Our Lady of the Wayside Church

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.

Our Lady of the Wayside Church
1975 photograph documentation by Jack E. Boucher of Historic American Buildings Survey
General information
Architectural styleMission Revival
Town or cityPortola Valley, California
CountryUnited States
Coordinates37.3839°N 122.2338°W / 37.3839; -122.2338
Construction started1912
Completed1912
Design and construction
ArchitectTimothy L. Pflueger
Designated1977
Reference no.77000338[1]
Designated1977
Reference no.909[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

In 1977, a plaque was placed proclaiming the building as California Registered Historical Landmark number 909.[2][5] The church was also added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1977.[1]

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.[6]

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