Tract 7 of 32 · 1949–1954 · the early tracts
Fairmeadow
Three hundred houses. The largest early tract, and A. Quincy Jones alone on the drawings.
Largest of the early tracts.
- Recorded
- 1951–1954
- Architect
- A. Quincy Jones
- Homes
- 300
- Era
- Early
- City record
- City of Palo Alto Eichler Neighborhood Design Guidelines
Fairmeadow is the first Eichler subdivision in Palo Alto built at a scale that changes a neighborhood rather than filling a gap in one. Three hundred houses, designed by A. Quincy Jones across a four-year run from 1951 to 1954 — which means the tract contains its own evolution. The 1951 houses and the 1954 houses are recognizably different animals.
That internal range is the thing to understand before you shop here. Later Fairmeadow plans are larger and more resolved; earlier ones are tighter and, to some eyes, purer. Because the tract is big, there is almost always something available, and the price spread within it is wider than the address alone suggests.
What was built here
Early-fifties plans: post-and-beam frame left visible, radiant heat in the slab, a near-blank wall to the street and the rear given over to glass. Compact by modern standards — most have been added to. No atrium; that idea is still years away.
What moves the number in Fairmeadow
- Build year matters more here than in any other Palo Alto tract. A 1951 Fairmeadow and a 1954 Fairmeadow are different houses.
- Jones's siting is deliberate — the glass wall is aimed. Additions that block it undo the design and the value with it.
- Volume construction means shared original details. Intact examples are easy to benchmark against neighbors.
What is it worth?
We price Fairmeadow 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 Fairmeadow 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