National Register of Historic Places - California (CA), Santa Clara County

Santa Clara County California (Historic Districts) has 26 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include New Almaden, Steinbeck, John, House, US Naval Air Station Sunnyvale, California, Historic District, Agnews Insane Asylum and Agnews Insane Asylum (Boundary Increase).

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Middle Horizon, Early Horizon, Late Horizon and Costanoan dating back to 4999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Santa Clara County historic places including John Ernst Steinbeck, Leonard Stocking, Stocking, Leonard, et al. and Harold E. Thomas.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Santa Clara County places including US Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks, Carol Henning Steinbeck, John H. Christie, Howard Wetmore Higbie, California State Architect, Stocking, Leonard, State Architect, Sellon & Hennings, McDougall, George, Hill, Andrew P., Jr., E.C. Morrison, Anshen, Robert and et al. Prominent architectural styles found in Santa Clara Country are Mission/Spanish Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman and Modern Movement.

Agnews Insane Asylum (added 1997 - - #97000829)

Also known as Agnews Developmental Center

4000 Lafayette Ave. , Santa Clara

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Stocking, Leonard, State Architect, Sellon & Hennings, McDougall, George

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Historic Person:

Stocking, Leonard

Significant Year:

1941, 1906

Area of Significance:

Health/Medicine, Social History, Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital

Current Function:

Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Hospital

Agnews Insane Asylum (Boundary Increase) (added 1998 - - #98001229)

Also known as Agnews State Hospital;Agnews Developmental Center;See Also:A

4000 Lafayette St. , Santa Clara

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

California State Architect

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Historic Person:

Stocking, Leonard, et al.

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Health/Medicine, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital, Sanatorium

Current Function:

Health Care

Alviso Historic District (added 1973 - - #73000449)

Also known as Embarcadero de Santa Clara

Boundaries unknown at this time , Alviso

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility, Hotel, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse, Water-Related

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Fishing Facility Or Site, Outdoor Recreation

Circles of Circles Archeological District (added 1982 - - #82004985)

Also known as CA-SCl-106,CA-SCl-34l,CA-SCl-356,CA-SCl-357

Address Restricted , Morgan Hill

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Middle Horizon, Early Horizon, Late Horizon

Period of Significance:

3000-4999 BC, 1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site, Processing Site, Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Coyote Creek Archeological District (added 1971 - - #71000192)

Address Restricted , Gilroy Hot Springs

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Costanoan

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Fairglen Additions (Unit 1, Unit 2, and Unit 3) (added 2019 - - #100004036)

Booksin, Fairvalley, Fairhill, Fairwood, Fairlawn, Fairorchard, Fairdell, and Andalusia Aves., Fairlawn, Fairvalley, Fairoak, and Fairgrove Courts, and Fairglen Dr., San Jose

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Eichler, Joseph, Anshen and Allen, Oakland, Claude and Associates, Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other - Mid-Century Modern California Tract Style

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1959-1961 AD

Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs (added 1995 - - #95000996)

Also known as CA-SCL-691H;Gilroy Hot Springs

9 1/2 mi. NE of jct. of New Ave. and Roop Rd. , Gilroy

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Asian, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Resort

Current Function:

Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Resort

Green Gables (added 2005 - - #04000863)

Channing Ave., Ivy Ln., Greer Rd., Wildwood Ln. , Palo Alto

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Anshen, Robert, et al, Allen, Steve

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Greenmeadow (added 2005 - - #04000862)

Nelson Dr., El Capitan Pl., Adobe Pl., Creekside Dr. , Palo Alto

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Jones, A. Quincy, Emmons, Frederick

Architectural Style:

Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Hakone Historic District (added 2013 - - #13000181)

21000 Big Basin Way, Saratoga

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Asian, Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Hensley Historic District (added 1983 - - #83001238)

Roughly bounded by Julian, 1st, 7th, and Empire Sts. , San Jose

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

Not Available

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Los Gatos Historic Commercial District (added 1991 - - #91001382)

1--24 N. Santa Cruz Ave., 9--15 University Ave. and 14--198 W. Main St. , Los Gatos

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Mission/Spanish Revival, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Civic, Financial Institution, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Messina Orchard (added 2018 - - #100002288)

721-781 N. Capitol Ave., San Jose

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Messina, Richard, Martin, George, Sunzeri, Vincent J.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival, Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1960 AD

Miller--Melone Ranch (added 1993 - - #93000260)

Also known as Miller House

12795 Saratoga--Sunnyvale Rd. , Saratoga

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wolfe F.D.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

NASA Ames Wind Tunnel Historic District (added 2017 - - #100000470)

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other, Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Science, Invention

Period of Significance:

1940-2011 AD

New Almaden (added 1966 - - #66000236)

Also known as New Almaden Historic District

14 mi. S of San Jose on CR G8 , San Jose

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Single Dwelling

Professorville Historic District (added 1980 - - #80000861)

Roughly bounded by Embarcadero Rd., Addison Ave., Emerson and Cowper Sts. , Palo Alto

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Maybeck,Bernard, Et al.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Ramona Street Architectural District (added 1986 - - #86000592)

518--581 Ramona St. and 255--267 Hamilton Ave. , Palo Alto

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Clark,Birge M., Et al.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Hotel, Professional, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Professional, Specialty Store

Rhoades Ranch (added 2013 - - #13000158)

Also known as Phegley Home Ranch, Strawberry Institute of California

2290-A Chochrane Rd., Morgan Hill

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Higbie, Howard Wetmore, Hill, Andrew P., Jr.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Modern Movement

Historic Person:

Thomas, Harold E.

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

San Jose Downtown Historic District (added 1983 - - #83003822)

Also known as San Jose Commercial District

E. Santa Clara, South First, Second, Third and E. San Fernando Sts. , San Jose

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Italianate, Octagon Mode

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution

Southern Pacific Depot (added 1993 - - #93000274)

65 Cahill St. , San Jose

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Morrison, E.C., Christie, John H.

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State, Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

St. James Square Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000546)

Also known as St. James Park

Roughly bounded by N. 1st, N. 4th, E. St. James, and E. St. John Sts. , San Jose

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Landscape, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Civic, Courthouse, Park, Post Office, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Landscape, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic, Courthouse, Park, Post Office, Religious Structure

Steinbeck, John, House (added 1989 - - #89002117)

16250 Greenwood Ln. , Monte Sereno

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Steinbeck,John Ernst

Area of Significance:

Literature, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

US Naval Air Station Sunnyvale, California, Historic District (added 1994 - - #94000045)

Also known as US Naval Air Station Moffett Field Central Historic District

Naval Air Station Moffett Field , Sunnyvale

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

US Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks

Architectural Style:

Other, Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Military, Engineering, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Air Facility, Naval Facility

Current Function:

Defense

Current Sub-function:

Air Facility, Naval Facility