Historic Buildings Downtown and Professorville
The photographs below depict selected Historic Inventory buildings located Downtown and in the Professorville Historic District.
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There are many Historic
Inventory buildings on
University Avenue including
the fine bank building on
the left (1906; Classical
Revival remodel 1928).
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A view of the First Church of Christ, Scientist,(1916), Laning Chateau (with dome, 1917), and Casa Real (1930) on Forest Avenue after a storm. |
Entry to Casa Real (1930)
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Fraternal Hall, High Street,
is listed on the National
Register (1898)
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Former Medico-Dental
Building (1927) and other
large historic buildings on
Hamilton Avenue.
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Cardinal Hotel,
Hamilton Avenue
(1924)
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Terra cotta at the
Cardinal Hotel
(1924)
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Downing Block, an
early post office,
Hamilton Avenue
(1909)
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First Church of Christ,
Scientist, Forest
Avenue (1916)
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Pacific Art League
Building, Ramona Street
(1926)
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The Ramona Street
Historic District is listed
on the National Register
(1925-1928)
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Former Gotham Shop
Building, Ramona Street
Historic District (1926)
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Pedro deLemos Courtyard,
Ramona Street Historic
District (1925)
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Tile at the Pedro
deLemos Building,
Ramona Street Historic
District (1938)
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Wrought iron, Ramona
Street Historic District
(1928)
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Entry to the Downtown
Post Office, Hamilton
Avenue (1932)
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The Downtown Post Office
is listed on the National
Register (1932)
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Former Police and Fire
Station, Bryant Street
(1927)
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Entry to the former Police
and Fire Station, Bryant
Street (1927)
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Charles W. Decker House, Waverley Street (1894)
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Bell's Bookstore Building,
Emerson Street (1924)
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President Hotel, University
Avenue (1929)
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Lobby staircase, President
Hotel, University
Avenue (1929)
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Varsity Theatre, University
Avenue (1927,
marquee,1936)
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Stanford Theatre, University
Avenue (1925, marquee,
1956)
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Box office vestibule,
Stanford Theatre
(1925)
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Classical medallion,
Stanford Theatre box
office vestibule
(1925)
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Terra cotta at the former
Gold Seal Creamery
Building, University
Avenue (1927)
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Eave soffit, bank
building, University
Avenue (1906,
Classical Revival
remodel 1928)
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Terra cotta, former auto
sales and service building,
Emerson Street (1924)
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Terra cotta, former auto
sales and service building,
Emerson Street (1924)
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Former Hupmobile sales
and service building,
Emerson Street (1924)
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Homer Avenue historic
buildings (1905-1928)
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Homer Avenue historic
buildings (1905-1928)
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Colonial Revival house,
Homer Avenue (1906)
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Homer Avenue historic buildings (1905-1928)
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St. Michael's Alley Building,
Emerson Street (1923)
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Queen Anne and Colonial
Revival houses, Channing Avenue (1894-1905)
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Peninsula Creamery Building, High Street (1946)
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Peninsula Creamery Dairy
Store, High Street (1946)
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Kipling Street Colonial
Revival houses
(1897-1902)
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An inventive Kipling Street
Colonial Revival house
awaits restoration
(1900)
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The Roth Building on Homer
Avenue will be rehabilitated
for the Palo Alto History
Museum (1932)
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Williams House (1906)
and Historic Garden,
Homer Avenue (1930s)
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Williams Historic
Garden (1930s)
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Williams Historic Garden
(1930s)
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Williams Historic Garden
(1930s)
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Williams Historic Garden (1930s)
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Williams Historic Garden
(1930s)
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Rear yard of the Williams
House (1906)
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Doctor's path and office
wing, Williams House
(1906)
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Williams Historic Garden
(1930s)
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The T. B. Downing House
is listed on the National
Register (1894)
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A little barn on the edge
of Downtown awaits
restoration, Encina Avenue
(ca. 1900)
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The Professorville Historic
District at the edge of
Downtown is listed on
the National Register. The
District was home to many
of the original faculty of
Stanford University.
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Professor Frank Angell
House (1893)
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Professor C. A. Copeland
House (1901), and (beyond)
the Professors Edwin
and Chloe Starks House
(1903)
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Craftsman Bungalow (1908). Brown shingled homes embedded in dense
vegetation are characteristic of the Professorville District.
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A characteristic street in Professorville.
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Professor Nathan Abbott
House at the left (1901)
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Professor Charles Benjamin Wing House
seen through vegetation (1893)
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Professor Leander Miller
Hoskins House (1903)
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A miniature rock garden
adds charm to a
Professorville street.
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Colonial Revival house
with significant grounds
(1904)
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Craftsman bungalow
built for Professor Bolton
C. Brown (1899)
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Castilleja Hall, an early
location of Harker's School
and Castilleja School,
both still operating
(1892)
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A mid-block service
alley in Professorville
(late 19th century)
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A service alley showing a
portion of Professorville's
urban forest (late 19th
century)
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A surviving carriage
barn (ca. 1900)
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Last Updated: Sep 19, 2018