Tract 4 of 32 · 1949–1954 · the early tracts
Green Gables
Sixty-three Anshen & Allen houses on a street grid that predates them.
- Recorded
- 1950–1951
- Architect
- Anshen & Allen
- Homes
- 63
- Era
- Early
- City record
- City of Palo Alto Eichler Neighborhood Design Guidelines
Green Gables sits in a part of Palo Alto that was already partly built, which gives the tract a different character from the wide-open subdivisions south of Oregon Expressway. The Eichlers slot into an existing pattern rather than defining one, and the effect is a neighborhood where a modernist block turns a corner into something older.
For buyers this cuts both ways. The mixed context softens the sense of an Eichler enclave that some people are specifically shopping for. It also means mature trees, established streets, and a walkable position that the later tracts had to wait decades to grow into.
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 Green Gables
- Anshen & Allen plans from the tract's 1950–51 window — low gable and flat roofs, both present.
- Lot orientation varies more than in the purpose-built subdivisions. Which way the glass wall faces matters a great deal here.
- Neighboring non-Eichler construction affects both privacy and the view out the back wall.
What is it worth?
We price Green Gables 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 Green Gables 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