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Each week, Embarcadero Media takes a look at home sales activity along the Midpeninsula in the communities of Atherton, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Portola Valley and Woodside. Home sales are provided by California Resource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from counties’ recorder’s offices. Information is recorded from deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks. Here’s a look at home sales activity between Feb. 19 – March 8 that was made public the week of April 1.
This week, a 4,721-square-foot Spanish colonial home that iconic Palo Alto architect Birge Clark built for Levi Strauss heir Lucie Stern in 1932 sold for $30.7 million in Old Palo Alto. Clark, whose red-tiled roofs, stucco walls, arches and wrought iron details defined the burgeoning city’s early streetscapes, built the three-bedroom, five-bath home alongside Stern’s personal residence so her disabled daughter, Ruth, could live next door. The home made history in 2015 when it sold for $30 million, becoming the biggest-ever home purchase in Palo Alto at the time.