santa clara midmod tractbuilt about 1954–1956santa claraboyenga team at compass

Maywood Park Santa Clara’s Mackay midmods

Mid-century houses just north of Stevens Creek Boulevard, built in the mid-1950s by Mackay Homes to designs by Anshen & Allen, the architects behind many early Eichlers. Listings usually call the area Maywood Park.

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builtabout 1954–1956
homesnot on record
architectAnshen & Allen
sales called Mackays…

the tract

About Maywood

Maywood is one of the modern tracts that John Calder Mackay and his partner Lawton Shurtleff built as Mackay Homes in the 1950s. An Eichler publication dates it to about 1954–1955 and places it just north of Stevens Creek Boulevard, on Woodhams Road and nearby streets such as Cameron Way, Mauricia Avenue and Atherton Drive. Listings usually call it Maywood Park.

Santa Clara County’s historical map index shows the tract was mapped in units. Maywood Unit No. 5 (Tract 1382), recorded in September 1955, laid out Atherton Drive, Cronin Drive and Manly Court along Pruneridge Avenue. Our 2026 listing on Cronin Drive gave that house a 1956 build date.

Mackay Homes hired Anshen & Allen, the firm behind many early Eichlers. The houses are low, one-story modern designs; many open to a private front courtyard, and some Mackay models used Dutch doors that work as both windows and entries, per the same publication.

The publication counts Maywood among the best-preserved Mackay tracts, along with Monta Loma in Mountain View. Santa Clara hasn’t given it historic status: in 2015 the city council left identifiable tract-home areas out of its proposed historic preservation ordinance, and a commissioner said no Maywood properties were on the city’s list, per Silicon Valley Voice.

built: about 1954–1956
homes: Not in the records we found. Santa Clara County’s historical map index lists Maywood Unit No. 5 (Tract 1382, recorded September 1955); the earlier units aren’t in that index.
architect: Anshen & Allen (per an Eichler publication and many listings)
developer: Mackay Homes (John Calder Mackay and Lawton Shurtleff)
nearby guide: Forest Park guide
city: Santa Clara, Santa Clara County

Streets where listings name Mackays

Woodhams RdCameron WayMauricia AveAtherton DrCronin DrManly CtHayes AveAdams WayDrake CtKellogg WayHarding AveTyler CtJenkins PlBrian LnAllen WayClaremont AveElmhurst AveGibson Ct

The first six come from the Eichler publication and the 1955 county map; the rest are streets where resale listings call homes Mackays. Not every house on them is a Mackay: Mauricia Avenue also runs through a 1955 tract by another developer, per the county’s map index.

Mackay, not EichlerSame architects, different builder. In Monta Loma, the neighborhood association lists sheetrock walls, painted Celotex ceilings and a wall furnace or forced air in Mackays, where Eichlers have mahogany paneling, plank ceilings and radiant slab heat. Other tracts may differ.

Fairmede and Sunshine Meadows nearbyFairmede, another Mackay tract of about 100 modern homes from about 1957, is a few blocks away. Sunshine Meadows, an Anshen & Allen tract from about 1953 that won a 1954 AIA Merit Award, is about half a mile north, per an Eichler publication and the Pacific Coast Architecture Database.

Sources: an Eichler publication (“Meet the Mackays” and a 2016 post on Maywood); Santa Clara County’s historical map index (Tract 1382, Maywood Unit No. 5, recorded September 13, 1955, owner of record Palo Alto Development Corp.; Tract 1459, recorded August 1955); Silicon Valley Voice, October 21, 2015; the Monta Loma Neighborhood Association; resale listings, checked October 2026.

the houses

A Mackay we listed in Maywood Park

385 Cronin Dr, on the 1955 Unit No. 5 map: photos from our 2026 listing, after the sellers’ updates. It sold in May 2026 for $2,320,000.

Front court of a Mackay home with patio seating, dark vertical siding and glass in the gable end — The front court, with glass in the gable above.

Street view of a low-roofed Mackay home with a wood garage door — From the street: a low roofline and a wood garage door.

Entry door with wood and glass panels beside the front court — The entry, off the front court.

A Mackay home and its neighbors seen from the street — Low rooflines along the block.

for sale now

Mackays for sale in Maywood Park

Live from the MLS: homes inside the Maywood map area whose listings call them Mackays.

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Orange pins are for sale now; gray pins are recent sales whose listings call the home a Mackay. Listing data comes from the MLS and is shown with the listing brokerage; confirm details with the listing agent.

the ledger

Mackay sales in Maywood Park

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address	sold	price	$ / sq ft	beds · baths	listing brokerage

Closed sales reported to the MLS inside the Maywood map area whose listings call the home a Mackay, with the same home listed through two feeds counted once. Mackays sold without that word in the listing, or privately, won’t appear.

the nerd check

Buying or selling a Mackay

HeatIn Monta Loma, Mackays were built with a wall furnace or forced air rather than radiant slab heat. Ask what this house has now and when it was replaced.
Slab or raisedIn Monta Loma almost half the Mackays sit on slabs and the rest on raised foundations. Check this house before you plan plumbing or flooring work.
Is it a Mackay?Listings use the name loosely, and other developers built on some of the same streets. Check the year built in county records and look for the courtyard plan.
Glass and woodGlass walls in wooden frames and original single-pane glass are common. Ask what was upgraded and whether it was permitted.
Santa Clara rulesSanta Clara hasn’t designated Maywood historic, and in 2016 the city approved a second story on one Maywood home, per an Eichler publication. Ask Santa Clara’s Planning Division what applies to the parcel before you plan an addition.

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