Basically Italian in design, its extended roof line, forming a cover for elaborately sculptured baroque balconies, gives the upper portion of the house a Swiss flavor. What appears from the street to be a home of one and one half stories, is actually three stories high. The first story, lowered into the grade, includes the kitchen and dining room and servant's room. A large oval shaped opening in the rear leads from the dining area onto what was a sunken garden. A circular stair leads from the lowered first floor to the spacious living room and on up to the bedrooms which are tucked neatly into what one would normally consider the attic space.
Natural light comes in from the numerous rear windows and skylights.
Text taken from Historical Footnotes of Santa Clara Valley by Jack Douglas.