The Hensley Historic District, also known as Northside Residential District, is a
U.S. historic district
Historic districts in the United States are designated historic districts recognizing a group of buildings, properties, or sites by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures ...
and residential neighborhood in San Jose, California. The neighborhood is northeast of
downtown
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and is roughly bounded by East Julian Street, North 1st Street, North 7th Street, and East Empire Street.
[ With ] It is listed as a California Historical Landmark since June 21, 1983;
and is listed as one of the
National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) since June 21, 1983.
History
The Hensley Historic District is named after Helen Mary (née Crosby; 1831–1917) and Samuel J. Hensley (c. 1816–1866), they were active during the early formation of the state and in the
Bear Flag Revolt
The California Republic ( es, La República de California), or Bear Flag Republic, was an unrecognized breakaway state from Mexico, that for 25 days in 1846 militarily controlled an area north of San Francisco, in and around what is now Son ...
.
The Hensley name is also used for the street in San Jose, and the downtown "Hensley Block" at Market and Santa Clara Streets.
The neighborhood contains 279 properties many of which were homes constructed between 1865 and 1930 and are late 19th-century
Victorian architecture.
There are 207 properties in the area contributing to the NHRP listing for architecture.
The district contains buildings of different architectural styles:
Italianate,
Queen Anne,
Victorian Gothic,
Eastlake
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,
Neoclassical, and
Dutch Colonial Revival.
The "Hensley House" (1891 or 1901), formerly known as the "Luis L. Arguello House", or "Arguello Gosbey House", is a two and half-story
Queen Anne style house with a
turret
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, located at 456 North 3rd Street in the center of the neighborhood.
In the 1920s, the "Hensley House" building was part of the
San Jose Normal School
San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) sys ...
campus (now
San Jose State University).
In 2006, it was considered one of the most expensive real estate neighborhoods in the United States by the
National Association of Realtors
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.
Architectural landmarks
* ''Hensley House'' (1891 or 1901), 456 North 3rd Street, San Jose, California
* ''C.W. Gerichs House'' (1891), 467 North 3rd Street, San Jose, California; by architect J.O. McKee
* ''Louis Auzerais House'' (1889), 155 East Empire Street, San Jose, California; by architect
Theodore Lenzen
Theodore Lenzen (1833–1912) was a Prussian-born American architect. He was prolific with architectural designs in San Jose, California, during the late 19th-century. He was part of the firm Theodore Lenzen & Son, with his son Louis T. Lenzen.
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See also
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California Historical Landmarks in Santa Clara County
List table of the properties and districts — listed on the California Historical Landmarks — within Santa Clara County, California.
:*Note: ''Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and distr ...
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Santa Clara County, California
*
Pierson B. Reading
References
External links
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Neighborhoods in San Jose, California
History of San Jose, California
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in California
National Register of Historic Places in Santa Clara County, California
California Historical Landmarks