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Palo Alto Historic Buildings Inventory

510 Tennyson Avenue


Inventory photo	Photo taken May 20, 2012

The following is from the Historic Buildings Inventory as revised in 1985:

Physical appearance: This carefully composed one-story tile and stucco Spanish Colonial Revival house presents an intriguingly asymmetrical street façade with large arch window and stenciled beamed ceiling in the living room.

Significance: This is a fine venture in nonconformist possibilities of Spanish Colonial revival design. {Built by Cleveland Smith], it was bought by Daniel E. Robertson, a U. S. narcotics control agent. After a short time the Robertsons built elsewhere and rented the house to Dr. and Mrs. John Wear (1937-46). Dr. Wear was the Western area medical claims referee for Aetna Insurance Co. Succeeding owners included Etta N. Marty (1947-52), and Merle R. Zinser (1053-57), an officer of Varian Associates. Mrs. Louise Deering was the owner since 1963. [1785]

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This house was built in and is a Category 4 on the Historic Buildings Inventory. The owner and builder was Cleveland Smith. The property measures 50 by 150 feet.

Sources: Palo Alto City Directories; Palo Alto Times 3/14/32, 4/8/71; interviews 1985: Mrs. Daisy Wear, Lyman Wear, Louise Deering, Jerome Robertson, Mrs. Elisabeth Streppy

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