470 Ruthven Avenue	2011					Original home deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
545 Ruthven Avenue	2009
548 Ruthven Avenue						At the corner of Cowper

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