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Palo Alto historic board endorses rehabilitation of 1950 Cowper Street
Summary
The Historic Resources Board recommended that the director of Planning and Development Services find the proposed rehabilitation of the category‑1 Spanish Colonial Revival house at 1950 Cowper Street consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and voted 5-0 to forward the recommendation.
The Palo Alto Historic Resources Board voted 5-0 to recommend that the director of Planning and Development Services find the proposed rehabilitation at 1950 Cowper Street consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.
The action came after a staff presentation and a brief applicant overview of plans that would remove nonhistoric additions, reopen a covered garage to create an outdoor living pavilion, repair clay tile roofing and restore original fenestration where possible. Steven (staff, Planning and Development Services) told the board the period of significance for the property runs from its 1932 construction through a 1942 garden-house…
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