Historical Marker · No. 857
John Adams Squire House
Palo Alto, Santa Clara County · California
Erected by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Palo Alto Historical Association and the City of Palo Alto, 1973
The bronze admires the columns and says nothing about the fight. The house went up for John Adams Squire, a classics scholar from a Massachusetts meatpacking family, and it came close to demolition before a citizens' committee raised $90,000 and the city added $118,000. Palo Alto bought and restored it, then returned it to private hands with an easement protecting the exterior and grounds. That campaign led to the city's preservation ordinance of 1979, the same protection that could not save the Juana Briones house in 2011.
What the plaque says
John Adams Squire House Designed by T. Paterson Ross and constructed by builder George W. Mosher in 1904, this house is a notable example of California's interpretation of the Greco-Roman Classic Revival movement in America. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 857 Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Palo Alto Historical Association and the City of Palo Alto, January 27, 1973.
Where it stands
37.45335, -122.15406 · Directions
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