Building History

The real estate developer Norwood B. Smith of the University Realty Company resided at this address on 04/26/1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 04/25/2024.) He continued to live at this address in 1950, although June Miller (born c. 1871 in OH) was listed as the head of the household. (See Ancestry.com Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California; Roll: 1684; Page: 74; Enumeration District: 43-82, accessed 04/25/2024.)

In 1918, Smith resided at 1650 Waverley Street in Palo Alto. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Santa Clara County Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 04/25/2024.)