CITY OF SAN MATEO
RESOLUTION NO. ____ (2026)
A RESOLUTION TO DESIGNATE THE GLAZENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD AS A HISTORIC DISTRICT AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL AND DETERMINE THAT THE ACTION IS EXEMPT FROM FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
WHEREAS, in 1921 the City of San Mateo approved the “Map of Glazenwood” subdivision that created a neighborhood bounded by 9 th Avenue to the north, 10 th Avenue to the south, B Street to the west, and Palm Avenue to the east; and
WHEREAS, Glazenwood was initially developed beginning in 1921 following the subdivision of the former Alvinza Howard estate (later Peninsula Hotel site), which was destroyed by fire in 1920, and was planned as a residential park with coordinated design, infrastructure, and development controls; and WHEREAS, Glazenwood was primarily developed between 1921 and 1936 and is characterized by a cohesive collection of one - and two -story residences designed in Spanish Colonial Revival and related revival styles, along with associated features such as decorative gateposts, original lamp posts, and a distinctive horseshoe-shaped street; and
WHEREAS, the City’s 1989 Historic Building Survey identified the Glazenwood neighborhood as eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); and
WHEREAS, General Plan 2005, General Plan 2030, and General Plan 2040 each identified the Glazenwood neighborhood as warranting consideration as a historic district; and WHEREAS, a Historic Resource Evaluation (HRE) prepared by a qualified architectural historian from Rincon Consultants, Inc. i n March 2026 evaluated the Glazenwood neighborhood for listing in the NRHP and California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) as a historic district; and
WHEREAS, the HRE finds that the Glazenwood Historic District is significant under Criterion A/1 of the NRHP/CRHR for its association with early 20th century suburban development patterns in San Mateo as a planned “residence park,” and under Criterion C/3 of the NRHP/CRHR as a cohesive and well-preserved example of revival- style residential architecture, particularly Spanish Colonial Revival; and
WHEREAS, the HRE establishes a period of significance from 1921 to 1936, representing the initial subdivision and primary period of architectural development within the district; and
WHEREAS, the historic district includes a total of 39 resources, with 36 contributing resources, including site features such as gateposts and lamp posts, and three non-contributing resources; and
WHEREAS, City Council received many testimonials and comments at the January 26, 2026 study session and the subsequent Glazenwood Neighborhood meeting on February 9, 2026 from residents of the Glazenwood neighborhood as to their preference for Glazenwood to be formally considered a historic district; and
WHEREAS, on April 20 , 2026, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing to receive public comment and consider this Resolution to designation the Glazenwood neighborhood as a historic district based on the findings and evidence in the record.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, HEREBY FINDS AND RESOLVES that:
1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.
2. The Glazenwood H istoric District designation is exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) and Section 15308 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment). CEQA applies only to activities that may cause a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Identification of Glazenwood as a City of San Mateo historic district is to prevent significant environmental impacts to historic al resources identified as part of the historic district. Without regulation of const ruction activities in the Glazenwood Historic District, the historic integrity of the neighborhood could be lost through incompatible alterations and new construction and the demolition of irreplaceable historic structures.
Therefore, the project meets CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) and Section 15308, and pursuant to these exemptions, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, and is exempt from CEQA review.
3. The Glazenwood Historic District designation is consistent with all applicable goals and policies in General Plan 2040, including Goal CD-5 in the Community Design and Historic Resources Element to “preserve historic and culturally important resources to maintain San Mateo’s special identity and continuity with the past.”
4. The foregoing recitals and attached exhibits, including the Glazenwood Historic Resource Evaluation (Exhibit A) and Glazenwood District Map (Exhibit B) , are true and correct and are incorporated by reference into this action.
5. Pursuant to San Mateo Municipal Code Section 27.66.020(b) , t he designation of the Glazenwood neighborhood as a historic district at the local level , based on the Glazenwood Historic Resource Evaluation (Exhibit A) and as shown on the Glazenwood District Map (Exhibit B), both attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, is approved. This action is based on National Register of Historic Places and California Register of Historical Resources criteria, and documented in a form consistent with the City of San Mateo Historic Building Survey (Glazenwood HRE).
Rincon Consultants, Inc.
66 Franklin Street, Suite 300
Oakland, California 94607
510-834-4455
1 March 20, 2026
Project No: 24-16651
Zachary Dahl
City of San Mateo
330 West 20th Avenue
San Mateo, California 94403
Via email: [email protected]
Subject: Glazenwood Historic District Evaluation
Dear Mr. Dahl:
The City of San Mateo retained Rincon Consultants, Inc. (Rincon) to evaluate the Glazenwood neighborhood for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR). The Glazenwood Historic District was first identified as a potential historic district in 1989 and was recommended eligible for listing in the NRHP. A nomination for the NRHP was not prepared and the historic district was not listed at the federal or local level.
This letter report presents the findings of a historical resources evaluation (HRE) of the Glazenwood neighborhood. The current evaluation was prepared in response to direction from City Council received on February 2, 2026 to formally designate Glazenwood as a local historic district by resolution. The following information is provided to support the resolution.
Regulatory Framework
National Register of Historic Places
The NRHP was authorized by Section 101 of the National Historic Preservation Act and is the nation’s official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. The NRHP recognizes the quality of significance in American, state, and local history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects. Per 36 CFR Part 60.4, a property is eligible for listing in the NRHP if it meets one or more of the following criteria:
Criterion A: Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history
Criterion B: Is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past Criterion C: Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of installation, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack indiv idual distinction Criterion D: Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history In addition to meeting at least one of the above designation criteria, resources must also retain integrity.
The National Park Service recognizes seven aspects or qualities that, considered together, define historic integrity. To retain integrity, a property must possess several, if not all, of these seven qualities, defined as follows:
Location: The place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred
Design: The combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of a property
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2 Setting: The physical environment of a historic property Materials: The physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern or configuration to form a historic property Workmanship: The physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory
Feeling: A property’s expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time Association: The direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property Certain properties are generally considered ineligible for listing in the NRHP, including cemeteries, birthplaces, graves of historical figures, properties owned by religious institutions, relocated structures, or commemorative properties. Additionally, a property must be at least 50 years of age to be eligible for listing in the NRHP. The National Park Service states that 50 years is the general estimate of the time needed to develop the necessary historical perspective to evaluate significance (National P ark Service 1997:41). Properties which are less than 50 years must be determined to have “exceptional importance” to be considered eligible for NRHP listing.
California Register of Historical Resources
The CRHR was established in 1992 and codified by PRC Sections 5024.1 and Title 14 Section 4852. The CRHR is an authoritative listing and guide to be used by state and local agencies, private groups, and citizens in identifying the existing historical resources of the state and to indicate which resources deserve to be protected, to the extent prudent and feasible, from substantial adverse change (Public Resources Code, 5024.1(a)). The criteria for eligibility for the CRHR are consistent with the NRHP criter ia but have been modified for state use in order to include a range of historical resources that better reflect the history of California (Public Resources Code, 5024.1(b)). Unlike the NRHP however, the CRHR does not have a defined age threshold for eligibility; rather, a resource may be eligible for the CRHR if it can be demonstrated sufficient time has passed to understand its historical or architectural significance (California Office of Historic Preservation 2011). Furthermore, resources may still be el igible for listing in the CRHR even if they do not retain sufficient integrity for NRHP eligibility (California Office of Historic Preservation 2011). Generally, the California Office of Historic Preservation recommends resources over 45 years of age to be recorded and evaluated for historical resources eligibility (California Office of Historic Preservation 1995:2).
A property is eligible for listing in the CRHR if it meets one of more of the following criteria:
Criterion 1: Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of California’s history and cultural heritage
Criterion 2: Is associated with the lives of persons important to our past Criterion 3: Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of an important creative individual, or possesses high artistic values
Criterion 4: Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history City of San Mateo Historic Resources Inventory
The City of San Mateo is currently drafting an updated Historic Preservation Ordinance update that outlines criteria for local designation. It has not yet been adopted.
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3 Methods
This section describes the methods of field survey and research used to evaluate the Glazenwood neighborhood as a historic district.
Survey
Rincon Architectural Historian JulieAnn Murphy conducted a built environment survey of the Glazenwood neighborhood on February 27, 2026. Overall condition and integrity of these resources were documented and assessed. Site characteristics and conditions were documented using notes and digital photographs .
Archival Research
Rincon completed background and archival research in support of this study in February and March 2026.
A variety of primary and secondary source materials were consulted. Sources included, but were not limited to, historical maps, aerial photographs, and written histories of the area. The following sources were utilized to develop an understanding of the project site and its context:
• San Mateo County Assessor’s Office
• Historical aerial photographs accessed via NETR Online • Historical aerial photographs accessed via University of California, Santa Barbara Library FrameFinder • Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Maps accessed through the San Francsico Public Library • Historical newspaper clippings obtained from Newspapers.com and the California Digital Newspaper Collection
• Collections at the San Mateo County Historical Association • 1989 Historic Resources Inventory forms prepared by San Mateo County Historical Association Findings
This section provides description, inventory, historic context, evaluation , integrity, and boundary justifications for the Glazenwood Historic District.
Narrative Description
Glazenwood Historic District is in central San Mateo’s Hayward Park neighborhood. It is a residential subdivision comprised of approximately one square block bounded by 9th Avenue to the north, Rosewood Drive to the east, Palm Avenue to the west, and 10 th Avenue to the south. The neighborhood is characterized by a horseshoe-shaped street, Rosewood Drive and Laurel Avenue, that provides access to the neighborhood from 9th Avenue at two points, where decorative gateposts mark the entrance to the neighborhood. A short portion of Rosewood Drive also provides access to the neighborhood via 10th Avenue. A second street, Hayward Avenue, provides access to the neighborhood from Palm Avenue, and also features decorative gateposts.
The Glazenwood Historic District is located on land that was part of the Peninsula Hotel, the former residence of early San Matean Alvinza Hayward. Constructed in 1880, it was updated for use as a hotel City of San Mateo
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4 following Hayward’s death in 1904.1 The Glazenwood Historic District was subdivided and planned in 1921, following the destruction of the Peninsula Hotel by fire in June 1920.2 The Historic District consists of primarily Spanish Colonial Revival single-family houses, with examples of Tudor Revival, Mission Revival, and Mediterranean Revival architectural influences. Houses are generally one-to-two stories and are on lots that are commonly 70 feet by 120 feet. Streets include planned sidewalk strips, many of which are planted with mature trees. Mature trees also line streets, fronting private residences. The Historic District also includes four lampposts that date to the original subdivision.
Inventory
Table 1 below outlines all the properties within the Glazenwood Historic District. A narrative description and photograph of each property is included in Attachment 1.
Table 1 Properties in Glazenwood Historic District
Address APN Build Date Status
Palm Avenue
1 901 Palm Avenue 034274100 1927 Contributor
2 913–915 Palm Avenue 034274090 1922 Contributor
2 919 Palm Avenue 034274080 1922 Contributor
4 925 Palm Avenue 034274130 1925 Contributor
Hayward Avenue
5 104 Hayward Avenue 034276180 1923 Contributor
6 105 Hayward Avenue 034274110 1923 Contributor
7 110 Hayward Avenue 034276010 1921 Contributor
Laurel Avenue
8 900 Laurel Avenue 034274010 1924 Contributor
9 901 Laurel Avenue 034273220 1925 Contributor
10 911 Laurel Avenue 034273210 1925 Contributor
11 914 Laurel Avenue 034274020 1922 Contributor
12 915 Laurel Avenue 034273200 1921 Contributor
13 920 Laurel Avenue 034274030 1922 Contributor
14 925 Laurel Avenue 034273190 1922 Contributor
15 926 Laurel Avenue 034274040 1922 Contributor
16 929 Laurel Avenue 034273180 1922 Non-Contributor
17 932 Laurel Avenue 034274050 1922 Contributor
18 937 Laurel Avenue 034273170 1923 Contributor
19 941 Laurel Avenue 034273160 1921 Contributor
20 947–949 Laurel Avenue 034273150 1923 Contributor
21 952 Laurel Avenue 034276020 1923 Contributor
1 “Hayward Residence,” San Mateo Public Library, San Mateo Public History Collection, accessed February 24, 2026, https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt2p30233x/.
2 “Peninsula Hotel Afire,” San Mateo Public Library, San Mateo Public History Collection, accessed February 24, 2026, https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt1r29q7f8/.
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5 Address APN Build Date Status
22 953 Laurel Avenue 034273140 1923 Contributor
23 958 Laurel Avenue 034276030 1923 Contributor
24 961 Laurel Avenue 034273130 1949 Non-Contributor
25 962 Laurel Avenue 034276040 1923 Contributor
26 970 Laurel Avenue 034276050 1923 Contributor
27 976 Laurel Avenue 034276060 1924 Contributor
Rosewood Drive
28 910 Rosewood Drive 034273030 1936 Contributor
29 914 Rosewood Drive 034273040 1929 Contributor
30 930 Rosewood Drive 034273050 1928 Contributor
31 932 Rosewood Drive 034273060 1949 Non-Contributor
32 934 Rosewood Drive 034273070 1923 Contributor
33 940 Rosewood Drive 034273080 1924 Contributor
34 960 Rosewood Drive 034273090 1924 Contributor
35 964 Rosewood Drive 034273100 1925 Contributor
36 966 Rosewood Drive 034273110 1923 Contributor
37 980 Rosewood Drive 034273120 1925 Contributor
38 Gateposts (3) Contributor
39 Lampposts (4) Contributor
Totals
All 39
Contributors 36
Non-Contributors 3
Historic Context
Development History
Glazenwood Historic District is a harmonious, well-designed residential neighborhood comprised of mostly Spanish Colonial Revival houses. The foundation of the neighborhood’s development followed the destruction of Alvinza Hayward’s estate, then serving as the Peninsula Hotel, by fire.3 The former Hayward estate was purchased by a syndicate of wealthy individuals formed in 1905 that was made up of a group of local entrepreneurs and developers, including Henry Rosenfeld, John Howell, W.H. Talbot, Antone Borel, and John Barenson. The group was incorporated as the San Mateo Improvement Company.4 They transformed the former residence into the Peninsula Hotel. In 1920, after the fire, the San Mateo Improvement Company instructed the real estate firm Baldwin & Howell, who were responsible for many important residential developments in the Bay Area, to subdivide the former
3 “400,000 Loss in Resort Fire at San Mateo,”
The San Francisco Examiner, June 26, 1920,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/457919047/?match=1&terms=%22san%20mateo%20improvement%20company%22. 4 “Big Syndicate Incorporates,”
The San Francisco Call Bulletin, November 2, 1905,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/77895506/?match=1&terms=%22san%20mateo%20improvement%20company%22.
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6 Peninsula Hotel land for bungalow sites.5 The S.A. Born Building Company were first to be named as interested in the site, which was tentatively named Baywood Court. 6 The design would be a residence park, or a development that uses deed restrictions for use, design, and ownership. Speaking of the plans for development that would restrict use and capitalize of the existing natural setting of the former hotel S.A. Born said, “It is my expectation that the subdivision will be subdivided in a way as not to destroy, if possible, a single tree.”7 In May 1921, the San Franisco Improvement Company subdivided the property as Glazenwood, and established Laurel Avenue, Rosewood Drive, and Hayward Avenue as public streets (Figure 1).8
Glazenwood was chosen for the development name because of “the profusion of roses of the Beauty of Glazenwood type, which cover the old clubhouse.” 9 Though the subdivision map was prepared in May 1921, it was not adopted until September 1921 and the planned construction of houses was halted in the interim. Between May and September 1921, the San Mateo Improvement Company completed the street work. The work was advertised as having been done using the most up-to-date standard for road construction explaining that, “it is not necessary to sacrifice utility in the interests of artistic effect, for the asphaltic-concrete type of construction supplies the maximum strength and durability in a roadway which harmonizes completely even with the strict artistic standards of one of California’s most beautiful residential district.”10 An image from June 1921 published in Standard Oil Bulletin depicts what the
subdivision looked like before construction on the single-family houses began (Figure 2).
5 Online Archive of California, “Baldwin & Howell Records,” San Francisco Public Library, accessed March 13, 2026, https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7t1nd5xt.
6 “Peninsula Hotel Property to be Villa Site,”
The San Francisco Call Bulletin, October 2, 1920,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1229130295/?match=1&terms=%22san%20mateo%20improvement%20company%22. 7 “Peninsula Hotel Property to be Villa Site,”
The San Francisco Call Bulletin, October 2, 1920,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1229130295/?match=1&terms=%22san%20mateo%20improvement%20company%22. 8 William B. Hoag,
Map of Glazenwood San Mateo, California , (San Mateo: City of San Mateo, 1921). 9 “Five Bungalows Will be Erected at ‘Glazenwood’,”
The San Francisco Examiner, October 8, 1921,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/457725193/?match=1&terms=%22san%20mateo%20improvement%20company%22. 10 “Asphaltic-Concrete Highways Beautify Glazenwood Tract,” Standard Oil Bulletin, April 1922,16, Bulletin - Standard Oil Company of California - Google Books.
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7 Figure 1 Glazenwood Subdivision Map
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8 Figure 2 June 1921 Image of Glazenwood
Source: Standard Oil Bulletin
By January 1922, five bungalows, or one-story residences, were under construction by S.A. Born Building Company. Baldwin & Howell, who were acting as the developers on behalf of the San Mateo Improvement Company, were interested in the quick and relatively uniform development of the residential tract. They did now allow for the sale of lots without plans for immediate construction. Predating the popular practice of Euclidean zoning11, the tract was a residence park, restricted to the construction of residences. To ensure relative uniformity of development, including scale and design, all plans were required to be submitted to San Mateo Improvement Company before the sale of a lot would be approved. Baldwin & Howell were clear that “the aim of the company is to have bungalows exclusively in the tract, although an exception may be made here and there if a two -story house is required.”12 In 1922, Baldwin & Howell released a pamphlet advertising the new tract described as “San Mateo’s Picturesque Restricted Residence Park.” The advertisement, in addition to touting the neighborhood’s natural beauty also highlighted the modern conveniences noting , “Asphalt streets, concrete curbs and sidewalks; sewers and side sewers to all lots; water main are now in. Gas, electricity and telephone services will follow as homes are built.” 13 The first speculative houses were purchased before completion
11 Euclidean zoning is the most common form of land use regulation in the United States that separates incompatible land uses. 12 “Glazenwood is Name of New Home Tract,”
The San Francisco Call Bulletin, January 21, 1922.
13 Baldwin & Howell, “Glazenwood,” Advertisement. San Mateo County Historical Association, 2023.044.001.
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9 by Herber Jones and Walter A. Nelson in January 1922. 14 By June 1922, seven houses in the development were complete (Figure 3).15
Figure 3 941 Laurel Avenue Under Construction, February 1922
The tract’s early development was undertaken by S.A. Born Building Company , headed by Stephen A.
Born. S.A. Born was born in Decatur, Illinois and arrived in San Francisco in 1879. He first worked for George Doring followed by Martin & McGuire before going into business for himself in 1890. He trademarked his building and development business as “Born Built” and completed many developments in San Francisco and the Peninsula.16 He is responsible for the development and construction of West Clay Park, Sea Cliff, Ashbury Terrace, and Lincoln Manor in San Francisco. 17 He also developed several tracts in San Mateo and Hillsborough. Described as master builders in period publications, S.A. Born Building Company are responsible for many of the architectural designs in Glazenwood. Most available records do not reference a tract architect, though early articles mention that Born’s architect was D.J.
Patterson.18 However, Born was known to employ many architects for his developments, though their designs appear to have many times been credited to the company rather than the individual. Stephen’s son, George Born was the company’s vice president when Glazenwood was built. He was an architect, suggesting he could be responsible for some of the designs. 19
14 “Suburban Tract Building Active,”
San Francsico Chronicle, January 28, 1922,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1235198032/?match=1&terms=%22glazenwood%22. 15 “San Mateo Homes Sold by Born Co,”
San Francisco Journal, July 1, 1922,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/997385513/?match=1&terms=%22glazenwood%22; “With the Realtors,” The Bulletin (San
Francisco), February 18, 1922, https://www.newspapers.com/image/996136032/?match=1&terms=%22glazenwood%22. 16 Roy Walter Cloud,
History of San Mateo County California, Vol II (S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1928), 558. 17 Richard Brandi and Denise Bradley, “Gardens in the City: San Francisco Residence Parks, 1906-1940 – Historic Context Statement,” Western Neighborhoods Project, October 2016, 72. 18 “Peninsula Hotel Property to be Villa Site,”
San Francisco Call Bulletin, October 2, 1920,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1229130295/.
19 Richard Brandi and Denise Bradley, “Gardens in the City: San Francisco Residence Parks, 1906-1940 – Historic Context Statement,” Western Neighborhoods Project, October 2016, 72.
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10 The tract’s early development was successful, and S.A. Born proceeded to purchase 17 additional tracts for speculative development in August 1923. 20 An October 1923 edition of The Building Review included a
16-page spread of residences built by S.A. Born Building Company. Of those, several examples from Glazenwood were included. Photographs of 925, 932, and 941 Laurel Avenue and 110 Hayward Avenue were included, a comparison to the buildings today reveals that they are remarkably unchanged and continue to convey their original design (Figure 4).21
The publication also included what were described as “model residences” designed by San Francsico - based architect William H. Toepeke for S.A. Born Building Company. The three hand-drawn renderings included in the set share similar massing and application of the Spanish Colonial Revival Design. One of the sketches is clearly the design that was eventually implemented for 104 Hayward Avenue .22 William H.
Toepke (1870-1949) worked with S.A. Born Building Company and is responsible for several of the designs in Glazenwood. He was born in San Francisco in 1870 and worked in the office of architect William Mooser in 1886. He was hired by architect Charles Havens in 1890, becoming partners by 1897.
The two worked together until 1915 after which Toepke began his own practice.23 Toepke had many ties to San Mateo. He designed the residence at 914 Laurel Avenue, which he lived in for several years as his own residence. He died in 1949.24
Figure 4 S.A. Born Building Company Designed Houses
1923 Photographs Current Photographs
925 Laurel Avenue
20 “Glazenwood to Have Many New Modern Homes,”
The Bulletin, August 4, 1923,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/996126491/?match=1&terms=%22glazenwood%22%20%22clubhouse%22. 21 “Residences Built by S.A. Born Building Co. Near San Francisco,” The Building Review, Vol. XXIV, No. 4 (1923), 41-56,
https://archive.org/details/buildingreview2319232sanf/page/n461/mode/2up. 22 “Residences Built by S.A. Born Building Co. Near San Francisco,” The Building Review, Vol. XXIV, No. 4 (1923), 52,
https://archive.org/details/buildingreview2319232sanf/page/n461/mode/2up. 23 “Havens & Toepke (1874-1916),” NoeHill, https://noehill.com/architects/havens_and_toepke.aspx, accessed February 28, 2026. 24 “William H. Toepke Architect, Dies,” Redwood City Tribune, July 29, 1949, https://www.newspapers.com/image/842232330/?match=1&terms=william%20toepke%20%22san%20mateo%22.
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11 1923 Photographs Current Photographs
932 Laurel Avenue
941 Laurel Avenue
110 Hayward Avenue
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12 Figure 5 S.A. Born Building Company Designed by William Toepke 1923 Sketch Current Photograph
104 Hayward Avenue
In the early 1920s, Glazenwood was repeatedly described as a restricted residential tract. S.A. Born described that “there is no other tract on the peninsula which is protected to the same extent with restrictions that Glazenwood is.”25 The neighborhood’s status as a restricted residential tract was a selling point, and meant to signal a planned, exclusive, and economically harmonious neighborhood. Such neighborhoods often included racial covenants that explicitly excluded people from specified racial and religious groups by deed restriction. A review of early deeds for Glazenwood confirm that the standard declarations adopted by the San Mateo Improvement Company included a racial restriction that stated “no portion of said property, and no interest in any of said property, shall be conveyed, transferred, leased or demised to or held by any person unless he be of the Caucasion [sic] or white race.” 26 The subdivision was not, apparently, restricted by religion and there are several examples of early advertisements for Glazenwood in the local Jewish publication,
Emanu
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El.
27 According to available census records, the early
residents were from the professional class and included investment bankers, lawyers, salesmen, and engineers and many households included live-in service staff.28 After the initial rush of development following S.A. Born Building Company’s purchase and development of several lots, development slowed. The Peninsula clubhouse on the east side of Rosewood Drive, from which the Glazenwood name was named, was first planned to continue to be a community amenity for the development. By 1928, however, there were abandoned plans for it to be redeveloped into a school. 29 Likely signaling the impending Great Depression, the San Mateo Improvement Company dissolved in 1929.30 Though a substantial number of the original subdivision lots were developed by this time, several lots on the east side of Rosewood Drive and Palm Avenue were still undeveloped. Later development occurred in the following decades (Figure 6). A Sanborn map from 1950 depicts that most of the original 1921subdivision lots were developed by that time, including the area of the former clubhouse which was demolished by this time. The later development, mostly occurring following the end of World War II, is more typical of that period of architecture and includes mostly post-war Ranch-style residences.
25 “Suburban Tract Building Active,”
San Francisco Chronicle, January 28, 1922,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1235198032/?match=1&terms=%22suburban%20tract%20building%20active%22. 26 Declaration of Easements, Restrictions, Conditions, Covenants and Agreements, etc. affecting Glazenwood, San Mateo Improvement Company, October 3, 1921, County of San Mateo Official Records, Vol. 22, Pages 204-208, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-L18R-5?wc=MDJ1- GWP%3A174973701%2C183193701%26cc%3D1878749&cc=1878749&lang=en. 27 “A Builder of Fine Houses,”
Emanu
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El, April 14, 1922, Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif. : 1895) 14 April 1922 — J. Archives; The Jewish News of Northern California.
28 United States Census Bureau, Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, California, San Mateo Precinct 24/25. 29 “Applications for Private Kindergarten Blocked Here,” The Times (San Mateo), October 2, 1928,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/38886023/?match=1&terms=%22glazenwood%22. 30 “Notice of Application to Dissolve the San Mateo Improvement Company,” The Recorder, June 11, 1929,
https://www.newspapers.com/image/610568375/?match=1&terms=%22san%20mateo%20improvement%20company%22.
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13 Figure 6 1950 Sanborn Map of Glazenwood
Revival Style Architecture
Beginning in the 1890s and continuing through the 1940s, revival style architecture was popular throughout the United States and was considered moder in comparison to the elaborate decorative styles from the popular Victorian styles in the years prior. Earlier revival styles, like Tudor Revival, drew on domestic English architecture and were often implemented to demonstrate wealth and status in emerging cities in the United States. By the 1920s, revival style architecture was a staple of American domestic architecture. At the same time, newer revival styles began to emerge that were based on the historic architecture of Spain, Italy, and the Native American Southwest. Adoption of revival styles, particularly those inspired by Spain and native architecture, shaped California’s architectural landscape during the period. The fundamental elements of these later revival styles are unified by plaster walls, the use of the arch, and enclosed patios. Mission Revival was the earliest style. Beginning in the mid -1890s and lasting up to the First World War it applied exterior features of the California missions onto then - current building types. Following it, from the mid-1910s through the 1940s, was the Spanish Colonial Revival. This style went beyond reproducing surface features and incorporated massing, layout, and relationships to the landscape which were typical of both the California missions and their antecedents found in the Andalusia region of southern Spain. Of all the revivals, the Mission Revival and the Spanish Colonial Revival were the most prolific in California. The Mediterranean Revival began to emerge in the 1920s and was commonly used for residential designs. It shares basic elements with the Spanish
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14 Colonial Revival, such as stucco walls and tiled roofs, but is generally less exuberant and more formal in its massing.31
Tudor Revival Character-Defining Features
• One- to three-story height
• Varied plans, steeply-pitched cross-gabled roofs
• Half-timbering at the exterior, often on the face of projecting bays or gabled ends • Brick or stucco primary cladding with brick or stone accents • Large, elaborate chimneys often crowned by decorative chimney pots • Entrances with arched openings
• Hand-hewn detailing on wood beams framing porches or entrances • One or more groupings of wood or metal casement windows usually in groups of three or more • May have rectangular or diamond-shaped panes32
Mission Revival Character-Defining Features
•
Espada
ñ
a: a curved or scalloped gable end or parapet extension that functions as an extension of the gabled end wall above the roof line, with openings for bells • Corner towers
• Stucco exterior
• Clay/terracotta tile roofs
• Wide, overhanging eaves
• Rounded arches and arcades
• Verandas, patios, and courtyards
• General lack of ornamentation, often limited to applied tiles or cast plaster motifs • Star-shaped, or quatrefoil (four-leaf) window openings, or openings with such shape in parapets33 Spanish Colonial Revival Character-Defining Features
• Stucco exteriors, usually smooth, but sometimes with moderate texture • Low-pitched gable and/or hip roofs with little to no eave overhang • Clay roof tiles
• Arched windows and openings
• Occasional tower used as a vertical accent
• Enclosed outdoor spaces
• Wrought iron railings for balconies and window grilles (rejas) • Picturesque massing, comping rectangular and cylindrical masses
31 Daniel Prosser, “Mediterranean and Indigenous Revival Architecture, 1893–1948, SurveyLA Citywide Historic Context Statement” (Los Angeles: City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning, Office of Historic Resources, 2018), accessed March 14, 2026, https://planning.lacity.gov/odocument/097f6db5-feee-43f5-a448- fd140763de90/MediterraneanandIndigenousRevivalArchitecture_1893-1948.pdf. 32 Virginia Savage McAlester,
A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America’s Domestic Architecture , rev. and expanded ed. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013), 448-466. 33 Virginia Savage McAlester,
A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America’s Domestic Architecture , rev. and expanded ed. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013), 510-518.
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15 • Asymmetrical façades
• Mix of large focal windows and smaller rectangular windows • Attic vents consisting of small-diameter red clay pipes, or set behind patterned screens (cut into façade) • Distinctly shaped and capped chimneys34
Mediterranean Revival Character-Defining Features
• Implementing Spanish, Mexican, Italian and Moorish influences • Stucco exterior
• Arched windows and openings
• Horizontal massing
• Clay tile roofs
• An eclectic use of design elements from the Mediterranean region 35 Use of each of the revival styles described above are seen in the Glazenwood Historic District. As is common though the application of architectural styles, especially when implemented by one designer or developer as was the case with the S.A. Born Building Company, there are interpretations that blend elements from several styles. In order to achieve cohesion, while avoiding repetition, designs were tweaked to include elements from more than one style. As a result, the neighborhood presents a variety of interesting examples of popular architecture from the period.
Evaluation
The Glazenwood Historic District is significant under Criteria A/1 as a discrete residential development, or residential park. It was undertaken by the San Mateo Improvement Company and largely executed by the S.A. Born Building Company to take advantage of the central location and natural setting of the former Alvinza Hayward estate, then known as the Peninsula Hotel that was destroyed by fire in 1920. The Glazenwood Historic District is significant at the local level for its associations with urban planni ng and development as a residence park. Designed before Euclidean zoning was common, its construction as a planned residential park reflected the emerging trend toward suburbanization in San Mateo during this period.
Though the Glazenwood Historic District was home to many San Mateo residents who were members of the City’s professional class when constructed, including many lawyers, business owners, salesmen, engineers, and architects, there is no information to suggest that their residences were signif icant or illustrate important or notable achievements of their owners or residents. The Glazenwood Historic District is not, therefore, recommended eligible under Criteria B/2.
The Glazenwood Historic District is also significant under Criteria C/3 as a remarkably cohesive grouping of mostly one-story residences, designed in revival styles, mostly Spanish Colonial Revival. Though common during the period in which it was developed, the execution of the revival styles in the Glazenwood Historic District illustrates an important period of residential development in San Mateo , from 1921 through 1936. Buildings within the historic district embody the style, including stucco exteriors, red clay tile roofs, arched openings, decorative wrought iron elements, and ornamental tilework. Many residences feature asymmetrical massing, recessed entries, arcades, and interior courtyards, reflecting revival styles adapted for modern living. Additionally, the district is significant as a good example of the work of the S.A. Born Building Company’s execution of the plan for Glazenwood with cohesive design
34 McAlester,
A Field Guide to American Houses, 520-534.
35 Prosser, “Mediterranean and Indigenous Revival Architecture, 1893–1948, SurveyLA Citywide Historic Context Statement,” 49.
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16 elements that extend beyond individual buildings, like the gateposts, lampposts, and the horseshoe street design.
No available information uncovered as a part of this study suggests that it is eligible for its potential to yield information important to history or prehistory. The Glazenwood Historic District is not recommended eligible under Criteria D/4.
Integrity
The Glazenwood Historic District retains all seven aspects of integrity. The district remains in its historic location adjacent to Downtown San Mateo, as first developed in 1922. Though the surrounding area has seen some changes from increased development, Glazenwood’s setting has remained largely unchanged
as evidenced in its retained street design and maintained mature vegetation. Though some individual houses have been updated over time, changes have been made in a compatible manner and have retained integrity of
design, materials, and workmanship . Finally, those things when considered in concert have helped the Glazenwood Historic District retain integrity of feeling and
association as an early 20th
century suburban development.
Period of Significance
The Glazenwood Historic District’s period of significance spans from 1921 when it was first planned and laid out until 1936 when the last residence constructed in a revival style was completed.
Boundary Justification
The boundaries of Glazenwood Historic District reflect the initial subdivision of the former Alvinza Hayward estate as the site of a 1920s residential suburb neighborhood. The historic district encompasses all those parcels that were developed as originally envisioned by the San Mateo Improvement Company, composed of mostly single-family residences. Though plotted as part of the original subdivision, parcels south of Hayward Avenue on Palm Avenue and on the east side of Rosewood Drive were excluded because they were developed many decades later and their designs do not reflect the popular revival styles that characterize the neighborhood’s early development. A map depicting the historic districts boundaries and the status of each property within is attached in Appendix B.
Sincerely,
Rincon Consultants, Inc.
JulieAnn Murphy Margo Nayyar
Senior Architectural Historian Principal
Attachments
Attachment 1 Table of Properties in Glazenwood Historic District Attachment 2 Map of Glazenwood Historic District
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Historic Context Statement. Western Neighborhoods Project, October 2016.
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History of San Mateo County California. Vol. 2. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1928.
Declaration of Easements, Restrictions, Conditions, Covenants and Agreements, etc. Affecting Glazenwood. San Mateo Improvement Company, October 3, 1921. County of San Mateo Official Records, Vol. 22, pp. 204–208. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-L18R- 5?wc=MDJ1-GWP%3A174973701%2C183193701%26cc%3D1878749&cc=1878749&lang=en .
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A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America’s Domestic Architecture. Rev. and expanded ed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
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Online Archive of California. “Baldwin & Howell Records.” San Francisco Public Library. Accessed March 13, 2026. https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7t1nd5xt.
Prosser, Daniel.
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1948: SurveyLA Citywide Historic
Context Statement. Los Angeles: City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning, Office of Historic Resources, 2018. https://planning.lacity.gov/odocument/097f6db5-feee-43f5-a448- fd140763de90/MediterraneanandIndigenousRevivalArchitecture_1893 -1948.pdf.
Redwood City Tribune. “William H. Toepke Architect, Dies.” July 29, 1949. https://www.newspapers.com/image/842232330/?match=1&terms=william%20toepke%20%22s an%20mateo%22.
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San Mateo Public Library. “Hayward Residence.” San Mateo Public History Collection. Accessed February 24, 2026. https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt2p30233x/. ________.“Peninsula Hotel Afire.” San Mateo Public History Collection. Accessed February 24, 2026. https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt1r29q7f8/.
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18 San Francisco Chronicle. “Suburban Tract Building Active.” January 28, 1922. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1235198032/?match=1&terms=%22suburban%20tract%20 building%20active%22.
San Francisco Examiner. “400,000 Loss in Resort Fire at San Mateo.” June 26, 1920. https://www.newspapers.com/image/457919047/?match=1&terms=%22san%20mateo%20impr ovement%20company%22.
________. “Five Bungalows Will Be Erected at ‘Glazenwood.’” October 8, 1921. https://www.newspapers.com/image/457725193/?match=1&terms=%22san%20mateo%20impr ovement%20company%22.
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41–56. https://archive.org/details/buildingreview2319232sanf/page/n461/mode/2up .
The Bulletin (San Francisco). “Glazenwood to Have Many New Modern Homes.” August 4, 1923. https://www.newspapers.com/image/996126491/?match=1&terms=%22glazenwood%22%20%2 2clubhouse%22.
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https://www.newspapers.com/image/996136032/?match=1&terms=%22glazenwood%22 .
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The Times (San Mateo). “Applications for Private Kindergarten Blocked Here.” October 2, 1928. https://www.newspapers.com/image/38886023/?match=1&terms=%22glazenwood%22 .
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Attachment 1
Table of Properties in Glazenwood Historic District
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901 Palm Avenue 034274100 Contributor 1927
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: S.A. Born Building Company
901 Palm Avenue, located at the corner of Palm Avenue and 9th Avenue is a two- story Spanish Colonial Revival residence. It features an L-shaped footprint, low- pitched red tile roof, and textured stucco exterior. It includes a distinctive tower, where the residence’s two wings meet, which houses the primary entrance – an arched wood door. Windows are wood casement. The second-story window in the tower features a decorative iron window grille. Other ironwork includes two balconettes – one at the second-story window at the Palm Avenue elevation and one at the second-story window at the 9th Avenue elevation. The front yard is enclosed by a short stucco wall and wooden gate.
Character-defining features:
• L-shaped footprint with distinctive tower
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Red clay roof tile
• Casement windows
• Decorative window grilles and iron balconets
913-915 Palm Avenue 034274090 Contributor 1922
Architect: Mitchell Jackson and
Company
Builder: Mitchell
Jackson and
Company
Original Owner: Mary Inwood
913-915 Palm Avenue is a one-story Colonial Revival duplex with a recent two-story rear addition. The residence features a clipped gable roof at the original portion of the building, while the addition features a side gable roof. The residence features a stucco exterior and an asphalt shingle roof. The primary, street-facing elevation is symmetrical with a central chimney and features two prominent pediment entries with pergolas.
Character-defining features:
• Clipped gable roof
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Central chimney
• Two prominent pediment entries with pergolas
• Multilite windows
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919 Palm Avenue 034274080 Contributor 1922
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: SA Born Building
Company
Original Owner: Frederick J. Smith
919 Palm Avenue is a Spanish Colonial Revival residence with Mission Revival elements that features a red clay tile roof, smooth stucco exterior, and decorative details. The residence features an L-shaped ground plan with an asymmetrical primary elevation comprised of three planes. The residence’s projecting elevation features a central bay window topped with a mission-shaped parapet with smooth coping. A second mission-shaped parapet with smooth coping is repeated above the main entry, which is slightly recessed, accessed via a staircase and covered by an overhang with red tiles. The most recessed plane is comprised of an attached garage with a paired window above, also covered by an overhang with red clay tiles with inlaid decorative ceramic tile detail in the gable.
Character-defining features:
• L-shaped footprint
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Red clay roof tile
• Mission shaped parapet with stucco coping
• Multilite windows
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925 Palm Avenue 034274130 Contributor 1925
Architect: SA Born
Building Company
Builder: SA Born Building
Company
Original Owner: L.D. Gandon
925 Palm Avenue is a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival residence. It features a rectangular footprint, smooth stucco exterior, and varied roof forms clad with red clay tiles. It has asymmetrical massing that continues for four bays. The main entry is located at the second bay and features a small, enclosed porch with an arched opening, accessed via a short stair with stepped, stucco cheek walls. The area north of the main entry is comprised of a one-story portion with a pair of central multi-lite French doors fronted by a balconet. A second story rises above the bay with a tile roof and two punched multi-pane casement windows. The third bay is symmetrical with a central mission-shaped parapet above three multi-pane casement windows, with decorative vent details above. The residence’s fourth bay is an attached garage that features a pair of inset stucco arch details above the garage door.
Character-defining features:
• Varied roof forms with red clay tiles
• Smooth stucco exterior with arch details
• Stepped, stucco cheek walls
• Iron balconet
• Multilite casement windows
• Chimney with decorative top
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104 Hayward Avenue 034276180 Contributor 1923
Architect: William Toepke Builder: SA Born Building
Company
Original Owner: S.A. Born Building Company
104 Hayward Avenue is a two-story house with one-story wing that features a rectangular footprint, irregular roof with red clay tiles, and smooth stucco exterior.
The building is designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style with Mission Revival elements. Typical of the Spanish Colonial Revival style, the primary, north, elevation’s primary entry features decorative iron sconces and an arched opening adorned with decorative tile along its perimeter. The primary elevation also features three arched windows on the first story. The building’s two-story portion includes tripartite six- over-one windows, separated with turned column detailing. The gable roofline features a decorative, carved detail on the frieze. More typical of the California Mission style, this portion of the building features exposed, decorative rafters.
The house features a detached garage with a red clay tile overhang above the garage door. The overhang features large stucco supports, which appear to be recent additions. The garage partially conceals a recent second-story addition.
Character-defining features:
• Rectangular footprint
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Red clay tile roof
• Arched openings
• Multipane casement and double-hung windows
• Exposed, decorative rafters
• Decorative tile details
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105 Hayward Avenue 034274110 Contributor 1923
Architect: William Toepke Builder: SA Born Building
Company
Original Owner: S.A. Born Building Company
105 Hayward Avenue is a two-story house with a one-story wing. Designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, it has a rectangular footprint, varied roof form with red clay tiles, and a smooth stucco exterior. The primary, south, entry appears to have been altered from its original design and features a flat roof with a rectangular entry and scored stucco surround with decorative ornaments at the corners. The central portion of the elevation projects and features three arched, double-sash doors, each separated by spiraled column details and fronted by an iron balconet.
The arched doors are flanked by rectangular punched openings with metal window grille details. The area west of the primary entry has been altered over time but includes a period-appropriate simulated multipane casement window.
The elevation continues to the two-story portion, which included punched openings at the first floor, each with six-over-one windows. A small window east of the larger windows, features a stucco arched detail above the opening. The second story includes a central paired double-sash door separated by a spiraled column detail and fronted by an iron balconet. The roofline at this portion of the building includes two medallions, shield details at each corner. The east side of the elevation has a porch, facing the driveway below. The building features two chimneys, each with a tapered copper top.
The area east of the main house includes a detached, two-story garage with a rectangular footprint, flat roof, and smooth stucco exterior. The ground level includes a single garage door opening topped with a red clay tile overhang. The second story features three evenly spaced windows, each three-over-one. There is simple tile detailing at the roofline.
Character-defining features:
• Rectangular footprint
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Red clay tile roof
• Arched openings
• Spiral column details
• Iron balconets
• Metal grilles
• Multipane casement and double sash windows
• Detached garage
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110 Hayward Avenue 034276010 Contributor 1921
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Co.
Builder: S. A. Born
Building Co.
Original Owner: R. Bonner
110 Hayward Avenue is a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence.
Located on a corner lot, it features an L-shaped floor plan, smooth stucco exterior and a combined roof with red clay tiles. The primary, north, entry is recessed with a tripartite window adjacent to the entry. The west side of the primary elevation features a projecting section, comprised of a short, polygonal tower with decorative stucco vents at its roofline at the street-facing and walkway-facing elevations. The west side of the elevation continues and features a bay window, topped with a red clay tile roof, which appears to be the result of an early alteration.
The east side of the primary elevation includes two punched rectangular openings with multilite windows. A decorative chimney stands between the windows, topped with an elaborate chimney top with a small, tiled roof. The building’s east elevation fronts Laurel Avenue and features large, arched window openings with tripartite multilite windows.
Character-defining features:
• L-shaped floorplan
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Polygonal tower with decorative stucco vents
• Decorative chimney with elaborate chimney top
• Large, arched window opening
• Multilite windows
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900 Laurel Avenue 034274010 Contributor 1924
Architect: William Toepke Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: R.W. Kern
900 Laurel Avenue is a one-and-a half story Tudor Revival-style residence. It features a rectangular footprint, cross-gable roof, and stucco and half-timber exterior. The building’s front-facing elevation includes an asymmetrical, nested gable that projects from the rest of the residence. The nested gable features the primary entrance which is recessed behind a Tudor arch opening. The Tudor arch opening’s tabbed cast surround extends into the surrounding brickwork that continues around the nested gable’s south corner. The remainder of the front-facing gable elevation includes tripartite windows to the north, and half-timber details in the gables. The larger, front facing gable has a central tripartite casement window.
The building’s two planes meet at a corner chimney which features elaborate patterned brickwork. The elevation continues to a central, four-part casement window. Half-timbering details are repeated on the building’s north, south, and east (rear) gables. The building’s north elevation includes a longer eave at the gable roof, over a secondary entry. An additional, secondary entry is available via exterior stairs that appear to be a later alteration.
Character-defining features:
• Cross gable roof with longer eave at north elevation
• Half timbering
• Nestled gable entry with Tudor arch opening
• Brick detail at entry
• Patternwork brick at chimney
• Multilite casement windows
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901 Laurel Avenue 034273220 Contributor 1925
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: S.A. Born Building Company
901 Laurel Avenue is an asymmetrical two-story Spanish Colonial residence. It features a rectangular plan, gable and flat roof with red clay tiles, and a smooth stucco exterior. The primary, west, elevation is comprised of three bays. The central projection includes the primary entry that includes a solid wood plank door with a metal window grille at the door’s central window. It is flanked by two multilite casement windows. The main entry is beneath the second story’s triple arched windows, fronted by an iron balconet. Windows are fully glazed, which appears to be a later alteration. The roofline includes a circular stucco detail above the windows.
The primary elevation’s north bay has an extended eave that continues from the central gable. The first floor includes a pair of rectangular windows topped with a stucco arch detail and fronted by an iron balconet. The second floor includes one multipane awning window. The primary elevations south bay features a flat roof, with a red clay tile overhang above two rectangular multilite French doors, each fronted with an iron balconet. The second floor includes three sash windows.
Character-defining features:
• Gable and flat roof with red clay tile
• Smooth stucco exterior with stucco detailing
• Arched window openings
• Mix of multilite casement and double sash windows
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911 Laurel Avenue 034273210 Contributor 1925
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: S.A. Born Building Company.
911 Laurel Avenue is a one-and-a half story residence. It has an L-shaped footprint, smooth stucco exterior, and cross gable roof. The two portions of the plan meet at the corner, and the primary entry is located on the north-facing portion of the projecting portion of the elevation. It is comprised of an arched wood panel door.
The street-facing portion of the projecting elevation features a clipped gable roof.
The first floor includes a central pair of double-hung six-over-one windows, with shutters on each side. There is a rectangular multilite window at the roofline, also with shutters on each side.
The one-story portion of the residence features tripartite multilite, full-height windows, with a stucco arch detail above that front the primary elevation patio. The roof includes a shed dormer. There is a chimney at the north elevation, that includes decorative brick detail. Though the building retains its basic form and some elements of the Tudor Revival style, it has been recently updated. Non-historic changes include the rustic stone patio wall, shed dormer, and non-historic awning above the front door.
Character-defining features:
• L-shaped footprint
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Cross gable roof with clipped gable
• Chimney with decorative brick detail
• Multilite windows
• Recessed garage
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914 Laurel Avenue 034274020 Contributor 1922
Architect: William Toepke Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: William Toepke
914 Laurel Avenue is a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival style residence. It has a rectangular footprint, smooth stucco exterior, and features a side-gable roof with projecting front gable, with red clay tiles. The primary entry has a solid wood paneled door with a decorative surround with carved details and flanked by decorative iron sconces. The elevation includes three, small, rectangular windows with distinctive slanted stucco sills and a chimney with an inset detail and topped with a small tile roof. There is a multilite French door adjacent to the chimney, fronted by an iron balconet. The elevation’s projecting bay has a central multilite French door, also fronted by an iron balconet and topped with a stucco arch detail. The roof’s front gable is flanked by square parapets, with visible drains. The house has a detached garage set back from the adjacent driveway.
Character-defining features:
• Rectangular footprint
• Red tile roof
• Smooth stucco exterior with arch detail
• Small, rectangular windows
• Arched openings
• Decorative surround at entry
• Iron balconet
• Multilite windows
• Recessed garage
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915 Laurel Avenue 034273200 Contributor 1921
Architect: Unidentified Builder: Unidentified Original Owner: Unknown 915 Laurel Avenue is a one-story residence. Built in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, it features a flat roof, rectangular footprint, and smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation features three planes. The southernmost bay projects from the front of the building and features a paired multiplane casement window, fronted by an iron balconet. The elevation features a second multilite window beneath a short red clay tile overhang.
The primary entry is accessed via a short stair, adorned with decorative clay tiles, and flaked by stucco cheek walls. It fronts an entry patio. The roof above the entry features a gable roof detail with red clay tile. The door is a wood panel door with decorative, turned details. There are two paired French doors fronting the patio, presumably providing access. More typical of the Pueblo Revival style, the building also features projecting wood roof beams (vigas) at the primary elevation and the south elevation.
Character-defining features:
• Rectangular footprint
• Red tile roof
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Decorative tiles
• Entry patio
• Multilite windows
• Vigas
• Recessed garage
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920 Laurel Avenue 034274030 Contributor 1922
Architect: Unidentified Builder: Unidentified Original Owner: Unknown 920 Laurel Avenue is a side-gable Spanish Colonial Revival residence. It is one-story, and features a slightly textured stucco exterior, and a red clay tile roof. The primary entry features a small front gable with decorative tiles arranged in an arch below.
The entry is slightly recessed and topped with a decorative cartouche and flanked by two twisted columns. The door is a solid wood door with carved decorative details.
The north side of the elevation has two punched openings with multilite windows, each with decorative shutters. The south side of the elevation includes another front gable with three multilite French doors, fronted by an iron balconet. The roofline includes a decorative vent above the windows. There is a wide stucco chimney on the south side of the building.
Character-defining features:
• Rectangular footprint
• Stucco exterior
• Red clay tile roof
• Small gable entry with arch
• Multilite windows
• Iron balconet
• Stucco chimney
• Recessed garage
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925 Laurel Avenue 034273190 Contributor 1922
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: Unknown
925 Laurel Avenue is a one-and-a-half story residence with Tudor Revival elements. It has a rectangular footprint and features a cross-gable roof and a smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation’s projecting section includes a clipped gable. The roofline continues to an arched wing wall, with a curved edge above the main entry.
The main entry features an arched opening to a recessed porch. The primary elevation features a multilite French door with sidelites, fronted by an iron balconet.
The second story window, below the clipped eave is multilite and features shutters.
The one-story portion of the elevation includes tripartite multilite windows with wood shutters.
Character-defining features:
• Rectangular footprint
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Cross gable with clipped gable
• Arched wing wall entry
• Multilite windows
• Recessed garage
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926 Laurel Avenue 034274040 Contributor 1922
Architect: Unidentified Builder: Unidentified Original Owner: Unknown 926 Laurel Avenue is a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival residence. It features varied roof forms with red clay tiles, a rectangular footprint, and a smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation includes a recessed entry, accessed via a scalloped opening. The primary elevation features a central chimney with geometric stucco design details at the bases and top. The simple stucco design is repeated beneath windows on the primary elevation. Windows are paired casements with decorative wood frame detailing with finial tops. Windows visible on the building’s north elevation are simpler in design, and are tripartite multilite casements, topped with an arched stucco detail. The north and south elevations include wood roof beams (vigas), more typical of the Pueblo Revival style. The area south of the main entry includes a stucco garden wall with an arched opening/fence.
Character-defining features:
• Rectangular footprint
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Red clay tile roof
• Central chimney with stucco detailing
• Vigas
• Recessed garage
929 Laurel Avenue 034273180 Non-Contributor 1922
Architect: Unidentified Builder: Unidentified Original Owner: Unknown 929 Laurel Avenue is a two-story house. It features a rectangular plan, front clipped- gable roof, and a smooth stucco exterior. The residence has been altered with a substantial second-story addition. Original elements that have been retained include is entry porch with three multilite French doors, its triangular window at is entry porch wall, and its tripartite windows at its primary elevation. The recent addition has obscured the building’s original form and massing, and it is not a contributor to the district.
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-15
932 Laurel Avenue 034274050 Contributor 1922
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: J.A. Bernhardt
932 Laurel Avenue is a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence. Located on a corner lot, its primary elevation fronts Laurel Avenue. It has a side gable roof with an intersecting front gable and a smooth stucco exterior. The main entry is accessed via an arched ogee shaped opening and has a red clay tile roof overhang with rectangular vent details below.
The front gable portion of the building includes tripartite multilite windows separated by turned spindle details and topped with a stepped, stucco arch detail. The roofline includes a trio of rectangular vent openings. The northern portion of the elevation repeats the same tripartite window configuration and details but does not include any decorative detailing above. The elevation continues to an integrated sidewall with an arched gate, presumably providing patio access. A short wall topped with red clay tiles connects the main house to the standalone garage, which features two, arched garage door openings, a pyramidal red tile roof, and a smooth stucco exterior. The building’s south end includes a steep gable chimney with a red clay tile roof and rectangular decorative vents.
Character-defining features:
• Rectangular footprint
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Red tile roof
• Arched ogee shaped entry opening
• Rectangular vent details
• Integrated wall attached to garage
• Multilite casement windows
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-16
937 Laurel Avenue 034273170 Contributor 1923
Architect: Unidentified Builder: Unidentified Original Owner: Unknown 937 Laurel Avenue is a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence. It has a L- shaped footprint, flat roof with red clay tiles, and smooth stucco exterior. The main entry has an arched opening to a small, recessed porch, topped with a red clay tile overhang. The entry porch walls have been painted with a faux, non-historic brick appearance. The building’s projecting elevation features three openings with stucco arch details above. Windows are non-historic replacements and the stucco details have been recently scored to appear stonelike. The area north of the main entry has a tripartite window, also with a non-historic replacement window, topped with a red clay tile overhang. The building’s north elevation features an addition with a shed roof. The front patio is enclosed in a non-historic stucco wall and includes a non- historic pergola structure. Though the house has received several non-historic alterations, it retains its overall form and massing and continues to convey its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture.
Character-defining features:
• L-shaped footprint
• Flat roof
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Red tile roof
• Entry patio
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-17
941 Laurel Avenue 034273160 Contributor 1921
Architect: S.A. Born Building
Company
Builder: S.A. Born
Building Company
Original Owner: William Rapp
941 Laurel Avenue is a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence. It features a varied gable roof, a rectangular footprint, and a smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation includes a projecting front a gable that continues to a shed roof entry. The entry has a tulip edge arch opening to a small porch. The front gable portion of the elevation features three arched multilite focal windows separated by engaged columns. Windows are topped with a decorative woven vent detail.
The area south of the entry includes a stucco garden wall with openings with decorative turned wood in the openings. The garden wall continues to a wing wall over the driveway. Like the roof, it has red clay tiles. A cross gable portion of the house is visible behind the main entry and features a multilite door with sidelites. It is fronted by an iron balconet.
Character-defining features:
• Rectangular footprint
• Varied gable roof with red tile roof
• Arched window openings with decorative columns
• Arched opening with small entry porch
• Front garden wall to wing wall
• Multilite windows
• Recessed garage
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-18
947-949 Laurel Avenue 034273150 Contributor 1923
Architect: George A. Born Builder: S.A. Born
Building Company
Original Owner: S.A. Born Building Company
947-949 Laurel Avenue is a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival-style duplex. The building features a flat roof with red clay tiles, a rectangular plan, and a smooth stucco exterior. The entry for 949 Laurel Avenue faces the street, while the entry for 947 Laurel Avenue is on the building’s north elevation, adjacent to the driveway.
The primary elevation features a front gable that rises above the roofline. It has an arched opening to a small porch that includes the entrance for 949 Laurel Avenue.
The walls on each side of the arch openings have long rectangular stucco detailing.
The area below the tile roofline includes a decorative tile vent. The area south of the entry has a single, non-historic vinyl simulated multilite window. Scars in the stucco suggest the window opening once had arch detailing, since removed.
The area north of the arched opening includes a bay window topped with a clay tile roof and circular vent details below. The elevation continues to a window with the same characteristics and configuration at the other opening described on this elevation. The area beneath the roofline also includes wood roof beams (vigas), which are more typical of the Pueblo Revival style. Vigas above the primary elevation are more elaborate than others.
The entry for 947 Laurel Avenue is on the north elevation. It is recessed in an arched opening with a Mission-style design and a flat parapet detail above. It also includes the same decorative vent detail described on the primary elevation. There is a bay window west of the entry with a smooth stucco roof and curved support.
Character-defining features:
• Smooth stucco exterior with vigas
• Stucco detailing
• Flat roof with red clay tiles and decorative vents
• Bay windows with red clay tiles
• Arched entry openings
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-19
952 Laurel Avenue 034276020 Contributor 1923
Architect: Unidentified Builder: Unidentified Original Owner: Unknown 952 Laurel Avenue is a one-story residence. Designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival with Mediterranean Revival elements, it has a flat roof with red clay tiles, an irregular footprint, and a smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation is encompassed by a large, barrel front bay window that has five paired multilite casement windows. Each bay has a stucco arch detail above the window openings and a turned spindle detail and bracket below. The barrel bay extends above the roofline at alternating intervals, creating a battlement. The alternating spaces have red roof tile roof overhangs. The barrel bay is flanked by flat sections, each with inset rectangular stucco detailing and turned wood vent openings with sills above.
The roofline continues to a shed roof at the north side. An arched opening leads to a small porch and the main entry. The south side of the primary elevation includes a chimney. The garage is attached, recessed from the main elevation and has a small rectangular window opening above, with a stucco arch detail. The primary elevation above the garage and the south elevation include wood roof beams (vigas), which are more typical of the Pueblo Revival style.
Character-defining features:
• Irregular footprint
• Smooth stucco exterior with stucco detailing
• Flat roof with red clay tiles and decorative vent details • Barrel front bay window
• Spindle details
• Arched entry opening
• Multilite windows
• Recessed garage
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-20
953 Laurel Avenue 034273140 Contributor 1923
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: S.A. Born Building Company
953 Laurel Avenue is a Spanish Colonial Revival-style house with a varied roof with red clay tiles and a smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation features a front- gable with a short projecting gable with decorative curved edges and a tripartite picture window. There are Spanish style tiles inlaid above the window.
The main entry is accessed via a short staircase with decorative ceramic tiles facing the steps and curved stucco cheek walls. The entry is an arched wood plank door with decorative tile along the arched opening. Decorative tile is also inlaid above the opening in a rectangular and triangular motif. The roofline above the entry is flat, and extends above the front gable.
The building’s south elevation has small openings flanking a decorative chimney with a geometric stucco inset design. The openings are topped with a decorative stucco ogee design. The elevation features a bay window, with stucco arch details above each opening. The garage faces the street and has a paired window above, also with an arch stucco detail above. Windows appear to be appropriate replacements.
Character-defining features:
• Varied roof forms
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Projecting gable window
• Decorative tiles
• Multilite windows
• Recessed garage
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-21
958 Laurel Avenue 034276030 Contributor 1923
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: S.A. Born Building Company
958 Laurel Avenue is a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence. It has a flat roof with red clay tiles, rectangular plan, and smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation features a three-bay window with stucco arch details above. The main entry is within a small pyramidal red tile roof tower with a woven vent detail below and a curved wall detail that continues to grade. The entry is accessed via a short stair with decorative tile steps. The entry door is an arched wood plank door. There is a chimney at the building’s south end and an attached garage.
The building’s north elevation features a short tower with a bay window with the same arch details described on the primary elevation. The remainder of the elevation is a flat roof portion of the building, with red clay tiles and regular window openings with stucco arch details.
The position of the entry door has been moved to the former porch opening. Current entry stairs are non-original. Windows are all modern replacements.
Character-defining features:
• Flat roof with red clay tiles
• Smooth stucco exterior with arch details
• Three-bay window at primary elevation
• Arched entry
• Pyramidal tower with woven vent detail
• Recessed garage
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-22
961 Laurel Avenue 034273130 Non- Contributor 1949
Architect: Unidentified Builder: Unidentified Original Owner: Unknown 961 Laurel Avneue was constructed in 1949, several years after Glazenwood was subdivided. It is a Ranch style house with a cross-gable roof, rectangular plan, and smooth stucco exterior.
962 Laurel Avenue 034276040 Contributor 1923
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: S.A. Born Building Company
962 Laurel Avenue is a Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence. It has a flat roof with red clay tiles and a smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation features a bay window with a red roof tile and arch stucco details above each opening. Windows have multilite transoms with single panes below. The main entry is accessed via an arched opening that leads to a small porch. The primary elevation features inlaid terra cotta tiles and a distinctive parapet with stucco coping details, more typical of the Mission Revival style. The garage is attached and recessed from the main portion of the building. There are a pair of rectangular windows above the garage.
According to available documentation, this building appears to have undergone an extensive rehabilitation to return it to its original Spanish Colonial design from a previous Streamline Moderne design.
Character-defining features:
• Flat roof with red clay tiles
• Bay window
• Multilite windows
• Arched opening entry
• Inlaid terra cotta tiles
• Distinctive parapet with stucco coping details
• Recessed garage
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-23
970 Laurel Avenue 034276050 Contributor 1923
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: S.A. Born Building Company
970 Laurel Avenue is a Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence. It has a varied roof form with red tiles and a smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation includes a front gable with a bay window with a shallow red tile roof. Windows are multilite casements. The central window has a paired configuration. Each opening is topped with a rectangular stucco detail. The area above the shallow roof includes a decorative wood quatrefoil.
The primary entry is topped with a shed roof that extends from the main portion of the house. The main entry has a heavy bracketed, deep stucco arch detail and a decorative wood panel arched door. The south elevation has a mix of casement windows, all with the same geometric stucco detail above. The garage is attached and recessed from the primary elevation. It is topped with a paired casement window. The roofline includes two alternating portions that rise above the roofline, creating battlements that flank the red tile roof in between.
Character-defining features:
• Varied roof form with red clay tiles
• Smooth stucco exterior with detailing
• Bay window
• Arched entry with heavy bracket arch detail
• Multilite windows
• Recessed garage
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-24
976 Laurel Avenue 034276060 Contributor 1924
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: R.W. Kern
976 Laurel Avenue is a two-story Tudor Revival residence, with a flat dormer addition at its second floor. Located on a corner lot, its primary (east) elevation fronts Laurel Avenue. It has a rectangular plan, steep side gable roof, and smooth stucco exterior.
The primary elevation includes two one-story bay turrets. The southern bay has three windows, while the northern bay has five, each with multilite windows. The main entry is slightly offset and is simple in design with a slight eyebrow detail above the opening, which features a smooth stucco surround.
There are tripartite multipane windows south of the main entry. The window is topped at its second story with a four-sided flat bay window that appears to be a later addition. The building has chimneys on each end, both with brick detail at the top. The south elevation has a slight projecting bay with small, rectangular windows on each side. The first floor has two, small rectangular windows and four multilite windows below the gable edge. The north elevation has two large rectangular windows flanking a tapered chimney, each with a stucco arch detail above.
Character-defining features:
• Steep gable roof
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Bay turrets
• Multilite windows
• Smooth stucco surround at entry
• Chimneys at each end
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-25
910 Rosewood Drive 034273030 Contributor 1936
Architect: Unknown Builder: Prosper Bore Original Owner: Arthur Bone 910 Rosewood Drive is a Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence with Mission Revival elements. It features a rectangular footprint, varied roof forms with red clay tiles, and a tooled stucco exterior. The primary elevation features a front gable, projecting bay with a flared end with a curved detail at its north end. It has a central, 15-pane window, with a trio of round vent details above. The gable continues to a shed roof above the main entry, which is accessed via a short staircase with decorative tile steps. The entry door is solid wood plank. The main entry’s shed roof is supported on its south end by heavy timber posts with a decorative iron gate.
The roof above the shed roof entry is flat with a curve detail and continues to a shallow red tile roof above the second story. This portion of the elevation includes a ground floor single garage with a wood plank door and a 12-pane window with an iron balconet. The southern edge of the house includes a curved detail that continues to a wing wall with two arched opening, including one with an iron gate reading “Las Campanas” that leads to the yard.
Character-defining features:
• Varied roof forms with red clay tiles
• Tooled stucco exterior
• Window vents
• Heavy timber post/iron gate at entry
• Iron balconet
• Wing wall with arched openings
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-26
914 Rosewood Drive 034273040 Contributor 1929
Architect: Unidentified Builder: W.J. Price Original Owner: W.J. Price 914 Rosewood Drive is a one-story residence. Constructed in the Tudor Revival style, it features a generally rectangular plan, gable roof, and smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation is characterized by two steeply pitched gable roofs, each with clipped ends. The north gable is smaller, and features a pair of leaded glass windows with a leaded glass transom, inset with a stained-glass coat of arms detail.
The area above the window includes a slatted vent. The south gable is double volume, extends to an overhang to the south end, and has a large central tripartite window with a central pane with leaded glass casements. Similar to the north gable, the transom is leaded glass and inset with a stained-glass coat of arms detail. The window is topped with a course of decorative cast stone that continues for a short distance aside the window.
The main entry is recessed between the two gables. The main entry opening is arched and has a perimeter of cast stone decorative work, including turned columns on each side and a flourished arch above. The entry door is wood plank and has two multilite sidelites. There is a chimney at the building’s south elevation with brick detailing on its sloping edges. The building’s north and south elevations, as visible from the right-of-way show that the varied roof form includes clipped gables on those elevations as well.
Character-defining features:
• Gable roof with clipped ends
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Arched entry opening
• Slatted vent details
• Leaded glass windows with stained glass details
• Turned column flourishes
• Cast stone decorative work
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-27
930 Rosewood Drive 034273050 Contributor 1928
Architect: Unidentified Builder: W.J. Price Original Owner: Uknown 930 Rosewood Drive is a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence. It has a rectangular plan, flat roof, and smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation’s main entry is beneath a curved arch opening flanked by Ionic columns. The area above the main entry has a sloped shallow roof with red clay tiles. The entry is accessed via a short side stair with terra cotta steps and fronted by a curved, smooth stucco cheek wall. The remainder of the elevation is more typical of a Mediterranean Revival design and is characterized by a five-bay barrel window. Windows are casement and arched with multilites. The windows have a simple cast sill and surround. Above each window is a square stucco square with bas relief scroll details. The roofline includes a curved detail at the center above the bay.
Character-defining features:
• Flat roof with red clay tiles
• Smooth stucco exterior with stucco detailing
• Arched bay window
• Curved stucco wall at stair
• Curved arched opening
• Recessed garage
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-28
932 Rosewood Drive 034273060 Non- Contributor 1949
Architect: Unidentified Builder: Unknown Original Owner: Unknown 932 Rosewood Drive was constructed in 1949, many years after Glazenwood was subdivided. It is a split-level Ranch-style house with a one-story entry portion and a two-story portion behind.
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-29
934 Rosewood 034273070 Contributor 1923
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: Unknown
934 Rosewood Drive is a one-story residence. Designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival with Mediterranean Revival elements, it has a varied roof form with red clay tiles, an irregular footprint, and a smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation is encompassed by a large, barrel front bay window that has five paired multilite casement windows and is topped by a shallow red clay tile roof. Each bay has a turned spindle detail below with star vent details beneath. The barrel bay extends above the roofline at alternating intervals, creating a battlement. The alternating spaces have red roof tile roof overhangs. The barrel bay is flanked by flat sections, each with inset rectangular stucco detailing.
The primary entry is recessed, accessed via a short terra cotta tile stair with decorative ceramic tiles inset. The roofline above the primary entry is a small, peaked gable. The small entry porch includes one multilite window along its north side. The house includes an attached, one-bay garage recessed at the end of the driveway. It includes a slightly projecting bay at the second story. The projecting bay includes two six-over-one windows, topped by a rectangular stucco detail and beneath a shallow roof overhang.
Character-defining features:
• Flat roof with red clay tiles
• Smooth stucco exterior with stucco detailing
• Arched bay window
• Multilite windows
• Spindle work details
• Curved arched opening
• Recessed garage
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-30
940 Rosewood Drive 034273080 Contributor 1924
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: H.O. Jenkins
940 Rosewood Drive is a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival-style building with Mission Revival elements. It has a rectangular footprint, flat roof, and smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation has a central chimney. The area south of the chimney has a gable parapet that rises above the flat roof and has red clay tile coping. This portion of the elevation has a tripartite, multipane casement window with a stucco arch detail above. The area above the arch includes decorative tiles inset in the stucco. The area north of the chimney includes a single opening, with a modern non- historic replacement window. The house’s entry is at the north end of the building, accessed via short terra cotta steps. The entry is within a shed roof portion of the building, which extends for its north elevation.
Character-defining features:
• Flat roof with red clay tiles
• Smooth stucco exterior with stucco details
• Central chimney
• Multilite windows
• Recessed garage
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-31
960 Rosewood 034273090 Contributor 1924
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: H.O. Jenkins
960 Rosewood drive is a one-story, flat roof residence. Designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, it includes a rectangular footprint and a smooth stucco exterior and a flat roof with red clay tile coping. The primary elevation is three planes. The furthest projecting bay includes tripartite windows topped with a shed roof with red clay tiles and supported by heavy timber brackets with a wood fascia.
The central bay houses the main entry, accessed via a short stair with curved stucco cheek walls. The entry has a shallow shed roof with red clay tiles. The door is wood with four lites and decorative carved panels. It opens to a small vestibule and has a small, arched window on its north elevation. The final bay includes a single window opening, topped with a curved stucco inset detail. The window is a non-historic replacement. There are small, square vents above each window.
Character-defining features:
• Flat roof with red tile coping
• Smooth stucco exterior with stucco detailing
• Multilite windows
• Curved cheek walls at entry stairs
• Shed roof with heavy brackets and red clay tiles
• Vents
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-32
964 Rosewood 034273100 Contributor 1925
Architect: Unidentified Builder: Unidentified Original Owner: Unknown 964 Rosewood Drive is a one-story Spanish Colonial Revival-style house with a flat roof. It has a rectangular footprint and smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation is characterized by a central chimney, which features a flared base inset with an arched curved stucco detail. It has a decorative top with a square vent and red clay tile top and is inset with ceramic tile details. It is flanked by two punched window openings, each with a 10-over-one double-hung window. Each window has two circular vents above.
The primary entry is to the south, is slightly recessed, and is accessed via a short staircase with a smooth curved stucco wall. The area north of the primary entry includes a third 10-over-one window. The entry door is a multilite wood door with a circular detail at the top, center pane.
Character-defining features:
• Flat roof
• Smooth stucco exterior with stucco details
• Decorative tile details
• Central chimney with red tile top
• Multilite windows
• Vents
• Recessed garage
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-33
966 Rosewood Drive 034273110 Contributor 1923
Architect: S.A. Born
Building Company
Builder: S.A. Born Building
Company
Original Owner: S.A. Born Building Company
966 Rosewood Drive is a Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence. It has a flat roof, rectangular footprint, and smooth stucco exterior. The primary elevation is three planes. The farthest projecting plane has a shallow overhang roof with red clay tiles with an extending parapet at the south end and a chimney top at the north end. The chimney features a decorative top with a stepped design. At its center, is a paired multilite casement window with sidelites on each end. It is topped with a very shallow red clay tile overhang and fronted by a wood spindle balconet, supported by heavy brackets. The basement level includes two small rectangular windows with wood sills.
The primary entry is slightly recessed and below a sloping shed roof that continues from the adjacent bay. It is accessed via an angled stairway with stucco walls topped with a decorative wood spindle handrail. The entry door is arched and has a central quatrefoil window and vertical spindle details. The door is topped with a decorative ceramic tile.
The primary elevation’s third bay is recessed and contains a single garage door with tripartite windows above. Windows are one-over-one and have a continuous sill.
There are two decorative ceramic tiles above the windows, at each corner. The roofline above the garage repeats the same general configuration as the projecting bay and has a shallow red clay tile overhang between two rising ends.
Character-defining features:
• Flat roof
• Red clay tiles
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Arched opening at entry
• Decorative tile details
• Chimney with decorative top
• Multilite windows
• Recessed garage
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-34
980 Rosewood Drive 034273120 Contributor 1925
Architect: Unidentified Builder: Miester C. Maack Original Owner: Miester C. Maack 980 Rosewood Drive is a one- and-a half story residence. Designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, it features a side gable roof with two projecting front gables at each end, all with red clay tile roofs. The central portion features three, paired multilite arched windows. The arched windows front a front patio, finished with terra cotta tiles.
The west gable projects slightly more than the east gable and contains the primary entry, which is accessed via a short stair with decorative tiles to the front patio. The entry opening is arched with a simple cast surround, and the entry door is slightly recessed. The gable front includes a trio of multilite windows with an iron balconet.
The roofline includes a narrow louver vent and the area adjacent to the entry includes a small rectangular opening with turned spindle details.
The east gable is simpler, projects less and has a single centered window opening, with paired six-over-one windows and a single sill. The roofline features the same louvered vent detail as described on the west gable.
The rear of the house is two stories with a flat roof, and visible from the adjacent driveway. All secondary elevations appear to have six-over-one windows.
Character-defining features:
• Side gable roof
• Two projecting gables
• Red clay tiles
• Smooth stucco exterior
• Arched openings at entry patio
• Cast details
• Iron balconets
• Multilite windows
• Recessed garage
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-35
Gateposts ca. 1921
The entry points to the Glazenwood subdivision are marked by square, stucco towers with tiled gable roofs. The entry gates feature pairs – one tall tower and one short tower. The towers are decorated with elaborately turned posts set four in a row on each of the four sides. Above these tall posts are false arches inset with wooden turned posts which mimic grill work. The corners have molded rope-like corners which extend approximately two-thirds of the height of the towers. Next to the taller towers are shorter stucco square posts, also with gable, tile roofs. They have a simple arch decorated with two, turned wooden posts. These entry posts are at Ninth and Rosewood, Ninth and Laurel, and Hayward and Palm.
Character-defining features:
• Stucco exterior
• Paired placement
• Elaborately turned posts
• Brick plinth
• Arched details with wooden turn posts
• Gable tops with red roof tiles
City of San Mateo
Glazenwood Historic District
1-36
Lampposts ca. 1921
The Glazenwood Historic District includes four original lampposts. They have a fluted aggregate concrete post with an octagonal base. The post tapers slightly at top with a decorative lamp base and rounded globes with a finial top. Historic plans indicate 10 were originally planned for the development. Lampposts are located on the west side of Rosewood Drive; at the intersection of Rosewood Drive and Laurel Avenue; the intersection of Laurel and Hayward Avenues; and the west side of Laurel Avenue.
Character-defining features:
• Fluted aggregate concrete post
• Octagonal base
• Decorative lamp base and rounded globes with finial tops
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