Professorville, Historic district in downtown Palo Alto, California.
The district contains numerous residential structures with brown-shingled houses, gambrel roofs, and Colonial Revival architectural elements along tree-lined streets.
Stanford University professors established this neighborhood in the late 1880s when they chose to build homes on land not controlled by the university administration.
The neighborhood houses feature diverse architectural styles including Queen Anne, Dutch Colonial, and American Craftsman, reflecting the design preferences of early Stanford faculty.
The district lies between Addison Avenue, Kingsley Avenue, Ramona Street, and Waverley Street, within walking distance to Stanford University campus.
Fernando Sanford, Stanford's first physics professor, resided in a 14-room frame house at 450 Kingsley Avenue, designed with a Queen Anne tower.
Location: Palo Alto
Architects: Bernard Maybeck
GPS coordinates: 37.44167,-122.15417
Latest update: March 16, 2025 04:48
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