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The house on Addison Avenue in Palo Alto. Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard rented the house, the garage and gardener's shed out back for $45 a month. Hewlett-Packard Co. bought the property in 2000 for $1.7 million. It was dedicated as a California Historical Landmark in 1989.