2010 Palm Haven Area Projects

2010 Palm Haven Area Projects *Note: Click underlined links for more info

Location	Status - Public comment	Permit Info	Plans	Designations	Additional
925 Plaza Drive	*APPROVED BY PLANNING* Planner: Avril Baty Send comments - questions to city planners or call: 408-535-3555	Permit # SF10-021 *TYPE 1* (Does not require public hearing) "Historic Single Family House Permit Type 1 to allow a 520 square foot addition to the rear of the existing house "	Plans on file at city hall. Designer: Michael Borbely NOVUSPACE 820 Willow San Jose, CA. 95125	Historic Status: Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Heritage Trees: Front pkwy: 2 Side pkwy (if corner): On lot:	In this last personal home by venerated local architect, Frank D. Wolfe, conservative Dutch Colonial design hides its forward-thinking attributes: concrete walls on the first floor halt termites and moisture coming from the ground while in-floor radiant heating provides comfort. (Credit for residential radiant heat in floors given to F. Lloyd Wright in later year but Wolfe's design came earlier - 1920.) The original facade is intact except for missing window shutters. The cylinders supporting the carport will be replaced with pillars matching the original at the side arched entrance.
936 Clintonia Avenue	*APPROVED BY PLANNING* Planner: Lesley Xavier Send comments - questions to city planners or call: 408-535-7852	Permit # SP10-015 *SPECIAL USE PERMIT* REPLACE HISTORIC GARAGE WITH A TUFF-SHED. "A Special Use Permit to allow for the demolition of an existing detached garage and the construction of a new detached garage in the same location for a single-family residence that is listed on the Historic Resources Inventory on a 0.127 gross acre site "	"TUFF-SHED" prefabricated structure. CLICK FOR INFO.	Historic Status: Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Heritage Trees: Front pkwy: 2 Side pkwy (if corner): On lot:	This home was built in 1920 by Edgar A. Bevens, the father-in-law of L.D. Bohnett, local lawman and prominent figure in area politics. Bevens built several homes in the area emphasizing the horizontal "Prairie" influences promoted by Frank Lloyd Wright. The home's facade is largely intact save, perhaps, the mason porch wall and piers. William L. Jacke, a well connected San Jose real estate man and inventor made this his family's home for most of its early years. Jacke used to tinker in his garage and was responsible for a Philco patent on an automatic radio tuner.
857 Clintonia Avenue	*APPROVED BY PLANNING* Planner: Jeff Roche Send comments - questions to city planners or call: 408-535-3555	Permit # SF10-014 *TYPE 1* (Does not require public hearing) Category 1 (Historic) Single-Family House Permit to allow a 368 square foot addition to the rear of an existing single-family detached residence which is an identified structure in the Palm Haven Conservation Area.	Plans on file at City Hall. Designer: Hometec 619 N. 1st St. San Jose, Ca. 95112	Historic Status: Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Heritage Trees: Front pkwy: 2 Side pkwy (if corner): On lot:	Built in 1927 for Frank H. Lewis, an engineer for Bean Spray Pump in San Jose, this home is one of few examples of the American Colonial Revival in Palm Haven that was so popular throughout the U.S. It's original facade is largely intact save a couple window changes.
955 Plaza Drive	*APPROVED BY PLANNING* Planner: Jeff Roche Send comments - questions to city planners or call: 408-535-3555	Permit # SF09-024 *TYPE 1* (Does not require public hearing) Single Family House Permit to allow changes to the existing windows to a single-family residence in a Conservation Area and identified in the Historic Resources Inventory.	Plans on file at city hall. Designer: Michael Borbely NOVUSPACE 820 Willow San Jose, CA. 95125	Historic Status: Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Heritage Trees: Front pkwy: 2 Side pkwy (if corner): On lot:	This early 1920's home is largely intact as original except for a small "bump-out" addition on the left side nearest the front. Click on the address at left to see details on the home and look in the archives for a 1923 newspaper article that describes this area originally as an open space under a pergola.
801 Clintonia Avenue	*APPROVED BY PLANNING* Planner: Darren McBain Send comments - questions to city planners or call: 408-535-3555	Permit # SF08-028 *TYPE 1* (Does not require public hearing) Single Family House Permit (Type I historic) for demolition of an existing 400-sq-ft det. garage, constr of a 720-sq-ft add'n to the existing single-family house, complete re-roof with barrel tile, and a new front porch.	All Elevations Designer: Michael Borbely NOVUSPACE 820 Willow San Jose, CA. 95125	Historic Status: Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Heritage Trees: Front pkwy: 2 Side pkwy (if corner): On lot:	This 1927 Spanish Colonial Revival home was recently home to the same family for about four generations. The odd location of its end Mexican Fan Palm reflects an early sale of land that ran down the middle of Riverside Drive and then sliced into this property and others on Plaza Drive.