Professorville Historic District

Roughly bounded by Embarcadero Rd., Addison Ave., Emerson and Cowper Sts., Palo Alto, California. County/parish: Santa Clara.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 03, 1980. NRIS 80000861.

105 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

Professorville

Professorville is a registered historic district in Palo Alto, California containing homes that were built by Stanford University professors. The historic district is bounded by Addison Avenue, Waverley Street, Kingsley Avenue, and Ramona Street. The community considers the district to be larger and bounded by Addison Avenue on the northwest, Cowper Street on the northeast, Embarcadero Road on the southeast, and Emerson Street on the southwest.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861766

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