Whelan Office Buildings

The Whelan Office Buildings were located in the Palo Alto Industrial Park near Stanford University.

The property was developed as a professional office building complex by John Whelan who received a lease from Stanford University in 1957 with the buildings being completed in 1961. The Structures housed a variety of tenants including physicians, psychologists, and dentist as well as lawyers, engineers, and accountants.

The project was featured in the magazine Arts and Architecture, March 1957.

While being surveyed for Architectural significance in 2010 by City of Palo Alto the buildings were misidentified as the work of Modernist Don Knorr in their historic dismissal of the buildings for the environmental review of the new Lucille Stanford Children’s Hospital.

Special thanks to Justin Wood for bringing this project back to life through his excellent research.

Portions of this post are from the Environmental Impact Report by Steve Turner, Advance Planning Manger for the City of Palo Alto.