Portola Valley School

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The Portola Valley schoolhouse is one of the few remaining turn-of-the-century examples of Mission Revival-styled schools. Its wood construction and use of shingles present a unique expression of this popular style. / The Portola Valley School is one of the few remaining turn-of-the-century examples of Mission Revival Style schools. The architect freely interpreted the popular style with the use of false front curvilinear gables faced with redwood ship-lap and semi-circular fanlights above the front windows and recessed doorway. The exterior is sheathed in cedar shingles and redwood siding lumbered locally. This manipulation of regional materials in a conspicuous effort to execute the style on a small scale resulted in a uniquely attractive design. Built as a one room school house, it remains almost entirely unaltered, and continues to service the neighboring larger school. Its survival is threatened, however, due to its location in the San Andreas rift zone. -- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS CA-1992)

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20th Century (29,078) Built 1904 (863) Built during 1900s (9,513) California (4,719) Have Street View (50,020) Historic American Buildings Survey (1,238) Late 19th and 20th Century Revival (16,278)

LeBaron R. Olive (1) Mission/Spanish Revival (1,386) Owned by local government (11,500) Portola Valley, California (3) San Mateo County, California (79) School (5,262)

Update Log 

• August 5, 2022: New photo from Bill Eichelberger
• February 1, 2017: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger

Sources 

• HABS CA-1992 - Portola Valley School
• Bill Eichelberger - wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com
• National Register database - Reference number 74000557 (Search for documents)

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