258 REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION. 
Hamilton and Middlefield: Two and one-half story frame house; chimneys standing. Chimneys down 
in houses around it, both one-story and two-story houses. 
368 Lytton: Very small frame house without foundation; chimney standing. _ } 
Hawthorne near Waverly: Several small houses; chimneys in center of houses standing. Side chimneys 
on small houses across the street from these were down. 
171 Cowper: Tiny one-story frame house; chimney on side of house standing. _ 4 : 
317, 323, and 329 High Street: Three one-story frame houses exactly alike, and chimneys in same posi- 
tions on houses. Chimney at 329 standing; the other two down. ; 
310 High: One and one-half story house; chimney in center standing, one on side down. 
Kingsley and Bryant: Two-story stucco house; chimney standing. No damage. 
1329 Waverly: Low one-story shingle house; rather high chimney standing. 
Boyce Avenue: Two-story rather low frame house; chimney standing. ; 1 
Guinda Street: Two frame houses, one one-story, other two-story; chimneys standing. Chimneys fell 
from houses on both sides. , 
Hamilton and Fulton: One and one-half story frame house, chimney cracked but standing. Very 
small house next to it, chimney down. 
465 Hawthorne: One and one-half story house (first story brick); apparently no damage except chimney 
down. 
347 Melville: Two-story stucco house; chimneys all down. 
Forest Court: One very low frame house; chimney down. 
253-255 Homer: Two-story double stucco house; plaster slightly cracked, chimneys down. 
EVIDENCES OF TWISTING. 
1110 Bryant: Small one-story frame house; chimney at center of house twisted slightly counter-clock- 
wise. 
121 Emerson: Small one-story frame house; chimney in center twisted clockwise. 
Waverly near Lytton: The Palo Alto Academy, an old two-story frame house, completely collapsed, 
falling toward the southeast and apparently twisted counter-clockwise. 
Emerson, near University Ave.: Two-story frame house was moved off its foundation toward the south- 
east, and twisted clockwise. 
711 Cowper: Pictures on walls; some remained straight, others 
p------- 5 were twisted as shown in the sketch, showing the four 
\ fie SCs wares : walls of the room. The pictures on the northeast 
A f and southwest walls were observed in one room and 
4 those on the northwest wall in another room. (See 
fig. 55.) 
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MoveMENT OF BUILDINGS. 
627 Waverly: Two-story frame house high above the ground 
and resting on brick foundation; lower part of house 
moved toward the southeast so that it had to be 
! propt up. 
tae----- -~--------/ 711 Cowper: One and one-half story frame house high off the 
| ground; 6 inches out of plumb in rear. 
745 Cowper: One and one-half story frame house, high off the 
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ground; several inches out of plumb. 
538 Emerson: T'wo-story frame house; first story moved 2 
inches toward southeast. 
(SESS ay 439 Alma: One-story stable moved a little to the southeast. 
Fic. 55, — Diagram showing displacement of 129 Emerson: Two-story frame house several feet above the 
pictures on walls of rooms. ground was moved 3 feet toward the southeast and 
set down on the ground. 
Luscher Building, 251 High: Two-story frame building; moved toward the southeast several inches, 
and apparently twisted counter-clockwise. 
Palo Alto Hotel, Alma and Lytton: Three-story frame hotel moved toward the southeast. 
Greenhouse, near San Francisquito Creek: Very little damage; afew panes of glass broken. The benches 
moved toward the southeast from 0.5 to 1 inch. 
Ruthven and Cowper: New one and one-half story shingle house with concrete foundation; chimneys 
standing. House propt up on southeast side. 
Dudfield Lumber Yard: Piles of lumber moved in various directions, but mostly toward the southeast. 
Forest and High: Lumber shed; lumber piles on each side of open central space partially collapsed. 
Lumber piles on northwest side moved toward the southeast; those on southeast side re- 
mained in place. q 
Bleiber Blacksmith Shop: Two-story frame building; lower story moved 4 inches toward the southeast. 
Alma, west of University: New three-story artificial stone building fell toward the southeast. 
Alma, east Beecher I) Avenue: New two-story artificial stone building; collapsed and fell toward the 
southeast. 
444 High: Two-story brick business house; first story moved toward the southeast. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The pases Ce San Francisquito Creek, at Bryant Street and Middlefield Road, apparently were not 
damaged. 
University Avenue and Romona Street: Jordan Building; three-story stucco business building. Plaster 
on first story badly cracked. 
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