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Building History

John Henry Meyer was listed as living in this house by 1900. One page of the US Census of 1900 indicated that he lived in Berkeley, CA, on or near College Avenue, although this document had a notation, "House Closed." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Berkely Ward 2, Alameda, California; Roll: 83; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0396; FHL microfilm: 1240083, accessed 10/02/2017.) He and his family probably moved southeast in 1900, as they were also listed in another 1900 US Census page as living in San Mateo County Township 3. (Township 3 consisted of part of Redwood City, and may have included Atherton and Menlo Park.) (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Township 3, San Mateo, California; Roll: 109; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0040; FHL microfilm: 1240109, accessed 10/02/2017.) The US Census of 1910, indicated that this Township 3 residence stood off of Searsville Road. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Township 3, San Mateo, California; Roll: T624_104; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0057; FHL microfilm: 1374117, accessed 10/02/2017.) This first Menlo Park house was a nineteenth century design that burned before 1920.

The US Census of 1920, indicated that he lived in a residence on Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo Park, perhaps a rented dwelling while his new house on Sand Hill Road was being completed. He resided in the Santa Cruz Avenue place with his daughters Eugenie (born c. 1881 in CA) and Alice (born c. 1883 in CA), and son Charles H. Meyer (born c. 1892 in CA). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Menlo Park, San Mateo, California; Roll: T625_145; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 75, accessed 10/02/2017.)

Demolition

This residence burned in 04/1919. According to the Sausalito Times: "The country home of J. Henry Meyer, San Francisco banker, one of the show places of the Menlo Park hill district, was destroyed by fire late Sunday afternoon. Meyer's valuable collection of paintings and tapestries was saved by men summoned from adjoining estates. The fire was discovered by Meyer on his return from an automobile trip to Monterey. The dwelling was valued at $75,000." (See "Banker's $75,000 Residence Burned," Sausalito News, vol. 35, no. 34, 08/23/1919, p. 2.)

PCAD id: 21495