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Overview

Nina Parkinson (born c. 1852 in NY), active in the Woman's Club of Palo Alto and the second wife of West Virginia-born Dr. Benoni Parkinson (1836-1899), a prominent banker at the Bank of Palo Alto, resided at this address in the early years of the 20th century. Nina Parkinson was active in Bay Area society; her name appeared in the San Francisco Blue Books of 1904 (p. 279) and 1905 (p. 264), and was listed in the Club Women of California: Official Directory and Register of 1907 (p. 57). She lived here until about 1907; she was listed in the US Census of 1910 as living at 2029 West 28th Street in Los Angeles, CA, with three of her four surviving children. (See See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 70, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T624_80; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0218; FHL microfilm: 1374093, accessed 06/29/2016.)

Robert Henry Harcourt, an instructor at Stanford University, and his wife, Nettie, inhabited the house from 1927-1940. (See Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, "1994 Holiday House Tour: Professorville," accessed 06/29/2016.)

Alteration

This house originally had horizontal wood siding, that was replaced with stucco.

PCAD id: 20290