Author: Nancy Lund

Neighborhood walking: The story behind the Fromhertz House on Portola Road

Editor's note: We continue to highlight some of the stories behind buildings that you may have walked by many times before but never knew their

by Nancy Lund
on June 10, 2020

Neighborhood walking: All about the Chilean Woodchopper’s House

When you take a drive down Portola Road — or walk along its adjacent pathway — you will see a little white house in a

by Nancy Lund
on April 15, 2020

Enchanting stone buildings are all that remains of Willowbrook Farm in Portola Valley

  Some of the most intriguing buildings in Portola Valley are the quaint stone houses at 451 Portola that look like castles from a Grimm Brothers story.

by Nancy Lund
on April 11, 2017

Intriguing history of the little wooden house in Portola Valley’s Blue Oaks neighborhood

In the 1870s, Charles and Maria Luisa Martinez Freeman built a wooden house in which they raised their nine children. In 1890, Maria Luisa, granddaughter of

by Nancy Lund
on January 6, 2017

A replica windmill and a school have a combined history in Portola Valley

Everyone who travels on Portola Road in Portola Valley notices the whimsical windmill that has stood on the corner of Georgia Lane for 99 years. Some

by Nancy Lund
on December 22, 2016