Tract 19 of 32 · 1955–1959 · the classic years
Greendell
Forty-eight houses, 1956, architect unattributed — and a neighborhood school at its centre.
- Recorded
- 1956
- Architect
- —
- Homes
- 48
- Era
- Classic
- Streets
- Ferne Avenue and Dake Avenue
- City record
- City of Palo Alto Eichler Neighborhood Design Guidelines
Greendell is a 1956 recording of forty-eight houses. Like several tracts of its size and year, the City's records carry no architect attribution, which understates houses built at the point when Eichler's plans were at their most assured.
The tract's defining feature is contextual rather than architectural: the school ground that anchors it. For a house type built around a private rear garden and a closed street face, a public open space nearby does real work. The recorded lots run along Ferne Avenue and Dake Avenue.
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 Greendell
- 1956 construction — mature plans, immediately pre-atrium.
- Position relative to the school ground varies the character of the block considerably.
- Forty-eight houses. Enough to establish a streetscape, small enough that originals survive well.
What is it worth?
We price Greendell 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 Greendell 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