The Downtown Historic District of San Jose, California is an area of the city roughly the size of one square block. It is bounded by S. First St. to the west, E. San Fernando St. to the south, S. Third St. to the west, and E. Santa Clara St. to the north, but also includes the south side of E. Santa Clara St. between Third and Fourth Streets.^[2] Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... A city block is a central element of urban planning and urban design. ...

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 architecture from almost every period in the growth of the city. It is the prime example in Santa Clara County in its broad representation of historic California commercial architecture. The Santa Clara Valley is a valley just south of the San Francisco Bay in northern California in the United States. ... History studies the past in human terms. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Location of Santa Clara County within California. ...

The district has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places and contains buildings of six different architectural styles: Italinate, Romanesque Revival, Edwardian, Neoclassical, Mission Revival, and Spanish Colonial Revival. A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... Italianate Architectural Style Italianate Architectural Style Italianate Architectural Style Italianate describes the style of villas introduced in the United States by Alexander Jackson Davis in the 1840s as an alternative to Gothic or Greek Revival styles, featuring a low-pitched or flat roof with a wide, emphatic eave supported by... The neoclassical movement that produced Neoclassical architecture began in the mid-18th century, both as a reaction against the Rococo style of anti-tectonic naturalistic ornament, and an outgrowth of some classicizing features of Late Baroque. ... The Mission Revival Style was an architectural movement that began in the late 19th Century and drew inspiration from the early Spanish missions in California. ... The Spanish Colonial Revival Style was an architectural movement that came about in the early 20th century after the opening of the Panama Canal and the overwhelming success of the novel Ramona. ...

History

Soon after the Mexican-American War, the city was surveyed first by Thomas Campbell in 1847 and later by Chester Lyman, in 1848, following the standard grid street pattern utilizing traditional Spanish pathways. This street pattern has remained virtually unaltered to this day. The development of American commercial areas in San Jose extended into this newly surveyed area, just east of the original pueblo site of 1797 (relocated from the 1777 site after major flooding). Combatants United States Mexico Commanders Zachary Taylor Winfield Scott Stephen W. Kearney Antonio López de Santa Anna Mariano Arista Pedro de Ampudia Strength 7,000 - 43,000 18,000 - 40,000 Casualties KIA: 1,733 Total dead: 13,283 Wounded: 4,152 25,000 killed or wounded (Mexican government... Pueblos are traditional communities of aboriginal Americans in the southwestern United States of America. ...

In the 1870s and mid-1880s, the heart of downtown commercial activity had moved northward along Market Street (immediately west of First Street and part of the Pueblo) to the Santa Clara Street intersection. However, by the latter part of the 1880s, Santa Clara and First Streets became the new focus for downtown business activity. The early horse drawn railway systems reinforced the importance of this intersection with single and, later, double tracks located along both streets.

During this period, Italianate and Romanesque Revival styles dominated. This was a group of buildings designed by the finest local architects and built by the leading citizens of the time: James D. Phelan, F. Sourisseau, C. T. Ryland, Martin Murphy's descendants and the Auzerais family. Buildings such as the Knox-Goodrich Building at 34 South First Street, with its extreme rustication, reflect the qualities of the wealthy, orchard oriented, agricultural community of the turn-of-the-century. A style of building in the late 19th century (roughly 1840 and 1900) inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque style of architecture. ... James D. Phelan James Duval Phelan (April 20, 1861–August 7, 1930) was an American politician and banker. ... Facade of the Palazzo del Te clearly showing rusticated stonework between the pilasters Rustication is an architectural term referring to the cutting of ashlar. ...

Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Edwardian and Neoclassical commercial buildings replaced the damaged Victorian and Romanesque businesses. In addition, Mission Revival, California's first indigenous architecture, dominated smaller commercial architecture. Spanish Colonial Revival also provided California with a new historic architectural mode. Arnold Genthes famous photograph of San Francisco following the earthquake, looking toward the fire on Sacramento Street The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco and the coast of northern California at 5:12 A.M. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. ...

During the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, modernization and further consolidation characterized the downtown core. New growth patterns to the west and south of the center of the city changed the commercial desirability of the downtown core area of San Jose. New construction was virtually nonexistent until the government sponsored redevelopment programs of the 1960s began razing of entire center city blocks for planned new development.

Architectural landmarks

Late 19th century buildings

• Oddfellows Building, 1883 (Italianate)
• La Rosa Pharmacy, 1870
• Letitia Building, 1890
• Security Building, 1892 (Romanesque Revival)

Early 20th century

• Landmark Square, 1907
• Bank of America building, 1926 — San Jose's first skyscraper at thirteen stories
• Jose Theater (Mission Revival)
• "El Paseo" shopping block, 1920s (Spanish Colonial Revival)

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Footnotes

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References

• San Jose Downtown Historic District. California's Historic Silicon Valley. National Parks Service. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.

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External links

• Downtown San Jose Historic District Design Guidelines (PDF). Historic Design Guidelines. Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement, City of San Jose. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.

• Preservation Action Council of San Jose. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. “Dedicated to Preserving San Jose’s Architectural Heritage”

• San Jose Downtown Association.

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