The City of San Jose defines a Historic district as "a geographically definable area of urban or rural character, possessing a significant concentration or continuity of site, building, structures or objects unified by past events or aesthetically by plan or physical development."
Alviso National Register District (Map)
Downtown Commercial National Register District (Map)
Hensley City Landmark Historic District (Map)
Lakehouse City Landmark Historic District (Map)
New Amaden National Register Distict (Map)
St. James Square National Historic District (Map)
River Street City Landmark Historic District (Map)
Reed City Landmark Historic District (Map)
* Pictures of some historic houses on South 6th
Street in the
Reed District.
The Alameda (right-of-way) City Landmark District (Map)
Conservation Areas represent neighborhoods containing significant historical and architectural structures often reflecting a particular period of design or architectural style. They are chosen as a grouping of structures viewed as a whole rather than from the importance of an individual building. The historic significance of these areas generally reflects developmental patterns of growth in the city rather than associations with individuals or events.
Palm Haven Conservation Area (Map)
Hanchett and Hester Park Conservation Area (Map)
Martha Gardens Conservation Area (Map)
Naglee Park Conservation Area (Map)
Market-Almaden Conservation Area (Map)
Japantown Over one hundred years old, this still vibrant neighborhood is one of only three remaining Japantowns in the United States.
Northside neighborhood (Map) A large mostly residential district northeast of the downtown core which is currently working to become a City Conservation District.
College Park neighborhood (Map) Across the Alameda from Hanchett-Hester Park, and bordered by Lenzen, Villa and Stockton, this neighborhood includes Hester School which first opened in 1861.