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Shasta Hanchett Park is a historic
Hanchett Residence Park was developed beginning in 1907 by Lewis E. Hanchett on the site of the Agricultural Park amusement and exhibition grounds west of the Alameda.Shannon E. Clark, ''The Alameda: The Beautiful Way'', San Jose: Alameda Business Association, 2006, , p. 42. Hanchett provided electric streetlights, streetcar service, and a modern sewer system.Ravenscroft, p. 102. The streets were laid out by John McLaren, supervisor and designer of
p. 213
who located the utility poles in backyards to keep the sidewalks open and specified the trees to be planted 20 feet apart on each street. Most of the houses were built between 1915 and 1930 in Craftsman,
, Historic Preservation, Department of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement, City of San Jose, May 31, 2011, retrieved December 26, 2011. Some of Hester Park was annexed by the city in 1911; Hanchett Park and most of Hester Park were annexed at the same time as College Park in 1925. Alameda Gardens was first developed in the mid-19th century by Commodore
Shasta/Hanchett Park Neighborhood Association
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residence park {{Unreferenced, date=June 2010
Residence Parks were residential developments that were built around the early 1900s in North America. Most were built prior to World War I and those that had not already sold most of their lots suffered considerable f ...
and neighborhood in the greater Rose Garden district of central San Jose, California
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, near Downtown San Jose and The Alameda.
History
Hanchett Residence Park was developed beginning in 1907 by Lewis E. Hanchett on the site of the Agricultural Park amusement and exhibition grounds west of the Alameda.Shannon E. Clark, ''The Alameda: The Beautiful Way'', San Jose: Alameda Business Association, 2006, , p. 42. Hanchett provided electric streetlights, streetcar service, and a modern sewer system.Ravenscroft, p. 102. The streets were laid out by John McLaren, supervisor and designer of Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, United States, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. It is administered by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, which began in 1871 to oversee the development ...
in San Francisco,Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny, ''An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area'', Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2007, p. 213
who located the utility poles in backyards to keep the sidewalks open and specified the trees to be planted 20 feet apart on each street. Most of the houses were built between 1915 and 1930 in Craftsman,
Mission Revival
The Mission Revival style was part of an architectural movement, beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles. Mission Revival drew inspiration from the late 18th and early 19th century ...
, and Spanish eclectic styles; there are a few Prairie style
Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hip roof, hipped roofs with broad Overhang (architecture), ove ...
houses and some Queen Anne style Victorian houses dating to before the development. Hanchett Park contains San Jose's greatest concentration of 1910–20 Craftsman houses.
Many of the neighborhood street have Yosemite National Park themed names: Sequoia Avenue, Mariposa Avenue, Yosemite Avenue, Sierra Avenue.
Together with the adjacent Hester Park, developed in 1893 and also laid out by McLaren, Hanchett Park has been designated a Historic Conservation Area by the City of San Jose: the Hanchett and Hester Park Conservation Area is bounded by the Alameda and Mariposa, Park, and Magnolia Avenues.Hanchett and Hester Park Conservation Area, Historic Preservation, Department of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement, City of San Jose, May 31, 2011, retrieved December 26, 2011. Some of Hester Park was annexed by the city in 1911; Hanchett Park and most of Hester Park were annexed at the same time as College Park in 1925. Alameda Gardens was first developed in the mid-19th century by Commodore
Robert F. Stockton
Robert Field Stockton (August 20, 1795 – October 7, 1866) was a United States Navy commodore, notable in the capture of California during the Mexican–American War. He was a naval innovator and an early advocate for a propeller-driven, steam-p ...
, who ordered pre-fabricated two-story houses to be made in Philadelphia and Massachusetts and shipped to San Francisco; all were identical except for one larger house at the end of Spring Street. The subdivision attracted few buyers until the streetcar line made it more accessible.Clark, pp. 22–23.
Geography
Shasta Hanchett Park is part of the greater Rose Garden district of CentralSan Jose, California
San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul ...
, making up the eastern portion of Rose Garden. The Alameda forms its eastern boundary, where it also borders St. Leo's.
It is made up of the Hanchett Park and Hester Park residence park {{Unreferenced, date=June 2010
Residence Parks were residential developments that were built around the early 1900s in North America. Most were built prior to World War I and those that had not already sold most of their lots suffered considerable f ...
s.
References
External links
Shasta/Hanchett Park Neighborhood Association
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