Historic Districts
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California - Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County California (Page 3) has 28 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Spillman Engineering 3-Abreast Carousel, Steinbeck, John, House, US Naval Air Station Sunnyvale, California, Historic District, Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel and Southern Pacific Depot.

Learn about famous people who are associated with these Santa Clara County historic places including John Ernst Steinbeck, Sarah L. Winchester, Morgan Hill and James R. Welch.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Santa Clara County places including Carol Henning Steinbeck, Spillman Engineering Co., NACA, US Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks, Bryan Clinch, E.C. Morrison, Charles Gottschalk, Frederick D. Wolfe, Nichols and Charles W. McCall. Prominent architectural styles found in Santa Clara Country are Mission/Spanish Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman and Greek Revival.

Shoup, Paul, House (added 2011 - #11000696)
500 University Ave., Los Altos
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Shoup, Paul
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
More Information:
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Southern Pacific Depot (added 1993 - #93000274)
65 Cahill St. , San Jose
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
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Spillman Engineering 3-Abreast Carousel (added 2000 - #00000366)
139 B Eastridge Mall , San Jose
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Spillman Engineering Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Art
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
More Information:
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Squire, John Adam, House (added 1972 - #72000255)
900 University Ave. , Palo Alto
EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ross,T.Patterson, Mosher,George
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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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
EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
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St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church (added 1977 - #77000345)
Market and San Fernando Sts. , San Jose
Urbancommonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Clinch,Bryan
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
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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
More Information:
archives document
Troy Laundry (added 1982 - #82002268)
722 Almaden Ave. , San Jose
Greghenderson2006, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
More Information:
archives document
Twohy Building (added 2003 - #03000989)
Also known as El Paseo Building
210 S. First St. , San Jose
Gerosch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Binder, William
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Medical Business/Office
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
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U.S. Post Office (added 1981 - #81000175)
380 Hamilton Ave. , Palo Alto
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Clark,Birge M.
Architectural Style:
Other, Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Post Office
More Information:
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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
BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
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Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel (added 1985 - #85002799)
Also known as Unitary Plan Facility
Ames Research Center , Moffett Field
Holly Cheng, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
NACA
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Science, Engineering, Military, Other
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Education, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Air-Related, Research Facility
Current Function:
Education, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Air-Related, Research Facility
More Information:
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University African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (added 1996 - #96000297)
Also known as Ramona Street Church
819 Ramona St. , Palo Alto
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black, Religion, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, Church School, Civic, Clubhouse, Meeting Hall, Music Facility, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Warehouse
Note: At one time this property was officially determined eligible for the National Register, but it was not formally listed because the private property owner (or a majority of owners in a historic district) objected to the designation.
Uvas Creek Village Site and Bedrock Mortar Area (added 1976 - #76002313)
Address Restricted , Gilroy
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Owner:
Local, Private
Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital Site (added 2019 - #100004526)
Also known as CA-SCL-585
Address Restricted, Palo Alto
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Area of Significance:
Archeology, Prehistoric
Villa Mira Monte (added 1978 - #78000777)
Also known as Hill,Morgan House
17860 Monterey Rd. , Morgan Hill
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Stick/Eastlake
Historic Person:
Hill,Morgan,et al.
Significant Year:
1886
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Villa Montalvo (added 1978 - #78000784)
Also known as Montalvo Center for the Arts
14800 Montalvo Rd. , Saratoga
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Curlett,William, Gottschalk,Charles
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Landscape Architecture, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Park
More Information:
archives document
We and Our Neighbors Clubhouse (added 1978 - #78000781)
S of San Jose at 15460 Union Ave. , San Jose
EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Clubhouse
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Social
More Information:
archives document
Welch-Hurst (added 1978 - #78000785)
Also known as Welch,Judge J.R.,Ranch
15800 Sanborn Rd. , Saratoga
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Welch,James R.
Significant Year:
1914, 1902
Area of Significance:
Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Wheeler Hospital (added 1990 - #90001442)
650 Fifth St. , Gilroy
EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Weeks,William Henry
Architectural Style:
Other, Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital, Medical Business/Office
Current Function:
Health Care
Current Sub-function:
Medical Business/Office
More Information:
archives document
Wilson House (added 1980 - #80000862)
860 University St. , Palo Alto
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Peck,Mr.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Winchester House (added 1974 - #74000559)
525 S. Winchester Blvd. , San Jose
BenFranske, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Winchester,Sarah L.
Significant Year:
1922, 1884
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
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Woman's Club of Palo Alto (added 2015 - #14001114)
Palo Alto, Palo Alto
LauraBajuk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1974 AD
Woodhills (added 1978 - #78000773)
Also known as Cora & Fremont Older House
S of Cupertino on Prospect Rd. , Cupertino
Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wolfe,Frederick D., McCall,Charles W.
Architectural Style:
Other, Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
archives document
Young, Earl and Virginia, House (added 2009 - #08001279)
Also known as Sartorette, Charles, House; Herz House
1888 White Oaks Rd. , Campbell
Gerosch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Painter, Benjamin H.
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Yung See San Fong House (added 1983 - #83001240)
16660 Cypress Way , Los Gatos
Holly Cheng, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Nichols
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Literature, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Zschokke, Theodore, Cottages (added 2020 - #100005218)
617 and 621 High St., Palo Alto
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Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
de Lemos, Pedro, House (added 1980 - #80000863)
100-110 Waverley Oaks , Palo Alto
Gerosch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
de Lemos,Pedro
Architectural Style:
Other, Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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