William Wright House
The oldest extant residence in Sunnyvale, originally Gothic Revival style, remodeled to Colonial Revival in 1918.
Built by William Wright, who came to California in 1849 seeking gold but turned to farming, purchasing 320 acres in Santa Clara Valley. The house originally featured simplified Gothic Revival style with a centered gable and lancet window. The 1918 remodeling added the current Colonial Revival features including the pedimented portico with Doric columns and three gabled dormer windows. Wright's son William T. inherited the property and planted fruit orchards, but was tragically killed in 1912 when his coat became entangled in pump machinery.
As Sunnyvale's oldest surviving residence, it represents the continuity of agricultural settlement and the architectural evolution of California farmhouses.
Listed as California State Point of Historical Interest in 1979, privately owned.
Private residence with distinctive tank house visible from Cranberry Drive.