Moving Day – Historic Pallesen Apartment Building
Sunday, March 28, 2021
San Jose, CA
Built: 1910
The Preservation Action Council of San Jose and generous donations from the community saved the building from demolition.
The building was moved 900 ft to its new location on Reed street next to the 280 on-ramp.
Habitat For Humanity will renovate the 4 unit building into affordable housing units.
The apartment building was built for Christian Pallesen, a foreman at a local lumber Mill.
Designed by famed Architects Wolfe & McKenzie
Frank partnered with Charles McKenzie from 1899 to 1910. Together they designed hundreds of buildings. Wolfe and McKenzie worked on Naglee Park houses beginning in 1902 and then Hanchett Park beginning in 1906. Frank’s son Carl joined him as an associate in 1912.[1] Under the Wolfe & Wolfe partnership, Frank designed several California Prairie-style homes
The Alameda a personal project by local photographer David C. Hill
