- Our Lady of the Wayside Church
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Our Lady of the Wayside Church 
1975 photograph documentation by Jack E. Boucher of Historic American Buildings SurveyGeneral information Architectural style Mission Revival Town or city Portola Valley, California Country United States Coordinates 37°23′02″N 122°14′02″W / 37.3839°N 122.2338°WCoordinates: 37°23′02″N 122°14′02″W / 37.3839°N 122.2338°W Construction started 1912 Completed 1912 Design and construction Architect Timothy L. Pflueger Reference #: 909 For other buildings with a similar name, see Our Lady of the Wayside.Our Lady of the Wayside Church is a modest church built in 1912 for the then-growing Catholic parish of Portola Valley by a combined effort of Jewish, Protestant and Catholic members of The Family, a San Francisco men's club that owns a nearby rural retreat.
The building itself was constructed of steel-reinforced concrete with stucco finish in the Mission Revival style, with the added Georgian element of the main doorway with its scrolled pediment. Mission Revival features include the tiled gable roof with exposed rafter ends, round-arched windows and buttressed side walls.[1]
James Rupert Miller, an architect and a member of The Family, gave the assignment of designing the church to a rising young draftsman at his firm: Timothy L. Pflueger. The building was 19-year-old Pflueger's first commission. Pflueger drew on his familiarity with Mission San Francisco de Asís in his native San Francisco for inspiration.[2]
In 1977, a plaque was placed proclaiming the building as California Registered Historical Landmark number 909.[3]
The historic church suffered extensive damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and was recommended for demolition by structural experts. Instead, it was repaired by its congregation at a cost of US$600,000.[4]
References
- ^ Library of Congress. Historic American Buildings Survey. Our Lady of the Wayside Roman Catholic Church, 930 Portola Road, Portola Valley, San Mateo County, CA. Data pages.
- ^ Poletti, Therese; Tom Paiva (2008). Art Deco San Francisco: The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568987560. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=tcUhJJJwCoIC.
- ^ NoeHill Travels in California. California Historical Landmarks in San Mateo County. California Landmark 909. Our Lady of the Wayside
- ^ St. Denis Parish. History
External links
- Library of Congress. Historic American Buildings Survey. Gallery of monochrome images taken in 1975
- Photograph of the plaque proclaiming California Registered Historical Landmark No. 909
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Portal:National Register of Historic PlacesCategories:- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in California
- History of San Mateo County, California
- Churches in San Mateo County, California
- Religious buildings completed in 1912
- 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings
- Mission Revival architecture in California
- California Historical Landmarks
- Roman Catholic churches in California
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