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| Inventory photo taken in 1978 | PAST photo taken April, 2024 |
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| PAST photo of view from Coleridge Avenue | Inventory location map |
Location maps from City of Palo Alto Parcel Report:
The following is from the Historic Buildings Inventory as revised in 1983:
This is a baronially–scaled two-story stucco Spanish Colonial Revival house with an interplay of rectangular and curved forms. The gate posts support terra cotta bowls of fruit as decorative finials.
This is a well–landscaped example of an upper-middle class period revival residence.
It was built for Frederick A. Wickett, Vice–President of New York Life Insurance, and City Councilman. It was the Wickett family home until Mr. Wickett's death in 1970.
This house was built in 1923 and is a Category 3 on the Historic Buildings Inventory. The architect was Albert Farr and the Minton Company was the builder.
Sources: Palo Alto City Directories; Palo Alto Times 9/14/23, 10/17/70; interviews 1983, Mrs. Marvin Feinstein, Walton Wickett; Guy C. Miller, Palo Alto Community Book, (P.A., 1952). p. 225-6.
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