PCAD - Stanford University, Jordan, David Starr and Jesse Knight, House #1, Stanford, CA

Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses; built works - public buildings - schools - university buildings

Exterior view of the David Starr and Jesse Knight Jordan House, Stanford, 1906; from Stanford University Libraries, Department of Special Collections, photo by Harris A. Goodall

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Serra Street
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305

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Overview

Stanford University's first President, David Starr Jordan (1851-1931), lived in this transitional, Queen Anne Revival/Colonial Revival Style residence c. 1906. Jordan referred to it as "Xasmin House." It was located at the eastern end of Serra Street, nearby to Sequoia Hall and the Casa Ventura. A later retirement residence for Jordan and his family, Serra House, erected in 1923, stood just to the east of Xasmin House. Serra House, unlike Xasmin, was spared the wrecking ball, and has been moved twice on the Stanford Campus.

Demolition

Xasmin House was demolished.

PCAD id: 20396

Stanford University, Jordan, David Starr and Jesse Knight, House #1, Stanford, CA demolished