Tract 17 of 32 · 1955–1959 · the classic years
Edgewood
Ninety-three houses, 1956, A. Quincy Jones — and among the strongest architecture on the list.
- Recorded
- 1956
- Architect
- A. Quincy Jones
- Homes
- 93
- Era
- Classic
- Streets
- Wildwood Lane
- City record
- City of Palo Alto Eichler Neighborhood Design Guidelines
Edgewood is a 1956 A. Quincy Jones tract and it belongs in the top rank of Palo Alto Eichler design. The year matters: 1956 is when Eichler's ambition peaked publicly — the same year Jones and Emmons framed the steel X-100 in San Mateo as a demonstration of what tract housing could be.
The Edgewood houses are wood-framed and conventional by comparison, but they carry that year's confidence. Bigger glass, better-composed roofs, and siting that treats the lot as part of the plan rather than a container for it. The recorded lots run along Wildwood Lane.
What was built here
The classic period. Larger plans, more assured roof geometry, longer glass runs — and, from about 1957, the atrium: an open-air room dropped into the middle of the plan. Whether a given house has one is the first question to ask.
What moves the number in Edgewood
- 1956 — the high-water year for Eichler's design ambition, and it reads in the houses.
- A. Quincy Jones without Emmons on the recording. The handling is distinct.
- Ninety-three houses gives enough turnover to compare properly before committing.
What is it worth?
We price Edgewood the way it was built.
By tract, by architect, by what is still intact. Tell us the address and we will come back with the range and the reasoning behind it — not an automated estimate.
Before they hit the market
Most Edgewood homes we sell never reach a portal.
Owners in these tracts tend to know each other. When one decides to move, we usually hear first. Join the list and you will hear early too — no volume, no drip campaign.
Eichlers@Boyenga.comEichlerHomesForSale.comBoyengaTeam.com Eric Boyenga DRE #01254724 · Janelle Boyenga DRE #01254725