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The Alameda is a historic district of Central San Jose, California, west of Downtown San Jose. The district is centered on an '' alameda'' ( Spanish for tree-lined street), a historic portion of El Camino Real connecting Downtown San Jose to Mission Santa Clara de Asís, and includes the smaller, surrounding neighborhoods to the north and east, like College Park and St. Leo's.
The road was built beginning around 1795 by Native American neophytes at Mission Santa Clara de Asís on the orders of Father Magin Catalá to link the mission with El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe (now the city of San Jose). Originally it had irrigation ditches on either side, bringing water from the Guadalupe River and Mission Creek to the fields and feeding a pond near the mission.Shannon E. Clark, ''The Alameda: The Beautiful Way'', San Jose: Alameda Business Association, 2006, , p. 2.
Willow trees were planted in multiple rows along the road in 1799; the last one was removed in 1982. The residents of the pueblo used the tree-lined path to attend Sunday Mass at the mission chapel prior to the construction of St. Joseph's Church.
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The Alameda is known for its historic architecture, with many examples of Californian architecture, including Spanish Colonial Revival, Californian Churrigueresque, Plateresque revival, Mission Revival architecture, amongst others.
File:The Alameda, San Jose 0543.jpg, Californian Churrigueresque architecture
File:Zona Rosa on The Alameda, San Jose 0537.jpg, Zona Rosa
File:The Alameda, San Jose 0573.jpg, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
File:Luna Mexican Kitchen on The Alameda 0532.jpg, Luna Mexican Kitchen
File:Hancett Park Building on The Alameda, San Jose 0552.jpg, Hanchett Park Building
File:The Alameda, 1.3 (cropped).jpg, Historic Schurra Candies
File:Zavala Building on The Alameda, San Jose 0576.jpg, Zavala Building
The Alameda Business Association
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History
The road was built beginning around 1795 by Native American neophytes at Mission Santa Clara de Asís on the orders of Father Magin Catalá to link the mission with El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe (now the city of San Jose). Originally it had irrigation ditches on either side, bringing water from the Guadalupe River and Mission Creek to the fields and feeding a pond near the mission.Shannon E. Clark, ''The Alameda: The Beautiful Way'', San Jose: Alameda Business Association, 2006, , p. 2.
Willow trees were planted in multiple rows along the road in 1799; the last one was removed in 1982. The residents of the pueblo used the tree-lined path to attend Sunday Mass at the mission chapel prior to the construction of St. Joseph's Church.
The first stagecoach
A stagecoach is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by four horses although some versions are draw ...
line in California ran between San Jose and San Francisco via the Alameda beginning in 1849. The San Jose and Santa Clara Railroad along the Alameda was the first interurban railroad in California when it opened with horsecars in 1868, and the second electric streetcar line in California (after that in San Diego) and the first interurban electric streetcar in the West when it reopened in 1888 with an underground third rail. It was converted to an overhead trolley in 1889.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Alameda attracted many wealthy residents who built mansions along it. The Dunne mansion on the corner of Emory Street, built in the 1890s, may be the oldest building on the street.
Coachella Valley Church, lies north on the Alameda. It was built in the 1920s, and was owned by former San Jose mayor Dan W. Gray.
The Alameda was first paved in 1912.
Recent history
The Alameda originally ran through the middle of theSanta Clara University
Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university's campus surrounds the historic Mis ...
campus, but the portion of the road through campus has been turned into a pedestrian path. El Camino Real branches off of the Alameda southeast of Santa Clara University; El Camino Real carries State Route 82 to bypass the campus.
Brooke Hart, whose murder led to San Jose's most well-known lynching, lived with his family at 1717 The Alameda.
The Billy DeFrank Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center is on the Alameda. There are gay and straight-oriented businesses nearby.
In 2006 the book ''The Alameda: The Beautiful Way'' by Shannon Clark was published that details the history of The Alameda.
Geography
The Alameda is the name of both the street which forms a historic portion of El Camino Real and the surrounding district. It includes smaller neighborhoods including St. Leo's and College Park. To the west/south of The Alameda is the district of Rose Garden and to the east is Downtown San Jose At its southeastern end (near the SAP Center), the Alameda turns into Santa Clara Street through Downtown San Jose and before turning into Alum Rock Avenue in East San Jose.Cahill Park
Cahill Park is a park in San Jose, California, located in the St. Leo's neighborhood of The Alameda district, immediately west of Diridon Station in Downtown San Jose.
History
Cahill park was deeded to the city in 2003.
The park is named ...
is located in the St. Leo's area of The Alameda.
Architecture
The Alameda is known for its historic architecture, with many examples of Californian architecture, including Spanish Colonial Revival, Californian Churrigueresque, Plateresque revival, Mission Revival architecture, amongst others.
Landmarks
* Coachella Valley Church *Westminster Presbyterian Church *Towne Theatre *Greenlee's Bakery *Schurra's Candies *Hanchett Park Building *Old Bank of Italy Branch *Leib Carriage House
The Leib Carriage House is a historic building located at 60 N. Keeble Ave. in San Jose, California, in The Alameda district. The carriage house, owned by Judge Samuel Franklin Leib, was built in the 1870s as the Garden Alameda area was being deve ...
Gallery
References
External links
The Alameda Business Association
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