Norris House
Norris House | |
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37°26′33″N 122°8′57″W / 37.44250°N 122.14917°W / 37.44250; -122.14917 | |
Area | less than one acre |
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Built | 1927 (1927) |
Built by | Goodenough, Wells |
Architect | Clark, Birge |
Architectural style | Spanish Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 80000859[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 24, 1980 |
The Norris House is a historic house located at 1247 Cowper St. in Palo Alto, California. The house was built in 1927 for Kathleen Norris, a novelist and columnist who was once the highest-paid female author in the United States, and her husband Charles Gilman Norris, also a noted novelist. Kathleen Norris' novels featured female characters who represented her ideals of motherhood and moral virtue; her columns appeared in major magazines and included both short stories and advice columns. Charles Gilman Norris wrote novels which touched on contemporary social issues and served as Kathleen's agent.[2]
In 1949, the Diocese of San Francisco purchased the house to serve as the Newman Center for Stanford University. Around 2000 the house was sold into private hands again.[3]
Architect Birge Clark designed the Spanish Colonial Revival house. At the time, the house was Clark's largest and most expensive design. The house's layout features several one- and two-story sections surrounding a patio. The house is built from white stucco with a tile roof; handcrafted ironwork and woodwork is used in the beams and decorations.[2]
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1980.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Boghosian, Paula; Beach, John (May 31, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Norris House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ^ "Catholic Community at Stanford, History". Retrieved April 28, 2016.
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