 In 1891 College Terrace was annexed by the neighboring long established community of Mayfield, and, in 1925 Mayfield, in turn, was annexed by Palo Alto.The neighborhood also notoriously gave its name to the College Terrace Rapist, who forced at least 11 women living in the neighborhood to have sex at knifepoint between 1971 and 1979.The College Terrace Rapist eventually admitted to at least 100 rapes both in College Terrace and elsewhere in California.