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For thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers, the area now known as San Jose was inhabited by several groups of Ohlone Native Americans. [3] Permanent European presence in the area came with the 1770 founding of the Presidio of Monterey and Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo by Gaspar de Portolà and Junípero Serra, about sixty miles (100 km) to the south.
Used as the San Jose Center for Poetry and Literature prior to the move; Poetry Center San Jose returned in 2002. [25] Migrant Worker Houses — North First St San Jose Originally built c.1905–20 for Pratt-Low Preserving Company in Santa Clara and moved to San Jose in 1952; donated to History Park in the 1980s. [26] Nelson – De Luz House —
San Francisco-San Jose stagecoach begins operating. [7] 1851 San Jose Weekly Visitor newspaper begins publication. [8] College of Notre Dame established. [1] 1852 – San Jose Foundry in business. [9] 1853 – Hook and Ladder Company No.1 organized. [9] 1855 San Jose Telegraph newspaper begins publication. [8] San Jose City Hall built on North ...
The South Bay Historical Railroad Society is located in Santa Clara, California and operates the Edward Peterman Museum of Railroad History in the Santa Clara Depot, as well as the Santa Clara Tower and two other buildings. [3] The depot is the oldest train station on the west coast.
The Hensley Historic District, also known as Northside Residential District, is a U.S. historic district and residential neighborhood in San Jose, California. The neighborhood is northeast of downtown and is roughly bounded by East Julian Street, North 1st Street, North 7th Street, and East Empire Street.
As Santa Clara Valley's mercantile and financial center for the past 100 years, San Jose's downtown historic commercial district is significant both from a historic and an architectural perspective. The downtown commercial district retains the highest concentration of older buildings in the downtown, which reflects the best examples of ...
St. James Park is a 6.8-acre (2.8 ha) park in downtown San Jose, California.Originally laid out as St. James Square in 1848, local newspapers dubbed the site a park in 1885, shortly after a fountain was installed in the center of the area.
The Coast Daylight at San Jose in 1970 Aerial view of Diridon station and vicinity in 2018. A rail station at this location was established in 1878, when the narrow-gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad opened their San Jose Depot on the site. When Southern Pacific gained control of the railroad in 1887, the station was folded into the system and ...