Home built by pioneering Arts & Crafts architect in 1920 sells for $10M in Los Altos Hills

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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 Sept. 9 and Oct. 4 that was made public the week of Oct. 29.

Of particular interest this week … A 104-year-old Los Altos Hills home built by noted San Francisco architect Henry H. Gutterson sold for $10 million on Sept 30. The property, known as Sunnyhill Farm when originally built in 1920, features five bedrooms, 4.5 baths, walnut paneled walls, soaring wood-paneled ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows and an attached cottage that spans one wing of the home. While the single-level home has been meticulously remodeled, much of its historical charm remains intact.
Gutterson, who launched his career in 1905 after graduating from the School of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, is recognized as a pioneering practitioner of the early Bay Area Arts and Crafts movement. He was known for building homes that related to their place in the landscape. Many of his homes were woodsy, often sheathed in redwood inside and out.