PCAD - Fraternal Hall Building, Downtown, Palo Alto, CA

Structure Type: built works - recreation areas and structures - amusement parks

Photograph of the Fraternal Hall following the 1906 Earthquake, Palo Alto, 06/08/1906. From Palo Alto Stanford (PAST) Heritage, photo from the Palo Alto Public Library, Palo Alto Historical Association-Guy Miller Archives

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140 University Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301-1628

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County: Santa Clara; 514 High Street also listed as an address;

Building History

San Francisco architect Samuel Newsom (1848-1908) designed the Fraternal Hall in association with the Palo Alto supervising architect W.T. Rhodes. M.P. Madison was the local building contractor.

Building Notes

The University Drug Company had first-floor retail space in Palo Alto's Fraternal Hall building in 1906.

Alteration

In 1905, the San Francisco architectural firm of Newsom and Newsom, operated by Samuel and his son, Sidney B. Newsom (1877-1942), designed an addition to the Fraternal Hall. George Mosher, a general contractor, erected this annex.

The stucco material facing the second floor of the Fraternal Hall fell off during the 1906 Earthquake.

Authorities and Identifiers

National Register of Historic Places (Listed 1990-02-15): 90000119 NRHP Images (pdf) NHRP Registration Form (pdf)

PCAD id: 1209

Fraternal Hall Building, Downtown, Palo Alto, CA (1898)