May 26th, 2015 3:37 PM by Teresa Molina
Driving up to this 1885 Victorian, you’re excused if you expected to be welcomed by Carson the Butler.
While many of the older homes in the tony town have been torn down to make room for modern McMansions, the stately Fennwood Estate is, well, Atherton, CA’s own Downton Abbey.
This well-preserved property, one of the town’s oldest, has a heck of a history. It survived both the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes. It was taken over by the military during World War II and used as an Army hospital. And for the past 40 or so years, it’s been the home of William Grindley and his family.
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