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Historic Districts Maps

Historic Districts

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."

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Alviso National Register District                                         Map (PDF)

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Downtown Commercial National Register District           Map (PDF)

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Hensley City Landmark Historic District                             Map (PDF)

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Lakehouse City Landmark Historic District                        Map (PDF)

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New Almaden National Register District                           Map (PDF)

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Reed City Landmark Historic District                                  Map (PDF)

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River Street City Landmark Historic District                       Map (PDF)

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St. James Square City Landmark Historic District             Map (PDF)

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The Alameda (right-of-way) City Landmark District          Map (PDF)

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Conservation Areas

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.

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Guadalupe/Washington Conservation Area            Map (PDF)

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Hanchett and Hester Park Conservation Area          Map (PDF)

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Market-Almaden Conservation Area                          Map (PDF)

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Martha Gardens Conservation Area                          Map (PDF)

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Naglee Park Conservation Area                                  Map (PDF)

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Palm Haven Conservation Area                                  Map (PDF)

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Some Other Notable Neighborhoods

Japantown Over one hundred years old, this still vibrant neighborhood is one of only three remaining Japantowns in the United States. 

 

Northside neighborhood Map (PDF) A large mostly residential district northeast of the downtown core which is currently working to become a City Conservation District.

 

Vendome neighborhood A small neighorhood with some spectacular homes south of Taylor between N 1st, and HWY 87.  The website features an extensive collection of pictures and postcards from the old Vendome Hotel, as well as various ephemera (menus from the hotel, hotel floor plans and so on).

 

College Park neighborhood Map (PDF) Across the Alameda from Hanchett-Hester Park, and bordered by Lenzen, Villa and Stockton, this neighborhood includes Hester School which first opened in 1861.

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