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202 Univenity Theresa & James Jetfen ? -. . z--
Description: = ~
Italianate Cottage. Partial facade pore ft, bay window right. Low-pitch hipped roof. Wide
caves overhang; decorative bracke except over front bay window). Tall, narrow double-sash
windows. White (pale yellow?) with blue trim.
From front door enter short hall. Doors open left and right, today into offices, once BIR left, L/R
right. Hall ends now in "big room" with fireplace, tile front, wooden surround added by previous
owners. To left, current office entrance room, door to bath room from here. From "big room''
dQor to "kitchen." Kitchen~ unused door tQ bath on left, door to law library on right, unused
door to nonexistent deck iil 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
i<>l Period chandeliers in ''I.JR'• and "DIR" reStorcd by real estate agents.
1941 Tax Assessment Files:
Lot 6, Blk 5, Haggarty'• Sabd. Owner: George Miles Collins & Stella 0. Clark
1316 sq. ft+ 70' porch. Replacement cost $3575@ 36% = $1285. l story, 6 rooms, medimn
construction; shallow CQncrete foundation; gable, shingle roof; front porch; I car garage; resawed
Cxterior; 5 rooms plastered, 1 plywood; 4 papered, 2 tinted; 1 sm bath, medimn, + (ext. 2 t?);
modem electrical fixtures; stove heat; partial basement; medium quality; 40 years old; medium
condition, acCeptable design and floor plan. Lot SS' x· 109.91' value $715.
Pia_ nning Commission·-Book
Vmeyard lot bllc S lot 6 _ ttage.
Mi . _ corher University & Miles #62 1-story with partial
nt & rear porches.; 1904/8 a<ldreSs = 6.2186 University, ho~ 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 +/-350k. They did most of renovations.
Short central ball from front door. Offices left and right off hall. In.period lighting fixtures. Bay
whldow to right of front door. Hall ends in large room with fireplace (smround 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
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CB Scrapbook 34 D July 13, 1976
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Rogers bought a few years ago (9?) in poor condition. One partition split
kitchen, creating ' -,,!'! e.' Partition between living and dining
room shut off front room to save vmg partitions, hou5e has 6 rooms plus bath.
Some previous OWllCf bad removed decorative moldin~ near ceiling and aroUnd doors,
Chandeliers also one. However, Claire Rogers found sevc:nr.:11
High-ceilinged kitchen center of house, then dining room, then living room. Bow-like projection
over entrance to DIR. Ms. Rogers_' BIR off ball along side UR. A row of doors now completely
fills one wall -now closets, but one~ 18 yr old son Raymond's BIR down hall is
similar to bis mother's, minus row of doon~hall 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 • · : ·
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 braclceb under eaves still in place. (3)
Front bay window from inside. (4) Boxed Eagle on back deck.
Claire Rogers worked at West Valley College Library and was working on a degree in
librarianship at Foothill.
LG Directories
188718 McCarthy, John J, filnner; I farmer
1890 McCarthy, Joseph, r Union
·Collins, Oliver, orcbardist, 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 Uni~ Ave. (at 202 or at 1-4/5) [not 0516, 07/8
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1952 Deak, Francis (Margt) mech; +-CasabaA, 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, ELG Ck. L $3k, imp $100, -mort
$1.Sk (Michael Miller).
1889/90 check index McCarthy
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
, erty's Sub 1-2-3-4-5-6/5 L $110 ppty. p2 "
p28. same
p 59. same
p 40. Mcs_~y, Mrs. Mary, Hagerty's Sub 1-2-3-4-5-6/5 L $1 lO(P l•*fno ppty,
-tiJ~~ ~ 25Q~'
p 62. same as 94
p5. same .
p 44. McCarthy, Mrs. Mary, Hagerty's Sub 1-2-3-4-5-6/5 L $110()9-o ppty.
p 54. McCarthy, Mary Haggerty's Subd S I/3rd 9/5 L 90, I 540 (mort 400); 1-2•3-4/5
L 720-~G~ ~ ....... o iln.p [sic]; 1/6. L 18.0, im.-sic].
1899
1901
p 54. McCarthy, · ; · · ,,.s,.~~ fl IQ, I ')9/-~~rt bJ;tt;lr.~~3/981
p 46. McCarthy, Mary Haggerty's Subd S l/3rd 915 L 90, I 575; 4/5 [sic] L 720, imp 280;
515 L 180; 6/5 L 225, no imp [sic]; 1/6 L 180, im~c].
p 49. McCarthy, Mary Haggerty's Subd 1-2-8?-4/S L 720, nnp 280; 5/5 L 180;
615 L 225, no imp [sic]~ 1/6 L 180, im-[sic] (+ S I/3rd 9/5?).
1903
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1911
1912
1913
1915
1916
1919
p 35. McCarthy, Mary Haggerty's Subd S l/3rd 9/5 L 100, I 560; 1,2,3,4/5 L 130 [sic?],
~5; 515 L 200; 616 [s.ic] L 245, no. imp [sic]; 1/6 L 200, imBllJll[sic).
p 2~B, Haggerty's Subd SI/3rd 9/5 L 100, I 635; 1,2,3,4/S L-nO(sic?],
im 33~; 515 L 205-/6 L 205, imp 0 (750 crossed out)l'-41
· (i;!i\.!..m AL ~~tabove $2325; Bk8 p 300.
p 49. North. DB ~erty sub 9/5 100/63 5· -2-3-4/5 140/335; 615 260/[sic]; 116 20Sn50
[sic] s 23' 10/5 100 i\L Fletcher mort $2325
p 54. North, DB 9 & 23' 10/5 175/625; 1-2-3-4-5-6/5 1200/1350; 116175/0; paid off old
mort; new 12/18/95 for $1700, reduced to $1500 (JS Hutchins)
p 60. North, DB 16 Faimouth St SF; Hgty 1,2,3,4/5 800/500 '·Ji· · 1/6 175; 9 +
23' 10/5 175/500; mort $1500
p 56. North, DB 1-2-4/S 600/500; S-6/S 450/600; 1/6175; 14' 9 + 26'10/5 100/-
p 62. North, same 1909
p 66. North, same 1911 except s9ld partial lots 9&10 to Emily May Sammi
p 87. North, H l-2/5 400/-, 5-615 450/600, 116 175/-, assess. change to ~et Showers
p 72. North, 1-2,5 400, 5-615 450/600 (200 penciled above), 1/6 175
p 77. North, DB 1144 Alabama St SF-> Pittsburgh CA? 1-2/5 400->802; S-615 450->
792/800->960; 116 175-> 120
p 89. North, DB 1-215 7 ', 1/6 280; 515 to GE Sides? $550; 61:
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1920 pl311i1ii~4faggerty6t5iW-
1922 p 24. Collins, Oliver, lfag675, 350/1050/450
1934 p 23. Collins, Oliver, Hag 6/5, 385/1150/100
1938 p 21. Collins, Oliver (estate of), 385/1150/200, exemption of 100. ~ t-.\,J
_... '2.,"Z,. \ VI" Oliver Collins owned M&E 11/2 from 1891 tbru 1907, and lived there. No TA red 1908. -, ~
Block Books
{Down$lirs) Oliver Collins (5/10/20?), Geo M Collins, Stella·o Clark, HG (or C) Hardtk:e et
al.
(Upstairs, 1908 base) Geo Miles Collins
Voter Registen
1890: . '
Hagert)r, Micbsel Bernard, age 60, Ireland, bricklayer, lives Los Gatos, naturali~g
same day #4333 [b ca. 1829]
Go~ Oliver, age 41, b Mass, fariner, 1 Los Gatos, reg 6/S/89
McCarthy, Joseph, 40, b heland, farmer, Union dist., nat 5'28/66 SJ, reg 9/15/1880, #7346
McCarthy, John Joseph, 22, b CA, farmer, Union, reg 9/11>6. ~
1896:
, laborer, age 48, S' 6 112" tall, light complex., blue eyes, red ba:i'fflf r 512/9~ ~Ll-~
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Records
· age51,mar16yrs,~s[#S17] ..
· e, . an 1860, age 40, 2 chil both liv~wd/Swd
. __ ,son, b May 1889, age 11, at school _\.
mfciau, b June 1891, age 8, at school ~Y(
1910 ~ \\
Collins, Oliver, ml, 26 yrs, age 62, b Mass/Mass/US, janitor, owns home [#2011194] ,, ~
Sophie, m2, 26 yrs, age'~ Swed/Swed/Swed, ent US 1878 (). ~ \I~-.,,,,~ 3 > '-"
Geo Miles, age 21, single, no occ \<;lf1 · • L;l ,4-..,
Estella, age 18, single, no occ • '
O'Connors Sanitari m 9n/1848: age 88 yrs/S/21. Born
1 Isaac, mo Sarah Ann Korve (?). 'Died of acute
cholecrystisis ( m 4120/37) and chronic myocardis ( i n . · OJ. ~on 4124 or 4126,
1937. (Both Sophie C. Collins and dau Estelle Clark lived at 202 Univ.) Buried at Oak Hill Cem.
Funeral 4130/37. Geo M Collins lived in Honolulu. Grandchildren: Mrs. Virgil (Clark) Curtis of
SJ, Miss Eleanor F Clark of LO, and Geo F Collins of HonolullL · ·
. di ... t 202 Univ, age 78/4/-. BomJan 12, 1860. Bom in Gottenberg,
Sweden; in LO SO yrs. in ws. Died of chronic lymphumatic ieukemia.
Methodist Episco sister, brother,
and several nieces live in the east.
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202 University Avenue
Mary McCarthy House
This Italianate Cottage, now pa·inted 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. No~h 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
·it children, George Miles Collins and Estella Collins Clark. Estella
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Clark, a widow, lived in the home with her children until 1942.
H. G. Hardtke, the owner of Toyon Lodge in Saratoga, acquired \_
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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 wall 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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