Palo Alto History Museum Architectural Plans
Click on the thumbnails above to see preliminary architectural plans. Specifics may change, the overall design is apparent.
What happens next? When the museum is completed, what might it look like? Click on the video above, and listen to Palo Alto Historian, Steve Staiger, "walk you through" an architectural concept of the completed museum.
Palo Alto History Museum Fact Sheet
Location: 300 Homer Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94301
Building:
Size: 20, 644 total sq ft on 3 floors with basement (19,182 sq ft Roth Building + 1462 sq ft rear addition)
Architect: Birge Clark
Year built: 1932
Style: Spanish Colonial Revival
Historic status: National Register of Historic Places (original Palo Alto Clinic)
Project:
Architect: Garavaglia Architecture
LEED Gold qualified
Historic Resources Board unanimous approval
Architectural Review Board unanimous approval
City-owned building
Palo Alto History Museum has option to lease restored building for 40 years
Council approved Conditional Use Permit, July 2011
City approved building permit, February 2012
Financing:
Construction cost: $7.2 million
Gifts, pledges, and government grants: $4.6 million
Construction team: Vance Brown Builders
The museum will become the permanent home of the City of Palo Alto archives and the Palo Alto Historical Association.