Resource Name: Professor Guido Marx House
Common Name: "Holiday House"
Location: W/s Camino Real 2 N. of 7th Av.
4. Professor Marx House - “Holiday House”
W/s Camino Real 2 N. 7th Av.
Date Construction: 1905
Period of Significance: 1900-1940
Architectural Style: Craftsman Shingle
Significance: California Register of Historical Resources criterion (2) is associated with the lives of persons important to local, California or national history. “One of the treasures of Carmel’s heritage,” “Holiday House” is one of the oldest surviving houses on “Professors Row” on Camino Real. “Professors Row” was named mainly for Stanford University professors who built these houses. Professor Guido Marx was a Professor of Mathematics and Engineering at Stanford University. “Holiday House” was built for his family as a summer home.
Source: Carmel-by-the-Sea, Historic Survey,1989-96
Inventory of Significant Historic Buildings
By The Carmel Preservation Foundation
Director Enid Sales
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