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John Adams Squire's family owned the John P. Squire Meatpacking Company of Cambridge, MA; early on, J.P Squire was one of the earliest meatpacking companies to use ice to freeze its meat, allowing it to be shipped long distances without spoiling. It built a large factory on Gore Street in Cambridge and also maintained a huge apartment building, Squire's Court, to house its own workers. The company grew to become quite large in Boston and the Northeast region. In 1901, John P. Squire incorporated with about 20 other smaller New England beef and pork producers to issue $7.5 million of stock, 6% of which was preferred. This transaction provided a huge cash infusion for the Squire Family, making John Adams Squire a wealthy man. Educated as an undergraduate at Harvard University, he chose to study classics at Stanford University, c. 1903.

Set on 1 acre of land up the street from the Stanford Campus, the Squire House is an excellent example of the Neo-Classical Revival Style. It was placed on National Register of Historic Places: 03/06/1972; The 4-bedroom, 5.5-bath Squire House cost approximately $10,000 to build in 1904, a significant amount for the time; in 10/2008, the asking price reported for it was $12.5 million. The house has 6,374 square feet of space on three stories and 2,249 square feet in the basement. The property also contained a guest house and large garage. The Squire House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in the 1970s.

PCAD id: 1222