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Hawthorn Park & Pioneer Homes, Sunnyvale Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
Two small house tracts on either side of the Caltrain tracks west of downtown Sunnyvale: Hawthorn Park's 1950 houses on Lori and Shirley avenues, and 1942-43 Pioneer Homes blocks by Evelyn and Mathilda.
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Calculated in your browser from MLS data for Hawthorn Park & Pioneer Homes: Lori and Shirley Aves north of the tracks, and the Pioneer Homes blocks by Pastoria Ave. Sales are single-family homes, townhomes and condos.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Hawthorn Park & Pioneer Homes
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Hawthorn Park & Pioneer Homes from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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Listings come from MLSListings and other MLSs through IDX and show their listing brokerage; confirm details with the listing agent. The map outline is the neighborhood boundary used by our listing search (Hawthorn Park & Pioneer Homes: Lori and Shirley Aves north of the tracks, and the Pioneer Homes blocks by Pastoria Ave); it may not match every local definition.
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Our sales near Hawthorn Park & Pioneer Homes
None of the Sunnyvale sales we can match to MLS records since 2012 sit inside the Hawthorn Park & Pioneer Homes outline, so these are our closest, measured from its edge.
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the story
How Hawthorn Park & Pioneer Homes came to be
Hawthorn Park began as farm lots of the 1890s. The county's map index lists the James T. Murphy Subdivision No. 2 of 1896, between Maude, Evelyn and Mathilda avenues, and Hawthorn Park, Tract No. 684, was recorded on April 24, 1950 as Lot 24 and part of Lot 23 of that subdivision, with Lori, Shirley and Pastoria avenues on its map. City parcel records date its houses to 1950, and 84 houses still carry the tract number.
South of the tracks, the Pioneer Homes tracts came a decade earlier. Unit No. 1 (Tract 130) was recorded in November 1940 on Waverly Street, Pastoria, Coolidge and Muender avenues; Unit No. 2 (Tract 210) in March 1942 on Evelyn Avenue, Florence and Charles streets and Mathilda Avenue; and Unit No. 3 (Tract 183) in August 1943 on Evelyn, Pastoria, Waverly and Florence. Parcel records date their houses to 1942 and 1943. This guide takes in about 21 of them, on the blocks nearest Evelyn Avenue; all of Unit 1 and the rest of Units 2 and 3 are inside our Sunnyvale West guide's outline.
Mixed in with them are older houses. Parcel records date houses on Mathilda Avenue, Charles Street, Muender Avenue and Washington Avenue to 1910 through 1941, on lots from earlier subdivisions; the county index lists H. R. Fuller's Addition to Sunnyvale of 1905 on Florence and Charles streets, Mathilda Avenue and Washington Avenue.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Hawthorn Park is two straight streets. Lori Avenue and Shirley Avenue run east-west between Pajaro Avenue and Pastoria Avenue, with West California Avenue on the south and Central Expressway behind the north row of lots. The houses went up together: city records show 1950 on almost every lot, with only a handful of rebuilds.
The south part follows the older Sunnyvale grid near downtown: Muender Avenue, Waverly Street, Florence Street and Charles Street, with houses facing the west side of Mathilda Avenue. Here 23 houses are zoned R-2 (Muender Avenue, Waverly, Florence and the north end of Charles Street) and 22 fall under the city's Downtown Specific Plan (DSP zoning) along Mathilda Avenue, the south end of Charles Street and Washington Avenue, so the rules for additions and new units differ from the Hawthorn Park blocks, which are zoned R-0.
Across both parts, the houses are small: the median has about 1,140 sq ft of living space and three bedrooms (county counts), and 128 of 135 are one story. Rebuilds are few so far (about ten houses built since 2000). Some recent sales inside the outline were condos and townhomes, so the live sales figures on this page mix them with the houses.
streets in hawthorn park & pioneer homes
- Lori Avenue
- Shirley Avenue
- Pajaro Avenue
- North Pastoria Avenue
- West California Avenue
- Muender Avenue
- Waverly Street
- Florence Street
- Charles Street
- South Mathilda Avenue
- West Evelyn Avenue
- West Washington Avenue
house sales by street, 2021–2026
| Street | Sales | Median price | Per sq ft | Typical lot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lori Avenue | 6 | $1.88M | $1,405 | 5,180 sq ft |
| Shirley Avenue | 3 | $1.88M | $998 | 6,200 sq ft |
| Charles Street | 3 | $1.73M | $1,650 | 6,500 sq ft |
Single-family house sales inside this guide’s outline, Oct. 1, 2021 to Oct. 21, 2026, from MLS records, with each sale counted once. Streets with at least 3 sales; prices, price per square foot and lots are medians. The whole city, ranked: The most expensive streets in Sunnyvale.
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Hawthorn Park & Pioneer Homes
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Cannery Park
A 0.7-acre city park (city parks layer) at the west end of the Hawthorn Park blocks, by Pajaro Avenue and West California Avenue.
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Washington Park
The city's 11.5-acre Washington Park is about 0.4 mile south of the middle of the area (straight-line), in the Sunnyvale West blocks.
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Encinal Park
A 4.4-acre city park about 0.7 mile north (straight-line), across Central Expressway.
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Downtown Sunnyvale and the Caltrain station
Murphy Avenue and the Sunnyvale Caltrain station are about half a mile east (straight-line), past Mathilda Avenue.
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School districts and getting around
School districts
City parcel records and the California Department of Education district map place both parts in the Sunnyvale School District for elementary and middle grades and the Fremont Union High School District for high school. Vargas Elementary, a Sunnyvale School District school on Carson Drive, is about 0.6 mile west (straight-line). Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with each district.
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Getting around
- Sunnyvale Caltrain station: about half a mile east of the middle of the area (straight-line), and closer from Charles Street and Mathilda Avenue.
- Central Expressway runs along the north edge of the Hawthorn Park blocks.
- Mathilda Avenue, on the east edge of the south part, is a major north-south road on the west side of downtown.
- Evelyn Avenue runs along the Caltrain tracks toward downtown on the east and Mary Avenue on the west.
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Hawthorn Park & Pioneer Homes: what we check
Buying here
- Check the zoning first: Lori and Shirley avenues are R-0, the south part is R-2 or Downtown Specific Plan (DSP). Additions, ADUs and SB 9 splits follow different rules in each, so ask the city planning division before you plan a project.
- These are 1940s and 1950 houses: check the electrical panel and wiring, the water and sewer lines (including the sewer lateral), the foundation and any past additions for permits.
- Houses on the north row of Shirley Avenue back onto Central Expressway, and the south blocks sit next to the Caltrain tracks and Evelyn Avenue; visit at commute hours to hear the traffic and trains.
- City parcel records show no HOA flag here, and the parcel layer puts every house in FEMA flood zone X; confirm both for the address.
- If a house is old enough to be on the city's heritage resources list, ask the city what review applies before changing it.
Selling here
- Lead with the walk to the Caltrain station and downtown and with the lot; buyers here are weighing a small house against what can be added.
- Have permits and dates for any additions, roof, electrical and sewer work ready; on 1940s and 1950 houses, buyers ask.
- For a lot in the Downtown Specific Plan or R-2 zone, find out what the zoning allows before listing, since it can matter to buyers.
- Address the train and expressway noise directly (windows, insulation, landscaping) rather than leaving buyers to find it.
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faq
Hawthorn Park & Pioneer Homes questions, answered
What is Hawthorn Park?
A 1950 house tract, Tract No. 684, recorded as Hawthorn Park on Lori and Shirley avenues between Pajaro and Pastoria avenues, north of the Caltrain tracks. It is not a city park; the park next to it is the 0.7-acre Cannery Park.
What are the Pioneer Homes tracts?
Three small tracts recorded in 1940, 1942 and 1943 on Waverly, Florence and Charles streets and Pastoria, Coolidge, Muender and Mathilda avenues. About 21 houses from Units 2 and 3, on the blocks nearest Evelyn Avenue, are in this guide; Unit 1 and the rest of Units 2 and 3 are in our Sunnyvale West guide.
How far is the Caltrain station?
About half a mile east of the middle of the area (straight-line), and closer from the Charles Street blocks.
Which school districts serve the area?
The Sunnyvale School District for elementary and middle grades and the Fremont Union High School District, according to city parcel records and the state district map. Check the exact address with each district, because attendance boundaries change.
Is this part of Sunnyvale West?
The south part is. Our Sunnyvale West guide describes the area as running north to Evelyn Avenue and east to Mathilda Avenue, but its map outline stops short of these blocks. Hawthorn Park, north of the tracks, is outside it.
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