Holbrook-Palmer Estate

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Holbrook-Palmer Estate
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The historic Carriage House and Water Tower in Holbrook-Palmer Park, Atherton, California
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Holbrook–Palmer Estate
Location150 Watkins Avenue, Atherton, California
Coordinates 37°27′52″N122°11′29.3″W / 37.46444°N 122.191472°W / 37.46444; -122.191472
Area22-acres
ArchitectHenry C. Macy
Architectural style Second Empire style,
Colonial Revival-style
NRHP reference No. 16000663
Added to NRHP2016

Holbrook-Palmer Estate, also known as Elmwood is a historic estate and public park located at 150 Watkins Avenue in Atherton, California (the town was previously named Fair Oaks). [1] The water tower (c.1883) and the carriage house (c.1897) were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 26, 2016. [2] [3]

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History

Charles C. Holbrook (1830–1926) was a successful wholesale hardware and mining supply store owner in San Francisco, he created the grand rural estate of Elmwood in the late 19th century. [2] Beginning in 1883, the Holbrook family would summer in the house together and occasionally visit on the weekends during the slower seasons. [4]

In 1926, Olive Holbrook Palmer (1878–1958) inherited the estate which was then named "Elmwood" which she used as her summer home with her spouse Silas H. Palmer (1874–1963). [5] Their main house was in San Francisco, the 22-room Holbrook mansion located at the corner of Van Ness Street and Washington Street. [4] Up until the mid-1950s, the estate was still operating as a farm and did not seem to have any major architectural or landscape changes. [4] When Olive died in March of 1958, the couple did not have an heirs and she willed the estate to the city of Atherton for recreational purposes. [4]

Architecture

The Elmwood water tower was built in c.1883, designed by San Francisco architect Henry C. Macy in a Second Empire style and is a rare example of a nineteenth-century tank house that was made in a less utilitarian style (in order to match the main house). [2] The water tower is three stories tall and is built with lumber, featuring an ornamental balcony and a French mansard roof. [4]

The main house was built c.1875 in the same Second Empire style, but was replaced in 1959. [2] [4]

The carriage house (also known as the Gen Merrill Carriage House) was built in c.1897 in a Colonial Revival style. [2] [4] The carriage house is two stories tall with the first floor featuring stables, a tack room and carriage storage, and a hay loft and bunkhouse in the second story. [4] The carriage house features a hip and gable roof with asphalt shingles and redwood siding. [4]

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References

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