{"nrhp_refnum":"78000773","name":"Woodhills","other_names":["Cora &amp","Fremont Older House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Cupertino on Prospect Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cupertino","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.28656331600007,"lon":-122.06000659799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Woodhills, also known as the Cora and Fremont Older House, is a frame residence with a studio, terraced gardens and a pool house in the foothills south of Cupertino, Santa Clara County, California. It was built in 1913-1914 for editor Fremont Older and his wife, Cora.","why_significant":"The house combined Bay Area shingle style with the asymmetrical horizontal massing of the emerging modern movement, and was among the most elegant and radical designs in the county when built. It is also tied to Fremont Older, a crusading San Francisco editor, and Cora Older, a journalist and historian, who directed much of its design and landscaping. The estate sheltered paroled prisoners and hosted prominent friends.","narrative":"Woodhills is an L-shaped, shingle-clad frame house with a nearly flat roof, set in the foothills south of Cupertino. Built in 1913-1914 for San Francisco editor Fremont Older and his wife, historian Cora Older, it blends the informal Bay Area shingle tradition with the horizontal massing of early modernism. The front block is formal and symmetrical, while the other elevations respond to the hillside. Cora Older shaped much of the design and planned terraced gardens, rock walls, pools and a pergola, working with parolees and ex-convicts who lived on the property. A studio built in 1926-27 reused salvaged tiles, arches and windows. The architect is uncertain; Frederick D. Wolfe or Charles W. McCall are named in her diary, while attribution to Julia Morgan is unsupported. Fremont Older fought civic corruption, argued for penal reform and campaigned for Thomas Mooney. The couple entertained many prominent guests here.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1913-1914)","architect_builder":"probably Frederick D. Wolfe or Charles W. McCall","architectural_style":"Bay Area shingle style combined with the emerging \"modern movement\"","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as deteriorated and unaltered; the property was marked unoccupied, with the gardens overgrown and the studio undergoing renovation at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.802412-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000773.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000773/9547a7c878-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000773/9547a7c878-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"David Sawyer from Rancho Murieta, California, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodhills_(2949783189).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">David Sawyer from Rancho Murieta, California, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodhills_(2949783189).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861828","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodhills","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112966907"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/woodhills-78000773/"}