Joseph Eichler’s personal home sells for $5.5M in Atherton

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 May 20 – June 7 that was made public the week of July 1. 

Of particular interest this week … The midcentury modern home that was the personal residence of California housing legend Joseph Eichler for more than a decade sold for $5.5 million on May 22 after reportedly receiving multiple offers. The 3,700-square-foot home was listed for sale on March 18 with an asking price of $6.38 million. Built in Atherton’s Lindenwood neighborhood in 1951, the residence is considered among the most important homes of Eichler’s career. This was his first custom-built home working with noted architects Robert Anshen and Steve Allen, who went on to become the original designers of Eichler homes.  It set the groundwork for what would evolve into the California modern post-and-beam homes known as “Eichlers.”