Tract 16 of 32 · 1955–1959 · the classic years
Triple El
Sixty-eight Jones & Emmons houses, 1955, with the best tract name in Palo Alto.
- Recorded
- 1955
- Architect
- Jones & Emmons
- Homes
- 68
- Era
- Classic
- Streets
- El Cajon Way and Elsinore Drive
- City record
- City of Palo Alto Eichler Neighborhood Design Guidelines
Triple El takes its name from the three El streets it sits on, and the houses are Jones & Emmons at the point where the firm had fully found its footing. The 1955 plans are larger and more confident than the early-fifties work, with roof geometry doing more and interior partitions doing less.
Sixty-eight houses is the size where a tract has a genuine identity without becoming anonymous. Triple El has that — it is specific enough that people who live there say the name, which is not true of every recording on the list. The recorded lots run along El Cajon Way and Elsinore Drive.
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 Triple El
- Mature Jones & Emmons plans from 1955, immediately before the atrium models arrive.
- Structure over partition — these open up cleanly, and many already have.
- Named, recognized, and consistently sought. Availability is the constraint, not demand.
What is it worth?
We price Triple El 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 Triple El 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