HomeMy WebLinkAboutPages 60-79ROWEN EIOUBE (c. 1903) 1 347 1 Saratoga Avenue A lthough the original owners of this Craftsman house are unknown, it was owned by Florence Rowen from 1937 to 1989. It was originally
a large single family residence, but was converted to a duplex in 1937. The double door of the original house was used to provide access to the two units.
(c. 1904) 13935 Saratoga Avenue his house was originally a small summer home. In the 1930's it was the site of the Great Lakes Nursery, operated by Steven S. Jarrett. The nursery featured
goldfish ponds in the shapes of the Great Lakes, as well as hundreds of varieties of plants.
20360 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road his home is one ofthe fist of Saratoga's 'great houses' and an excellent example of Spanish colonial revival architecture. It was built for Mr. and Mrs.
David Bell, early community leaders. Mr. Bell helped to involve Saratogain the traveling library system in 1903, and Mrs. Bell, together with her neighbor Mrs. George Wood, donated the
land for the Saratoga Foothill Club.
1 5095 Fruitvale Avenue IF air oaks is an imposing house combining Prairie and classic revival architectural elements. Among its early owners was William Sherman, who had been both Fire
and Police Chief for San Francisco. During December 194 1, a carriage house on the property housed soldiers from Fort Ord. The house was for many years the home of the Caswell family,
Saratoga artists, writers and musicians.
14024 Saratoga Avenue his square, two-story clapboard house sits on property originally owned by John Hourecan, an Irish immigrant settler. His daughter, Agnes, married prominent Saratoga
doctor Robert Hogg. Their descendents still live in the house. The property originally contained 80 acres of grain and fruit, and the house sits today in several acres of mature landscaping.
lKAYE8 lIiUlDU8E (c. 1906) 14739 Oak Street his pioneer house, originally one story, was probably built by Ernil and Nellie Henris, who conveyed it in 1906 to Herman Henris. In 1938,
the lower portion of the property facing St. Charles Street, was sold off by the owner, Albert C. Hayes.
14421 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road his large redwood shingled house is one of three private residences in Saratoga believed designed by Julia Morgan. It has the arched window and wide eaves
characteristic of her Craftsman-style buildings, like the Foothill Clubhouse. Mr. Taylor, the original owner, was California's first Supreme Court Reporter. In later years it was used
as a vacation boarding house, and Richard Nixon was one of the guests as a youth.
(1906-1910) 14625 Fruitvale Avenue
13089 Quito Road
14413-14415 Big Basin Way
19221 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road A l t h o u g h this home is of one story and in the Craftsman style, it is an imposing example of the country homes being built in Saratoga at this time.
It still occupies its extensive grounds, which can be enjoyed from the broad roofed veranda which spans the front of the house. It was originally the home of the Tibbett family; Mr.
Tibbett was an engineer on the Antioch Bridge.
d3AMES BEGNARD8 EiIOUBE (c. 1910) 20 150 Bonnie Brae Lane he first owners of this house were Mr. and Mrs. James Richards. Mr. Richards was founding member of the Saratoga Men's Club
and the Madronia Cemetery District. His wife had been chairman of the committee which had raised funds to build the Saratoga Library and helped bring Julia Morgan to Saratoga to build
the Federated Church.
FRED SMdIIISPEiI II[[OUSE (c. 1910) 13850 Saratoga Avenue his simple one-story redwood bungalow was owned in the 1920's and 1930's by Fred Smith, who taught biology at San Jose State
College. He also owned the adjoining property at 13860 Saratoga Avenue and grew lupins and raised exotic roosters on his property.
1 2795 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road T h e house was built between 1909 and 1911 by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller on land which Mrs. Miller, born Lillian Malone, had inherited. Mr. Miller ran
a gas station and repair shop on the property as well as a general store. The gas station was closed in 1968, but Mrs. Miller continued to live on the property for many years. The property
includes a barn, once used for auto repairs, as well as a windmill and an aviary.
LANPNEAR EIOUSE (c. 1910) 13855 Saratoga Avenue T his two-story Craftsman style house has unusually ornate creekstone trim on the pillars and under the windows of the house front, arranged
in circular patterns to resemble flowers. There is evidence that this is one of several similar houses built in the area at the same time.
20375 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road
14475 Oak Place mily Ruth Harris (Mrs. 'John) Bell, built this house as a widow on land she purchased from her brother-in-law, David Bell, owner of the imposing home Bellgrove. The broad
sloping roof covers a porte cochere which was the original location of the home's entrance. The original carriage house for the property is now separated from it by Oak Place and is
a separate residence.
20330 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road his home sits on property originally purchased by Hannah McCarty and later owned by T.S. Montgomery, whose home was nearby. The villa, in a Mediterranean
style, was built by the J.G. Kennedys, who came from Palo Alto. The Harnm family, later owners, installed one of Saratoga's first tennis courts. The home is named for the two large deodar
cedars which flank the front of the villa.