Birge Clark’s historic ‘Dunker House’ sells for $15.1M in Palo Alto

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 13-31 that was made public the week of June 24. 

This week, a contemporary farmhouse in Woodside and a historic 1926-era home in Palo Alto that was built by noted architect Birge Clark sold for the highest price tags at $16.8 million and $15.1 million, respectively. Of particular interest, the Palo Alto home, known as the Dunker House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is reportedly one of the first two houses to be designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style in Palo Alto.