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What $7.25M gets you in Palo Alto: The historic ‘Crown Jewel of College Terrace’ built for early Stanford Latin professor

For more than a century, the two-story Queen Anne at 2275 Amherst St. has stood as one of Palo Alto’s most ornate Victorian residences — admired from the street, featured in magazines and carefully maintained through generations of families. Now, the historic home is on the market for the first time in more than a decade with a listing price of $7.25 million, or the equivalent of about $2,161 per square foot.

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According to The Almanac’s source item, What $7.25M gets you in Palo Alto: The historic ‘Crown Jewel of College Terrace’ built for early Stanford Latin professor, For more than a century, the two-story Queen Anne at 2275 Amherst St. has stood as one of Palo Alto’s most ornate Victorian residences — admired from the street, featured in magazines and carefully maintained through generations of families. Now, the historic home is on the market for the first time in more than a decade with a listing price of $7.25 million, or the equivalent of about $2,161 per square foot.

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