HomeMy WebLinkAboutPages 40-59POLLARD IHOUBE (c. 1892) 2073 1 Marion Avenue his house was built around 1892 for the Reverend W. D. Pollard, who earlier had been a pioneer orchardist on his property on Merrick Drive.
Together with William Rice, he had introduced the French prune to Saratoga. Pollard and Rice had also been instrumental in establishing the Saratoga Christian Church in 1878. ???
GROVER rnOUSE (c. 1895) 14521 Big Basin Way his tiny gabled house was home to Mrs. Grover, active in community and church affairs in early-day Saratoga. She lived in the house, now a
commercial building, with her son, Henry.
NABDIE IHOUSE (c. 1895) 14650 Sixth Street his house is one of the few Queen Anne cottages remaining in the commercial center of Saratoga. It originally sat on a lot that ran to Lumber
Street (Big Basin Way). Owned by Hannah McCarty, it later passed to John Henry, an engineer at the Saratoga Paper Mill. In 1987 the house was rehabilitated and converted to commercial
use, including raising the structure to provide needed parking underneath.
BT, dJOIEIIMQS EPISCOPAL CIS[IUWCTtlI (c. 1896) 14700 Sixth Street A lthough there had been Episcopal services in Saratoga since 1884, members of the church had had to worship in various
community halls in the village. In 1895-96, members of the congregation purchased this property on Sixth Street, and the first service was held in the church on September 20, 1896. Services
were held in the littlechurch until July 19 19, when it was sold and converted into a residence.
WARWEB I5[IUTTOW IBIOUBE (c. 1896) 1 3777 Fruitvale Avenue his house was originally a farm house located at the end of Sousa Lane in Saratoga. It was moved in the summer of 1990 from
the path of Highway 85, and now serves the City of Saratoga as an adjunct to City Hall and as the City's Teen Center. It was built by bachelor rancher Warner Hutton on the 200 acre ranch
he acquired from his parents, and although it was added onto, it still maintains many of the original interior and exterior architectural details.
MII88XOWARY 8ETSPLEMENT ILE[OWSSE (c. 1897) 14683 Oak Street his handsome Queen Anne house has been carefully restored to make it an outstanding example of this style. It was built in
1897 and purchased in 1907 by the Saratoga Congregational Church, for use by the Saratoga Missionary Settlement. This group hoped to use the property to give comfort and assistance to
returned missionaries. Although the group never achieved all of its ends, the house did serve as a retreat for the Reverend Cole, a rnissionary to Alaska.
PETTI8 LI[VEWY (c. 1898) 14605 Big Basin Way his property is associated with the Erwin King House, behind which it sits. It was constructed for M.E. Pettis, manager of the Oriental Hotel,
whose relative, W. W. Pettis, operated his Santa Clara Stage Line from this barn. He took passengers to connect up with the railroad in Los Gatos, as well as to other areas of the valley.
His stage line died out after the coming of the interurban railway.
BWNBEITtNE WIULLIAMB CARBTAKERG8 EIOUBE (pre-1900) 14901 Fruitvale Avenue he first occupants of this well-preserved pioneer cottage were Mr. and Mrs. Nils Larson, who worked for the
Reverend Edwin Sidney (Everlasting Sunshine) Williams. Williams, a retired Congregational minister, owned a large property at 'Sunshine Hill' on Three Oaks Way. In 1899, following two
years of drought, Reverend Williams proposed a festival of thanksgiving, which grew into the famed Saratoga Blossom Festival.
VAN AIRSDALE II[IOU@E (c. 1900) 14690 Oak Street 0ne of the last Queen Anne style cottages built in Saratoga, this small house, once part of the larger property of Mrs. Sara Dale, was
on a part of Rancho Quito. This house and its tank house were saved when the larger residence burned in the 1920's. The house, parts of which still sit on its original mud sills, has
belonged to the Van Arsdale family since 1946.
aOmBtM8oM KERR rnOU8E (c. 1900) 13361 Argonne Drive his large Craftsman style house was built about the turn of the century for Johnson and Lou Kerr. Mr. Kerr was a leading citizen of
the town, builder of the Kerr building which still stands on Big Basin Way, and a founder of the Saratoga State Bank in 1913. The house was in a large fruit ranch which was owned in
later years by the Miljevich family, which continued to produce fruit there until the early 1 980's.
IIEIAIIWEGEI EiIOUSE (c. 1900) 14701 Oak Street T h i s single story pioneer cottage was built about 1900. Although the original owner is unknown, it was owned around 1905 by Julia McLean.
Large oaks and a picket fence highlight this small house, which retains its clapboard walls and simple porch.
ANNA BEE ICIIOUBE (c. 1902) 2 1 120 Wardell Road
BARATOGA VOLUNTEER FERE BELL (1 903) 14488 Oak Street his cast iron bell, now missing its clapper, played an important role in fire protection in turn-of-the-century Saratoga. It was
mounted in a tower next to the town jail, at Fourth and Lumber Streets, where it was rung to call out volunteer firemen. The bell was moved in 1962 to its present location in front of
Fireman's Hall.