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PLANNING
1976
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202 University
Description:
Italianate Cottage. Partial facade poreft, bay window right. Low -pitch hipped roof. Wide
eaves overhang; decorative bracke except over front bay window). Tall, narrow double -sash
windows. White (pale yellow?) with blue trim.
Theresa & James Jeffers 7 f
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From front door enter short hall. Doors open left and right, today into offices, once B/R left, L/R
right. Hall ends now in "big room" with faeplace, tile front, wooden surround added by previous
owners. To left, current office entrance room, door to bath room from here. From "big room"
door to "kitchen." Kitchen has unused door to bath on left, door to law library on right, unused
door to nonexistent deck in back wall. Sink has been built into wooden antique buffet.
Wheelchair -accessible ramp has been added on left side of house. "Back yard" is now parking
lot. Period chandeliers in "L/R" and "D/R" restored by real estate agents.
1941 Tax Assessment Files:
Lot 6, Blk 5, llaggarty's Subd. Owner: George Miles Collins & Stella 0. Clark
1316 sq. ft + 70' porch. Replacement cost $3575 @ 36% = $1285. 1 story, 6 rooms, medium
construction; shallow concrete foundation; gable, shingle roof; front porch; 1 car garage; resawed
exterior; 5 rooms plastered, 1 plywood; 4 papered, 2 tinted;1 sm bath, medium, + (ext. 2 t?);
modern electrical fixtures; stove heat; partial basement; medium quality; 40 years old; medium
condition, acceptable design and floor plan. Lot 55' x 109.91' value $715.
Planning Commission Files: 'pto Book
Vineyard lot blk Slot 6
Sanborn
ttage.
comer University & Miles #62 1-story with partial
nt & rear porches.; 1904/8 address = 62/86 University, house same as `95, outbuilding added
on rear ppty line + outhouse?; 1928144 address 202 University, rear porch enclosed, house
extended? garage replaced outbuilding in rear.
Owner:
Purchased house from real estate agents 5? years ago for +1- 350k. They did most of renovations.
Short central hall from front door. Offices left and right off hall. In -period lighting fixtures. Bay
window to right of front door. Hall ends in large room with fireplace (surround not original), tile?
Small room to left with side door (original?), leads to large bathroom. Beyond large room, small
"kitchen," door, not used to bathroom, back door to a porch no longer there. "Kitchen" includes
cabinet remodeled to include double sink. To the right of kitchen is law library. Wheel -chair
accessible from L side.
Hipped roof; need to note colors. Some interesting art work.
Bellringer Files
el 41 1-14-44.. ram-.. 0 44 s)
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work performed between 7/73 and 7/75: Deck, floors, roof, back
exterior shingles, additional wiring, remodel small back bath, landscaping.
1900 LGTR"'
1943 HG Hardtke, Mgr Toyen Lodge ua,
Laundry room and bedroom added at back of house.
GI Scrapbook 34 D July 13,1976
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Rogers bought a few years ago (9?) in poor condition. One partition split
kitchen„ creating - I '} ° e: Partition between living and dining
room shut off front room to save 'rr. ► ,"J einov ng partitions, house has 6 rooms plus bath.
Some previous owner had removed decorative moldings near ceiling and around doors.
Chandeliers also gone.However, Claire Rogers found sever
High-ceilinged kitchen center of house, then dining room, then living room. Bow -like projection
over entrance to D/R. Ms. Rogers' B/R off hail along side LR _ A row of doors now completely
fills one wall — now closets, but one w~ 18 yr old son Raymond's B/R down hall is
similar to his mother's, minus row of doors Ihall leads to the new back deck that juts out
over back yard.
DK who originally built the house. Title insurance maps first show the house tt
Telephone directories show Oliver Collins as owner 1924-1937. HC Hardtke bought house in
early 1950s, taking over when an owner forfeited on a loan. Hardtke rented out the house.
PIX: (1) Built-in corner shelving over cabinet window to right, second built-in to left (covering
door?). (2) Front of house. Shows some of decorative brackets under eaves still in place. (3)
Front bay window from inside. (4) Boxed Engle on back deck.
Claire Rogers worked. at West Valley College Library and was working on a degree in
librarianship at Foothill.
LG Directories
1887/8 McCarthy, John J, farmer; J farmer
1890 McCarthy, Joseph, r Union
Collins, Oliver, orchardist, r University (but prob not here)
1895/6 McCarthy, Anne r Union
1897 McCarthy, Mary Mrs. r Union
1903/4 McCarthy, Mary T. Mrs., groceries E Main.
1906 no McCarthy, Mary
North, DB r University Ave. (at 202 or at 1-4/5) [not 05/6, 07/8
1945 : are y, DK (Rose) crp, not owner
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1952 Deak, Francis (Margt) mech; + - Casaba A, laborer, r 202
1956 Leverich, Geo F (Ann B) no occ
1962 Helton, Elmer G (Rose E) emp Commercial Mills, SJ
1967 Helton, Elmer G
1974 Rodgers, Mrs. Clair B, no occ
Tax Assessment Records
1888 p 4. Haggerty, 10 acres N Quick, S M&E, W RR, E LG Ck. L $3k, imp $100, - mort
$1.5k (Michael Miller).
1889/90 check index McCarthy
1891 p 200r p 3 , fi erty's Sub 1-2-3-4-5-6/5 L $110 �. ; ,Appty.
1892 p 28. same
1893 p 59. same
1894 p 40. McCarthy, Mrs. Mary, Hagerty's Sub 1-2-3-4-5-6/5 L $110
Wfitgia]L 25Q.
1895 p 62. same as 94
1896 p 5. same
1897 p 44. McCarthy, Mrs. Mary, Hagerty's Sub 1-2-3-4-5-6/5 L $110 ppty.
1898 p 54. McCarthy, Mary Haggerty's Subd S 1/3rd 9/5 L 90,1540 (mort 400); 1-2-3-4/5
L 720 ;`s , .27 L 1 0. 6/5 L 225, no imp [sic]; 1/6 L 180, im sic].
P 54. McCarthy, -5.23 10. 190/- [taxes d 12/23/981
1899 p 46. McCarthy, Mary Haggerty's Subd S 1/3rd 9/5 L 90,1 575; 4/5 [sic] L 720, imp 280;
5/5 L 180; 6/5 L 225, no imp [sic]; 1/6 L 180, im :'c].
1901 p 49. McCarthy, Mary Haggerty's Subd 1-2-8?-4/5 L 720, imp 280; 5/5 L 180;
6/5 L 225, no imp [sic]; 1/6 L 180, im , [sic] (+ S l/3rd 9/5?).
1903 p 35. McCarthy, Mary Haggerty's Subd S 1/3rd 9/5 L 100, I 560; 1,2,3,4/5 L 130 [sic?],
im• 285; 5/5 L 200; 6/6 [sic] L 245, no imp [sic]; 1/6 L 200, ' �.� =r,�
1905 p 2 ` r B, Haggerty's Subd S 1/3rd 9/5 L 100, 1635;1,2,3,4/5 L i [sic?],
imp 335; 5/5 L 205 /6 L 205, imp 0 (750 crossed out)50
L, Ifia AL er molt int above $2325; Bk8 p 300.
1906 p 49. North, DB Haggerty sub 9/5 100/635-41-2-3-4/5 140/335; 6/5 260/[sic]; 1/6 205/750
[sic] s 23' 10/5 100 .1 , • F� ''AL Fletcher mort $2325
1907 p 54. North, DB 9 & 23' 10/5 175/625; 1-2-3-4-5-6/5 1200/1350; 1/6 175/0; paid off old
mart; new 12/18/95 for $1700, reduced to $1500 (JS Hutchins)
1908 p 60. North, DB 16 Faimouth St SF; Hgty 1,2,3,4/5 800/500 1/6 175; 9 +
23' 10/5 175/500; mort $1500
1909 p 56. North, DB 1-2-4/5 600/500; 5-6/5 450/600; 1/6 175; 14' 9 + 26' 10/5 100/-
1911 p 62. North, same 1909
1912 p 66. North, same 1911 except s9ld partial lots 9&10 to Emily May Sammi
1913 p 87. North, H 1-2/5 400/-, 5-6/5 450/600, 1/6 175/-, assess. change to Harriet Showers
1915 p 72. North, 1-2,5 400, 5-6/5 450/600 (200 penciled above), 116175
1916 p 77. North, DB 1144 Alabama St SF -> Pittsburgh CA? 1-2/5 400->802; 5-6/5 450->
792/800->960; 1/6 175->320
1919 p 89. North, DB 1-2/5 7 5 t1/6 280; 5/5 to GE Sides ? $550; 6/ ; o
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1920 p137 ni .ggerty
1922 p 24. Collins, Oliver, Hag ./5, 350/1050/450
1934 p 23. Collins, Oliver, Hag 6/5, 385/1150/100
1938 p 21. Collins, Oliver (estate of), 385/1150/200, exemption of 100.
Oliver Collins owned M&E 11/2 from 1891 thru 1907, and lived there. No TA rcd 1908. -t 37-
Block Books
(Downstairs) Oliver Collins (5/10/20?), Geo M Collins, Stella 0 Clark, HG (or C) Hardtke et
al.
(Upstairs, 1908 base) Geo Miles Collins
Voter Registers
1890:
Hagerty, Michael Bernard, age 60, Ireland, bricklayer, lives Los Gatos, naturali
same day #4333 [b ca. 18291
Collins, Oliver, age 41, b Mass, farmer, 1 Los Gatos, reg 6/5/89
McCarthy, Joseph, 40, b Ireland, farmer, Union dist., nat 5/28/66 SJ, reg 9/15/1880, #7346
McCarthy, John Joseph, 22, b CA, farmer, Union, reg 9/11186.
1896:
liNgie:
�r, laborer, age 48, 5' 6 1/2" tall, light complex, blue eyes, red r 599
age 51, mar 16 yrs, MINgMassIMass [#517]
w e, v an 1860, age 40, 2 chil both hvf ` /Swd/Swd
son, b May 1889, age 11, at school
1910 1$
Egirdau, b June 1891, age 8, at school(
Collins, Oliver, m1, 26 yrs, age 62, b Mass/Mass/US, janitor, owns home [#201/194) 1"4°
Sophie, m2, 26 yrs, age',IN Swed/Swed/Swed, ent US 1878�5;40
Geo Miles, age 21, single, no occ 19�3? " l3,,q� 7
Estella, age 18, single, no occ
+'Connors Sanitarium` c ' ern 9/7/1848: age 88 yrs/5/21. Born
Isaac, mo Sarah Ann Korve (7). Died of acute
cholecrystisis (i . m 4/20/37) and chronic niyocardis (from 1 2 i). (1)e- ii tion on 4/24 or 4/26,
1937. (Both Sophie C. Collins and dau Estelle Clark lived at 202 Univ.) Buried at Oak Hill Cetn,
Funeral 4/30/37. Geo M Collins lived in Honolulu. Grandchildren: Mrs. Virgil (Clark) Curtis of
SJ, Miss Eleanor F Clark of LG, and Geo F Collins of Honolulu.
'. 0"• di ;. t 202 Univ, age 78/4/-. Born Jan 12, 1860. Born in Gottenberg,
Sweden; in LG 50 yrs, in +u+'.1111 • = :. . Died of chronic lymphumatic leukemia.
Methodist Episccopa l: sister, brother,
and several nieces live in the east.
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202 University Avenue
Mary McCarthy House
This Italianate Cottage, now painted white with blue trim, was
built (or moved to the lot) between 1888 and 1890 by Mary and
Joseph McCarthy, a farmer born in Ireland about 1840. They
lived in Union (a district at that time) and rented the home.
Italianate features include the tall, narrow, paired windows, the
shallow -sloped, hipped roof, and the eaves overhang. Although
most of the . decorative brackets under the eaves have been
removed, they remain above the bay window. The 1895 Sanborn
Insurance Map suggests the front and sides of the home have not
been altered, while the original rear porch was lost when the
house was extended to the rear between 1908 and 1928.
Mary McCarthy owned six contiguous lots on University, two,
including this one, with houses, plus two lots on Edelen. All were
sold to D, B. North in 1904. North also rented out the properties
until he sold 202 University to Oliver Collins in 1919.
Collins was born in Worchester, Massachusetts in 1848, came to
California at age 20, and to Los Gatos in 1888, with his wife
Sophie. She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1860 and came
to the U.S. when she was 14. They owned a home on Edelen and
321 University before purchasing this one when Oliver was 71.
Now retired, in earlier directories he was listed as an "orchard-
ist," gardener, and janitor. In 1938 the home passed to their two
children, George Miles Collins and Estella Collins Clark. Estella
Clark, a widow, lived in the home with her children until 1942.
H. G. Hardtke, the owner of Toyon Lodge in Saratoga, acquired
the home in 1943 and rented to a series of short-term tenants.
When Claire and Ray Rogers purchased the house in the late
1960s, it had been partitioned to form a small apartment at the
back and to wail off the front room to reduce heating costs,
partitions the Rogers removed. Claire Rogers repaired the roof
and floors and salvaged and replaced several doors found in the
basement. She earned a Bellringer award for her restorations.
In 1978 five real estate agents, owners of Los Gatos Property,
purchased the house for use as their office and restored it to its
original condition. They removed the out -of -character rear
extension, put in a foundation, new heating and air conditioning
systems, redid the "kitchen," installing a double sink in an
antique cabinet, and bathroom, and located vintage fixtures to
replace those lost in the past. They also added a side door and
ramp to make the office wheelchair -accessible. The fireplace was
destroyed in the 1989 earthquake and was replaced with an
antique mantle, but is no longer functional.
Theresa Pfeiffer and her husband James Jeffers purchased the
property about four years ago for use as her law office. Pfeiffer
refinished the hardwood floors, which appear to be original, and
added glass doors between the original dining room and living
room, replacing doors lost in the past. Although this cottage is
now used as offices instead of as a home, its charm remains.
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