Eichler Neighborhoods & Tract Histories

The San Mateo Highlands, Eichler's hillside tract begun in 1955: its ridge-top setting, the steel X-100, the architects linked to it and what to know about hillside Eichlers.

Sunnyvale Manor's two phases: Eichler's 1947 Sunnyvale Building Company tract and the 1950 addition that introduced Anshen & Allen's AA-1 prototype.

Primewood, Sunnyvale: a 35-house Eichler tract from J. L. Eichler Associates, with glass-filled gables, twin-cottage models and a 2017 single-story district.

Fairbrae, Sunnyvale: the 1958–1961 Eichler tracts tract by tract, their street layout, what county records show about the houses, and the 2016–2018 single-story districts.

What the public record says about Royal Manor, Palo Alto's 1957–1958 Eichler tract: its map, the 2015–2016 single-story overlay request, flood rules and house types.

Charleston Meadow, Palo Alto's 1950–1951 Anshen & Allen Eichler tract: its two recorded units, original plan features, Eichler's first control committee and today's rules.

Greer Park, one of Eichler's 1950 'Subdivision of the Year' tracts: its Seale Tract map, three circle streets, Anshen & Allen design roots and overlay rules.

Fairmeadow, Palo Alto's 'Circles': how the 1951–1954 Eichler tract was mapped and built ring by ring, who designed it, and what original houses show.

How Jones & Emmons designed Greenmeadow, Palo Alto's 1954–55 Eichler historic district: six models, a pooled community center, original interiors and today's rules.