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listing_id: ML82005971
status: Closed
price: 5500000
beds: 4
baths_full: 3
baths_half: 1
sqft_living: 2454
sqft_lot: 7740
lot_acres: 
year_built: 1938
property_type: Residential
property_subtype: Single Family Residence
address: "453 N California Ave"
city: Palo Alto
state: CA
zip: 94301
county: "Santa Clara County"
lat: 37.434407
lng: -122.13852
days_on_market: 327
hoa_fee: 
hoa_frequency: 
garage_spaces: 2
list_agent: "Lucy Berman"
list_office: "Golden Gate Sotheby's International Realty"
list_agent_phone: "(650) 208-8824"
list_agent_license: 01413627
mls_source: MLSL
modified: 2026-01-30
transaction_type: recentlySold
---

Home | Santa Clara County | Palo Alto | 94301 | 453 N California Ave

453 N California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301

MLS: ML82005971 | Status: Sold | Price: $5,500,000
Beds/Baths: 4 / 3 /1
Property Type: Residential

Quick Facts

Beds Baths Sq Ft Sq Ft Lot Yr Built
4 3 /1 2,454 7,740 1938

Remarks

A classic Old Palo Alto home ready for you to make your own! This inviting Colonial-style home has spacious rooms and beautiful hardwood floors throughout. The large living room and the dining room open to a glassed-in sunroom which, in turn, opens to the very generous garden. Off the sunroom, an ensuite bedroom has French doors to the garden. The kitchen/breakfast room completes the ground floor. Upstairs is an over-sized primary bedroom with en-suite bath plus two additional spacious bedrooms, served by a hall bath. The laundry is also upstairs. The beautiful garden is anchored by a magnificent maple and mature border planting. An enlarged 2-car garage at the back corner of the property would make a terrific ADU conversion. Easy accessibility to California Avenue, downtown Palo Alto, Stanford and terrific schools!

MLS Listing Information

Field Value
MLS # ML82005971
MLS Source MLSListings, Inc.

Features

Interior Features

Feature Details
Bedrooms Ground Floor Bedroom
Bathrooms Full on Ground Floor, Half on Ground Floor
Dining Room Breakfast Nook, Dining "L"
Family Room No Family Room
Fireplace Gas Starter, Living Room
Flooring Hardwood
Laundry Upper Floor
Cooling None
Heating Central Forced Air - Gas

Exterior Features

Feature Details
Roof Wood
Foundation Concrete Perimeter, Raised

Parking, School, and Other Information

Feature Details
Garage/Parking Detached, Garage: 2 Car(s)
Elementary District Palo Alto Unified
High School District Palo Alto Unified
Sewer Public Sewer
Water Public
Zoning R1929

Contact Information

Lucy Berman
Golden Gate Sotheby's International Realty
License #: 01413627
Phone: (650) 208-8824

School Ratings

School data provided by GreatSchools.org

Nearby Schools

School Type Grades Distance Rating
Frank S. Greene Jr. Middle public 6-8 0.35 mi 9
Walter Hays Elementary School public K-5 0.65 mi 9
El Carmelo Elementary School public K-5 0.76 mi 9
Ohlone Elementary School public K-5 0.90 mi 10
Duveneck Elementary School public K-5 1.04 mi 9
Palo Alto Adult Education public UG 1.04 mi N/A
Addison Elementary School public K-5 1.05 mi 8
Palo Alto High School public 9-12 1.08 mi 10
Escondido Elementary School public K-5 1.32 mi 10
Palo Verde Elementary School public K-5 1.36 mi 8
Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School public 6-8 1.39 mi 9
Fairmeadow Elementary School public K-5 1.52 mi 10
Barron Park Elementary School public K-5 1.52 mi 9
Lucille M. Nixon Elementary School public K-5 1.68 mi 10
Herbert Hoover Elementary School public K-5 1.74 mi 9
Juana Briones Elementary School public K-5 1.92 mi 10
Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford public K-12 1.94 mi N/A
Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy public K-5 1.96 mi 4
Greendell School public K-12 2.21 mi N/A
Ellen Fletcher Middle public 6-8 2.25 mi 8

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This listing information is up-to-date as of January 30, 2026. For the most current information, please contact Lucy Berman, (650) 208-8824.