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| "SHS" signifies Stanford Historical Society. " * " indicates that the owner accepted a centennial plaque. | ||||||
| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| St. Michael Court and Drive are part of Saitn Claire Gardens tract developed in 1952. The land was originaly owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco. | ||||||
 3324 St. Michael Drive |
1955 | Saint Claire Gardens | ||||
| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| Salvatierra Street, Stanford was named by President David Starr Jordan for Juan Maria Salvatierra and is one of the oldest residential streets on campus. Salvatierra, a Jesuit priest, was the first to suggest establishing missions in Alta California. | ||||||
) 575 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1901 | SHS 2012 | William A. Knoles, Jr. | Gould Center | ||
) 583 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1909 * | Bakewell & Brown | 583 - 585 Double house | |||
) 585 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1909 * | Bakewell & Brown | 583 - 585 Double house | |||
) 591 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1909 * | Bakewell & Brown | 591 - 593 Double house | |||
) 593 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1909 * | Bakewell & Brown | 591 - 593 Double house | |||
) 611 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1908 * | Bakewell & Brown | 611 - 613 Double house | |||
) 613 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1908 * | Bakewell & Brown | 611 - 613 Double house | |||
) 625 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1908 * | Bakewell & Brown | 625-627 Double house | |||
) 627 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1908 * | Bakewell & Brown | 625-627 Double house | |||
) 635 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1926 | Charles Sumner | ||||
) 638 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1924 | Birge Clark | 2003 photo of original design | |||
) 644 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
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) 645 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1951 | William Hempel | Len & Inge Ratner home | |||
) 659 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1928 | Charles Sumner | ||||
) 660 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1929 | Charles Sumner | ||||
) 667 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
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) 668 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
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) 680 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
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) 683 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1929 | SHS 2012 | Henry C. Collins | |||
| 690 Salvatierra Street, Stanford | 1939 | Charles Sumner | Fred Charles Hanker, original owner | |||
) 691 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1927 | Birge Clark | ||||
) 707 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1927 | Charles Sumner | ||||
) 708 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1929 | Charles Sumner | ||||
) 711 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1935 | Charles Sumner | ||||
) 712 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1920 | Charles Sumner | ||||
) 715 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1929 | Charles Sumner | ||||
) 716 Salvatierra Street, Stanford |
1935 | John K. Branner | Sellerds were the original owners | |||
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| San Antonio Road and Avenue passes through the land of Rancho San Antonio, granted to Juan Prado Mesa in October 1843. It passes through Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos. | ||||||
 670 San Antonio Road |
1979 | |||||
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| Sandra Place crosses Clara Drive, and was named for the daughter of the Sterling Gardens developer, Andres Oddstad. | ||||||
 2914 Sandra Place |
2008; replacement | |||||
| San Juan Street is one of Stanford's oldest. It was probably named for either Mission San Juan Capistrano or Mission San Juan Bautista. Originally a continuous street, it now consists separate parts. | ||||||
| 663 San Juan Street, Stanford | 1926 | John K. Branner | Solon Sheed original owner | |||
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| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| Santa Maria, named for Father Vicente Santa Maria, associate of Junipero Serra, runs between Junipero Serra Blvd. and Gerona Road. | ||||||
| 730 Santa Maria, Stanford | 1929 | Charles Sumner | ||||
) 792 Santa Maria, Stanford |
1927 | Charles Sumner | ||||
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| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| Santa Rita in on land that was part of Rancho Rincon de San Fransicquito. The Robles family purchased it from Jose Pena, its grantee, and referred to it as Rancho Santa Rita. | ||||||
) 103 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1927 | |||||
 108 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1950 | |||||
) 115 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1926 | |||||
) 116 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1921 | |||||
) 121 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1940 | |||||
) 122 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1925 | |||||
) 129–131–133 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1926 | 131 and 133 are in rear. |
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) 132 Santa Rita Avenue |
2003 | Demolished home deemed eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 142 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1954 | |||||
) 143 - 149 Santa Rita Avenue |
1937 / 1963 | 145, 147, and 149 in rear | ||||
) 151 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1927 - 1936 | |||||
) 160 Santa Rita Avenue |
1938 | |||||
) 170 Santa Rita Avenue |
2002 | |||||
) 171 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1927 | |||||
) 180 Santa Rita Avenue |
1999 | |||||
) 185 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1927 / 1936 | |||||
) 195 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1926 | |||||
) 212 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1929 | |||||
) 215 Santa Rita Avenue |
1999 | |||||
) 220 Santa Rita Avenue |
1988 | |||||
) 221 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1946 | |||||
) 228 Santa Rita Avenue |
2013 | Original home deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 239 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1948 | |||||
) 244 Santa Rita Avenue |
2005 | |||||
) 249 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1930 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 252 Santa Rita Avenue |
1991 | |||||
) 259 Santa Rita Avenue |
2013 | Possible demolition soon? Original home deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. |
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) 262 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1938 | |||||
) 271 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1928 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
| 275 Santa Rita Avenue | c. 1954 | |||||
) 300 Santa Rita Avenue |
Demolished 2005 |
Birge Clark Original home deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. |
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) 450 Santa Rita Avenue |
1937 / 2016 | |||||
) 455 Santa Rita Avenue |
1964 / 2008 | |||||
) 470 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1925 | |||||
) 490 Santa Rita Avenue |
1928/29;
Demolished 2013 |
Charles Sumner | Demolished July 2012. Additional Photos Original home eemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. |
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) 491 Santa Rita Avenue |
c. 1930 / 1936 | |||||
) 514 Santa Rita Avenue |
1937 | Undergoing serious remodeling in 2015. |
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) 515 Santa Rita Avenue |
1955 / 1980 | |||||
) 524 Santa Rita Avenue |
1945 | Alternate view | ||||
) 534 Santa Rita Avenue |
1936 | |||||
 550 Santa Rita Avenue |
1936 | Found CRHR Eligible by Page Turnbull; Criterion 3 20220208 | ||||
) 551 Santa Rita Avenue |
1950 | |||||
) 564 Santa Rita Avenue |
1936 | Due for demolition? Alternate view Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. |
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) 590 Santa Rita Avenue |
1936 | |||||
 640 Santa Rita Avenue |
2010 replacement home | |||||
 650 Santa Rita Avenue |
1936 | 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 |
| The name Santa Teresa has three probable origins: Santa Teresa de Avila, the patron saint of missions, or the Santa Teresa Hills near New Almaden which is the location of the Greystone Quarry that sourced the sandstone used to build the campus buildings | ||||||
| 241 Santa Teresa Avenue, Stanford | 1940 | Charles Sumner | E. Bradbury, original owner | |||
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| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| Santa Ynez is one of the oldest residential streets at Stanford. Its path has changed since the time of construction of the Lou Henry Hoover House on Mirada. | ||||||
) 618 Santa Ynez, Stanford |
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) 739 Santa Ynez, Stanford |
1908 | 2004 HHT | A.W. Smith | |||
) 740 Santa Ynez, Stanford |
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) 746 Santa Ynez, Stanford |
1917 | |||||
) 747 Santa Ynez, Stanford |
) Side view |
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) 755 Santa Ynez, Stanford |
1915 | 2004 HHT | John K. Branner | |||
) 756 Santa Ynez, Stanford |
1909 | John K. Branner, architect; Gus Laumeister, builder | Dr. Elliott, first Stanford registrar, was original owner. | |||
) 760 Santa Ynez, Stanford |
1926 | John K. Branner | Clelia Mosher, original owner (1925–1940) | |||
) 770 Santa Ynez, Stanford |
1926 | Birge Clark | ||||
) 775 Santa Ynez, Stanford |
1914 | 2009 Preservation Award | A.B. Clark | |||
) 774 Santa Ynez, Stanford |
1927 | John K. Branner | Joseph Danner Taylor, original owner | |||
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| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| Scott Street is named for the Scots poet and novelist, Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832). The mother of property owner Emma J. Miller, chose the name. | ||||||
) Scott Street Park |
Mini park connects to Channing Avenue | |||||
) 928 Scott Street |
c. 1920 | |||||
) 931 Scott Street |
c. 1912 | replacement home | ||||
) 935 Scott Street |
c. 2010/2011 | replacement home | ||||
 936–938 Scott Street |
1895 * | 3 | ||||
) 940–946 Scott Street |
The original is there | |||||
| 943 Scott Street | 2011 | Original 1903 house demolished 1912. | ||||
 949 Scott Street |
c. 1920/1922 | 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 |
| Seale Avenue was named for the pioneer Seale family. In 1853, brothers Henry and Thomas acquired a large portion of the Rancho Rinconada del Arroyo de San Francisquite from the Soto heirs, thus owning most of the land on which early Palo Alto was located. Originally from Ireland, the brothers came to San Francisco and started a contracting business there. | ||||||
) 204 Seale Avenue |
c. 1930 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 210 Seale Avenue |
c. 1927 | 2008 Preservation Award | more photos Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. |
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) 239 Seale Avenue |
c. 1951 | |||||
) 241 Seale Avenue |
c. 1951 | |||||
) 310 Seale Avenue |
photo taken 2009 - replaced 2010 | |||||
) 311 Seale Avenue |
2010 | |||||
 330 Seale Avenue |
c. 1920 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
| 355 Seale Avenue | ||||||
) 385 Seale Avenue |
1938, demolished May 2015 | Original home deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 510 Seale Avenue |
1958 - demolished 2016 replacement | 2015: demolition | ||||
) 559 Seale Avenue |
1927 / 1946 | Birge Clark | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | |||
) 560 Seale Avenue |
replaced 2007 | |||||
) 571 Seale Avenue |
c. 1927 / 2003 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 595 Seale Avenue |
c. 1927 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
 818 Seale Avenue |
1949 | |||||
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| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| Mayfield–Searsville Road was an important route between the lumber businesses near Jasper Ridge and El Camino Real. Construction of the Stanford Quad changed that. | ||||||
| 228 Searsville Road, Stanford | 1940 | Birge Clark | Stone, original resident | |||
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| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| Seneca Street is named for the Roman statesman and philosopher, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 B.C.?–A.D. 65). | ||||||
) 404 Seneca Street |
c. 1931 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 417 Seneca Street |
replaced 2017 | |||||
) 424 Seneca Street |
c. 1903 / 2000 | |||||
) 435 Seneca Street |
1965 | |||||
 449 Seneca Street |
1895 | 2 | Originally 909 University; read more | |||
) 526 Seneca Street |
1976 | |||||
 630 Seneca Street |
1922 | |||||
 734 Seneca Street |
1925 / 2002 extensive remodel | 3 | H.L. Upham, architect | |||
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| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| Sheridan Avenue, one of the major streets in Mayfield, was named for Civil War hero General Philip Henry Sheridan (1831–1888). | ||||||
 410 Sheridan Avenue |
1977 | |||||
 435 Sheridan Avenue |
2000 | |||||
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| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| Sherman Avenue, one of Mayfield's streets named for Civil War heroes; this one honors General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891). | ||||||
 345 Sherman Avenue |
demolished | |||||
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| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| South Court was named by the Santa Clara County Del Rey Planning Commission of 1929 to commemorate the South family. | ||||||
2200 South Court |
1956 | |||||
) 2203 South Court |
1928 replaced 2015 |
Alternate view Original home deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. |
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) 2230 South Court |
1935 | |||||
) 2231 South Court |
1930 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 2260 South Court |
1930 / 2016 | |||||
) 2261 South Court |
1936 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 2290 South Court |
1929 / 1945 | ) Side view Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. |
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) 2291 South Court |
1927 | |||||
) 2300 South Court |
1955 | |||||
) 2301 South Court |
1927 / 1970 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 2316 South Court |
1927 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 2317 South Court |
1930 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 2332 South Court |
1938 / 1950 | |||||
) 2333 South Court |
1936 / 2009 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 2348 South Court |
1932 Demolished Nov., 2018 |
Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 2349 South Court |
1948 | |||||
) 2364 South Court |
1930 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 2365 South Court |
1930 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 2382 South Court |
1930 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 2383 South Court |
1929 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 2398 South Court |
1934 | |||||
) 2399 South Court |
1926 | Deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
| 2422 South Court | 1963 / 1970 | |||||
 2621 South Court |
c. 1937 | |||||
 3280 South Court |
1949 | |||||
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| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| Southhampton Drive is located in the 1939 Hare, Brewer and Kelly, Inc. subdivision. The name was suggested by Leila Gates, who won $20 for suggesting Southampton and Northampton Drives. | ||||||
 792 Southampton Drive |
1987 | |||||
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| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| Southwood Drive was named for William Southwood who came to Mayfield in 1888 and worked on the Inner Quad at Stanford University. Four of his children attended the kindergarten maintained by Jane Lathrop Stanford in Mayfield. His family moved to Palo Alto in 1902 where he became an independent contractor. | ||||||
 102 Southwood Drive |
1930 | This house was deemed potentially eligible for the California Register of Historic Places by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 245 Southwood Drive |
2009 | Original home considered for the National Register and deemed potentially eligible for the California Register by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 269 Southwood Drive |
1963 / 1995 | |||||
) 275 Southwood Drive |
1929 | 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 |
| Stanford Avenue, named for Senator Leland Stanford, is the boundary for the campus side of College Terrace. | ||||||
 352 Stanford Avenue |
1906 | 4 | ||||
 374 Stanford Avenue |
1906 * | 4 | ||||
 549 Stanford Avenue |
1926 | 4 | ||||
 591 Stanford Avenue |
1904 | 4 | ||||
 613 Stanford Avenue |
1899 | 4 | McInnes House | |||
 1215 Stanford Avenue | c. 1905 | 2 | ||||
 1229 Stanford Avenue |
c. 1905 | 2 | ||||
 1247 Stanford Avenue |
c. 1900 | Deemed eligible for the National and California Registers by Dames and Moore in 1998. | ||||
) 1263 Stanford Avenue |
c. 1900 | |||||
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| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| Suzanne Drive and Court were named for the daughter of the Palo Alto Orchards tract developer James McKellar. The area had been apricot orchards that were irrigated by an artensia well located on Suzanne Drive. | ||||||
| 4212 Suzanne | 1950 | |||||
| 4246 Suzanne | 1950 | |||||
| 4256 Suzanne | 1950 | |||||
| 4261 Suzanne Drive | 1950 | |||||
| 4275 Suzanne | 1950 | |||||
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| Address | Year | Inventory | Award | Tour | Architect/Builder | Other |
| Stockton Place is located in the Sterling Gardens tract off Loma Verde Avenue. Its name refers to the San Joaquin Valley city. | ||||||
 3320 Stockton Place |
1955 | |||||
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| Sycamore Drive is named for sycamore trees. There are two varieties, the native Western Sycamore, or Plane Tree, and the hybrid that is commonly used here as a street tree. The Western Sycamore grows along rivers and streams and is quite large. | ||||||
 859 Sycamore Drive |
2016 | |||||
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