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"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
3436 Rambow Drive
1951/1999 Remodeled

3484 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
306 Ramona Street
1996
308
308 Ramona Street
1996
316 Ramona
316 Ramona Street
1996

319 Ramona Street
c. 1918   Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
347 Ramona
347 Ramona Street
1893 3 Field and Ledyard, builder
Ramona Street Architectural District: Also see 235 Hamilton and 261 Hamilton
520
520 Ramona Street
1925 1 2008 Preservation award Pedro deLemos Ramona Street Architectural District
rear building
524 – 528 Ramona Street
1925 1 Pedro deLemos Ramona Street Architectural District
530 Ramona
530 Ramona Street
1926 2 Birge Clark Ramona Street Architectural District
535
533-539 Ramona Street
1938 1 Pedro deLemos Ramona Street Architectural District
538 Ramona
538 Ramona Street
1927 2 Birge Clark Ramona Street Architectural District
540-542 Ramona
540-542 Ramona Street
1927 2 Birge Clark Ramona Street Architectural District
541
541–545 Ramona Street
1928 4 2007 Preservation Award Birge Clark Ramona Street Architectural District
Cardinal Hotel
546 Ramona Street
1924 3 William Weeks Ramona Street Architectural District
548 ramona Street
548 Ramona Street
1924 3 William Weeks Ramona Street Architectural District
552 Ramona
552 Ramona Street
1924 3 William Weeks Cardinal Barber Shop,
Ramona Street Architectural District
628-630
628 – 630 Ramona Street
1927 2 Birge Clark
Art League
668 Ramona Street
1926 2 Birge Clark
734
734 Ramona Street /
735 Emerson Street
1926 4 Ralph Follmer, bewilder 735
Emerson Street view
Indian Bowl
201 Homer
748 Ramona Street / 201 Homer Avenue
1901 3
771 Ramona
771 Ramona Street
1977 tower
alternate view
819 Ramona
819 Ramona Street
1924 3 AME Zion Church
Read more.
828
828 Ramona Street
1910   Considered for the National register and deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
834
834 - 836 Ramona Street
1917   Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
845 Ramona
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
904 Ramona Street
1905 *   Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
926
926 Ramona Street
c. 1902   Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
934
934 Ramona Street
1906 * / 1946   Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
935
935 Ramona Street
1895 4
942
942 Ramona Street
1904 4 A. W. Caulkins, builder
948 Ramona
948 Ramona Street
1904 4 A. W. Caulkins or H. L. Upham, builder
1000
1000 Ramona Street
1912 Prof
1001
1001 Ramona Street
1908 3 Gus Laumeister, builder
1004
1004
1006 Ramona Street
c. 1911 Prof
1013
1013 Ramona Street
c. 1908 / 2007 Prof 2009 Preservation Award
1020
1020 Ramona Street
1909 Prof
1021
1021 Ramona Street
1905 4 1988 HHT

and

2010 HHT
Identical to 1029
1024
1024 Ramona Street
1914 4
1029
1029 Ramona Street
1905 Prof Identical to 1021
1030
1030 Ramona Street
replacement ca. 2011 Prof
1037
1037 Ramona Street
1906 Prof 2006 HHT
1040
1040 Ramona Street
c. 1914 Prof
1047
1047 Ramona Street
1907 4
1048 Ramona
1048 Ramona Street *
1904 4 2003 HHT  
1057
1057 Ramona Street
1901 4 1988 and 1993 HHTs Rehab in 1985
1102
1102 Ramona Street
c. 1908 / 1995 Prof
1103
1103 Ramona Street
1901 3 1992 HHT Gus Laumeister, builder
1106
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
1112 Ramona Street
1904 Prof
1115 Ramona
1115 Ramona Street
1903 2
1116
1116 Ramona Street
c. 1902 Prof
1125
1125 Ramona Street
1902 Prof
1139
1139 Ramona Street
1903 2 Gus Laumeister, builder
1147
1147 Ramona Street
1906 Prof 2003 HHT
1156
1156 Ramona Street
1999 Prof
2297 Ramona
2297 Ramona Street
1947
 
2537
2537 Ramona Street
2010: 
 
2570 Ramona
2570 Ramona Street
1947  
2577 Ramona
2577 Ramona Street
2006  
2950 Ramona
2950 Ramona Street
1899;
demolished 2009
  Originally located at 445 Bryant Street. Moved in 1949.
3130
3130 Ramona Street
1959
3517
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
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
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
105 Rinconada
1945
106
106 Rinconada
1925 / 1960
111
111 Rinconada
1945
114
114 Rinconada
1925 / 1940
115
115 – 119 – 123 Rinconada
1952
122
122 Rinconada
1925
127
127 Rinconada
1932 / 1980
130
130 Rinconada
2007
135
135 Rinconada
1927   Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
138
138 Rinconada
1927   Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
143
143 Rinconada
1928   Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
144
144
152 Rinconada
1932 / 1961
151
151 Rinconada
1927   Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
158
158 Rinconada
1989 / 1995
167
167 Rinconada
1934
168
168 Rinconada
1928   Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
180
180 Rinconada
1940 / 1990
187
187 Rinconada
1929 / 1950
202
202 Rinconada
1926 / 1946
212
212 Rinconada
1929 / 1970
219
219 Rinconada
1997
220
220 Rinconada
demolished Sept. 2013   Original home deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
227
227 Rinconada
1929 / 1937
228
228 Rinconada

1926 / 1985
239
239 Rinconada
1948
240
240 Rinconada
1927   2005 Holiday House Tour Ernest Gibson Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
243
243 Rinconada
2005
244
244 Rinconada
1987 / 2010
272 Rinconada
272 Rinconada Avenue
1931 4 Marcus StedmanOwner, architect and builder  
273
273 Rinconada
1929   Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
285
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
6 Roosevelt Circle
1951 Fairmeadow Eichler
85 Roosevelt
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.
street view
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
702 Rosewood Drive
ca. 1984, 2005
710 Rosewood
710 Rosewood Drive
1946
776
776 Rosewood Drive
1946
780 Rosewood
780 Rosewood Drive
2006
790 Rosewood
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
827 Ross Court
1956
2410 Ross
2410 Ross Road
1947
3016
3016 Ross Road
ca. 1984;
3180 Ross Road 1997
3337 Ross
3337 Ross Road
1920
3366
3366 Ross Road
1960 Los Arboles Eichler
3886
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.
427 Ruthven
429 Ruthven Avenue
c. 1910 / 2014
428 Ruthven
426 – 428 Ruthven Avenue
c. 1921 / 1940   Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
new construction
432 Ruthven Avenue
2015 New construction visible at left
446 Ruthven
446 Ruthven Avenue
c. 1900 / 1980   Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998.
451 Ruthven
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
459 Ruthven Avenue
2015
465 Ruthven
465 Ruthven Avenue
1980
466 Ruthven
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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