Introduction
Frank Delos Wolfe (1862-1926) was a prominent and prolific architect who practiced in San Jose, California during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He designed over 600 buildings throughout northern and central California, both as a sole practitioner and as the senior partner in the firms of Wolfe & McKenzie and Wolfe & Higgins. Seven of his buildings have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places and many more are contributing structures in National Register Districts.
Wolfe’s designs reflected the dominant architectural trends of his time and he worked in everything from the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival to the Mission and Spanish Revival styles. He is remembered today primarily for his Craftsman and Prairie style bungalows.