DOCSLIB.ORG

State of California C the Resources Agency__Primary

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
State of California C the Resources Agency__Primary State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code 6Z Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date Page 1 of 34 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) Bonair Siding Corporation Yard P1. Other Identifier: ___ *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) Santa Clara *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Date T ; R ; ; B.M. Palo Alto, CA 1997 6S 3W Rinconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito Mount Diablo c. Address City Zip 315, 319, 321, 327, 333, 340, 341, 357 Bonair Siding Road Stanford 94305 d. UTM: Center: Zone 10S, 574514.06 mE/ 4142781.62 mN; East corner: Zone 10S, 574628.52 mE/ 4142741.46 mN; North corner: Zone 10S, 574489.24 mE/ 442894.16 mN; West corner: Zone 10S,574390.72 mE/ 4142803.91 mN; Southeast corner: Zone 10S,574422.43 mE/ 4142707.33 mN; Southwest corner: Zone 10S,574555.59 mE/ 4142672.30 mN. e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, decimal degrees, etc., as appropriate) *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) This resource consists of the Bonair Siding Corporation Yard, which consists of eight (8) University-owned resources that form part of a corporation yard near the northwest corner of the Stanford University campus. The approximate center of the potential district is located at the west corner of the building addressed 315 Bonair Siding Road (09-100). The potential district is comprised of seven (7) one- and two-story buildings constructed between 1961 and 1982, and one (1) structure constructed in 1992 and altered ca. 2018. The following table of buildings in the complex provides the buildings’ street address and University-assigned building code in parentheses. Buildings are listed in ascending order of their university-assigned building code. 315 Bonair Siding Road (09-100); 327 Bonair Siding Road (09-105); 340 Bonair Siding Road (09-110); 321 Bonair Siding Road (09-130); 319 Bonair Siding Road (09-135); 341 Bonair Siding Road (09-140); 357 Bonair Siding Road (09-150); 333 Bonair Siding Road (09-190). *P3b. Resource Attributes: HP6. 1-3 story commercial building; HP8. Industrial building. *P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structures, and objects.) Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: Aerial view of the Bonair Siding Corporation Yard, with potential district boundary in red. Source: Nearmap, 2020. Annotated by Page & Turnbull. *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source: 1961-2008. Plans on file at Stanford University Maps and Bonair Siding Records, historic aerials. Historic Corporation Yard *P7. Owner and Address: Board of Trustees, 415 Broadway, Academy Hall, 3rd Floor, Redwood City, CA 94305 *P8. Recorded by: Josh Bevan, Page & Turnbull 170 Maiden Lane, 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 *P9. Date Recorded: November 24, 2020 *P10. Survey Type: Intensive level for California Register eligibility *P11. Report Citation: None *Attachments: NONE Location Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List): DPR 523A (9/2013) *Required information State of California - The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # DISTRICT RECORD Trinomial Page 2 of 34 *NRHP Status Code 6Z *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Bonair Siding Corporation Yard D1. Historic Name: D2. Common Name: Bonair Siding Corporation Yard Same or Bonair Siding *D3. Detailed Description (Discuss overall coherence of the district, its setting, visual characteristics, and minor features. List all elements The building at 327 Bonair Siding Road was built in 1982 and the shed structure at 357 Bonair Siding Road was built in 1992; these buildings are not yet age-eligible for historic evaluation but are included in the potential district study area boundary in accordance with National Park Service guidelines for drawing potential district boundaries. Resource Address (University- Resource Year Original Use Current Use Age-Eligible assigned building code) Type built 315 Bonair Siding Road (09-100) Building 1961 Maintenance Shops Maintenance Shops Yes 327 Bonair Siding Road (09-105) Building 1982 Office Building Original use No 340 Bonair Siding Road (09-110) Building 1962 Commissary and Warehouse Yes Warehouse Maps & Records Offices 321 Bonair Siding Road (09-130) Building 1965 Steamfitters Shop Maintenance Yes Shops/Storage 319 Bonair Siding Road (09-135) Building 1962 Carpenters Shop Maintenance Yes Shops/Storage 341 Bonair Siding Road (09-140) Building 1962 Maintenance Maintenance Yes Shops/Storage Shops/Storage 357 Bonair Siding Road (09-150) Structure 1992 Storage shed Storage shed No 333 Bonair Siding Road (09-190) Building 1973 Telephone Systems IT Offices facility Yes Facility The buildings are oriented to the northwest and southeast of Bonair Siding Road, which roughly bisects the Bonair Siding Corporation Yard from southwest to northeast and connects the corporation yard to Campus Drive at the southeast. Most of the ground area within the potential district is paved with asphalt, with very limited landscaping found at the perimeter of buildings along Bonair Siding Road. Open areas in the site are primarily used for vehicle parking and circulation. Buildings and structures within the potential district share similar characteristics in terms of their basic rectangular or L-shaped footprints, one- to two-story heights, and flat or nearly flat roofs. Exterior materials seen throughout the potential district include concrete, plaster, and corrugated and standing seam metal. Windows are metal sash or vinyl-sash replacements. Doors are consistently flush steel or contemporary aluminum. Overall, the buildings and structures within the district can be described as vernacular mid-twentieth century or modest Midcentury Modern buildings. The Bonair Siding Corporation Yard may be entered without barriers from the southeast along Bonair Siding Road; however, active construction to the north of the potential district’s northeast boundary currently closes off Bonair Siding Road. The corporation yard is also separated from the University’s athletic facilities to the west by fencing or gates along roadways. The southeast perimeter of the site, which is generally parallel to Serra Street, is enclosed by a fence. The corporation yard is also separated from the Stanford University Police Department Facility by several Police Department-operated buildings that stand to the immediate east (rear) of 341 Bonair Siding Road. DPR 523D (9/2013) *Required information State of California - The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # DISTRICT RECORD Trinomial Page 3 of 34 *NRHP Status Code 6Z *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Bonair Siding Corporation Yard 315 Bonair Siding Road (09-100) - #1 327 Bonair Siding Road (09-105) - #2 340 Bonair Siding Road (09-110) - #3 321 Bonair Siding Road (09-130) - #4 319 Bonair Siding Road (09-135) - #5 341 Bonair Siding Road (09-140) - #6 357 Bonair Siding Road (09-150) - #7 333 Bonair Siding Road (09-190) - #8 3 1 2 4 6 8 5 Figure 1: Aerial photograph illustrating location of resources within the Bonair Siding Corporation Yard. A red line represents the boundary of the potential district study area. Source: Nearmap, 2020. Annotated by Page & Turnbull. *D4. Boundary Description (Describe limits of district and attach map showing boundary and district elements.): See Continuation Sheet, Page 5 *D5. Boundary Justification: See Continuation Sheet, Page 5-6 D6. Significance: Theme Collegiate Architecture in the San Francisco Bay Area during the Post-World War II Period Area Stanford University, Santa Clara County, California Period of Significance 1945-1975 Applicable Criteria None (Discuss district's importance in terms of its historical context as defined by theme, period of significance, and geographic scope. Also address the integrity of the district as a whole.) See Continuation Sheet, Page 6 *D7. References (Give full citations including the names and addresses of any informants, where possible.): See Continuation Sheet, Page 32 *D8. Evaluator: Date: Affiliation and Address: Josh Bevan January 25, 2021 Page & Turnbull, 170 Maiden Lane, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108 DPR 523D (9/2013) *Required information State of California - The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# LOCATION MAP Trinomial Page 4 of 34 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Bonair Siding Corporation Yard *Map Name: USGS 7.5' Quad Palo Alto, CA *Scale: 1:24,000 *Date of map: 1997 Location map with potential district study area shaded red and bounded by red line. DPR 523J (9/2013) *Required information State of California - The Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Page 5 of 34 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) Bonair Siding Corporation Yard *Recorded by: Josh Bevan, Page & Turnbull *Date November 24, 2020 *D4. Boundary Description (Continued): As identified in this study, the potential district includes seven (7) buildings and one (1) structure within the Bonair Siding Corporation Yard, which are situated near the northeastern
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Tenure Clock Extension
    11/2/2020 COVID-19 Tenure and Appointment Clock Extension Policy Published on Faculty Handbook (https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu (https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu)) Home (/) > Faculty Handbook (/index) > COVID-19 Tenure and Appointment Clock Extension Policy COVID-19 Tenure and Appointment Clock Extension Policy REVISED October 31, 2020 In recognition of the serious academic and personal challenges posed by the Covid-19 viral pandemic, a faculty member holding a tenure-accruing appointment is entitled to a one-year extension of the date (under the seven-year tenure clock) on which tenure would be conferred. This extension will normally have the effect of postponing for a year the initiation of the tenure review process. The Covid-19 Tenure Clock Extension, though it extends the seven-year tenure clock deadline, does not extend the ten-year appointment clock deadline except through an exception granted by the Provost for extraordinary personal or institutional circumstances. The Covid-19 Tenure Clock Extension is available to faculty members holding a tenure-accruing appointment with the exception of those currently in a terminal year appointment or those whose tenure-conferring promotion or reappointment process commenced prior to January 1, 2020, since the work to be evaluated was done prior to the current pandemic. Teaching relief is not associated with this extension. Effective October 1, 2020, this tenure clock extension will be automatically granted to eligible University Tenure Line junior faculty members (as defined above) whose faculty appointments at Stanford will begin prior by December 31, 2021. The extension is not available for faculty members whose tenure-conferring promotion or reappointment process has already commenced (with commencement defined as the date the department chair or school dean informs the candidate in writing that the review process has begun).
    [Show full text]
  • Read This Issue
    VIEW 2019 VIEW from the Director’s Office Dear Friends of LALH, This year’s VIEW reflects our recent sharpening focus on California, from the Bay Area to San Diego. We open with an article by JC Miller about Robert Royston’s final project, the Harris garden in Palm Springs, which he worked on personally and continues to develop with the owners. A forthcoming LALH book on Royston by Miller and Reuben M. Rainey, the fourth volume in our Masters of Modern Landscape Design series, will be released early next year at Modernism Week in Palm Springs. Both article and book feature new photographs by the stellar landscape photographer Millicent Harvey. Next up, Kenneth I. Helphand explores Lawrence Halprin’s extraordinary drawings and their role in his de- sign process. “I find that I think most effectively graphically,” Halprin explained, and Helphand’s look at Halprin’s prolific notebook sketches and drawings vividly illuminates the creative symbiosis that led to the built works. The California theme continues with an introduction to Paul Thiene, the German-born landscape architect who super- vised the landscape development of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego and went on to establish a thriving practice in the Southland. Next, the renowned architect Marc Appleton writes about his own Santa Barbara garden, Villa Corbeau, inspired—as were so many of Thiene’s designs—by Italy. The influence of Italy was also major in the career of Lockwood de Forest Jr. Here, Ann de Forest remembers her grandparents and their Santa Barbara home as the family archives, recently donated by LALH, are moved to the Architecture & Design Collections at UC Santa Barbara.
    [Show full text]
  • Classy City: Residential Realms of the Bay Region
    Classy City: Residential Realms of the Bay Region Richard Walker Department of Geography University of California Berkeley 94720 USA On-line version Revised 2002 Previous published version: Landscape and city life: four ecologies of residence in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ecumene . 2(1), 1995, pp. 33-64. (Includes photos & maps) ANYONE MAY DOWNLOAD AND USE THIS PAPER WITH THE USUAL COURTESY OF CITATION. COPYRIGHT 2004. The residential areas occupy the largest swath of the built-up portion of cities, and therefore catch the eye of the beholder above all else. Houses, houses, everywhere. Big houses, little houses, apartment houses; sterile new tract houses, picturesque Victorian houses, snug little stucco homes; gargantuan manor houses, houses tucked into leafy hillsides, and clusters of town houses. Such residential zones establish the basic tone of urban life in the metropolis. By looking at residential landscapes around the city, one can begin to capture the character of the place and its people. We can mark out five residential landscapes in the Bay Area. The oldest is the 19th century Victorian townhouse realm. The most extensive is the vast domain of single-family homes in the suburbia of the 20th century. The grandest is the carefully hidden ostentation of the rich in their estates and manor houses. The most telling for the cultural tone of the region is a middle class suburbia of a peculiar sort: the ecotopian middle landscape. The most vital, yet neglected, realms are the hotel and apartment districts, where life spills out on the streets. More than just an assemblage of buildings and styles, the character of these urban realms reflects the occupants and their class origins, the economics and organization of home- building, and larger social purposes and planning.
    [Show full text]
  • Report Draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 2016-10-14
    Focused Environmental Impact Report SCREENCHECK DRAFT #2 Ursa Residential Development Project Appendix C Technical Memorandum – Summary Historical Resources Report Prepared for: City of Fremont AECOM September 2017 C-1 Focused Environmental Impact Report SCREENCHECK DRAFT #2 Ursa Residential Development Project This page intentionally left blank. Prepared for: City of Fremont AECOM September 2017 C-2 TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM AECOM 2020 L Street, Suite 400 Sacramento, CA 95811 Date: July 3, 2017; revised September 18, 2017 To: Bill Roth, Associate Planner, City of Fremont From: Jeremy Hollins, MA, Senior Architectural Historian, AECOM Chandra Miller, MA, Architectural Historian, AECOM Subject: Ursa Residential Development Project – Summary Historical Resources Report Introduction AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (AECOM) has been retained by the City of Fremont to complete an Initial Study and Focused EIR for the Ursa Residential Development Project (project). The project, located at 48495 Ursa Drive, is a Precise Planned Development that will construct 17 new residences and relocate one existing on-site residence on a property that has been previously determined a historical resource for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Impacts to historical resources will be examined in the Focused EIR that addresses the relocation of the historical residence and the construction of the new residences. This memorandum provides additional historic context and more detailed evaluation of the property to support the findings of the Focused EIR. Proposed Project As part of the proposed Ursa Residential project, the applicant proposes rezoning a 2.67-acre site from R‐1‐6 to a Planned District; the relocation of the existing historic-period residence and ancillary tankhouse; demolition of other existing structures (barn, garage, and various sheds) on-site; and construction of 17 new single family houses.
    [Show full text]
  • Draft Environmental Impact Report for the University of California, Santa
    Appendix E Cultural Resources Information Appendix E1 – Archaeological Resources Report Bay Area Division Phone: 510.524.3991 900 Modoc Street Fax: 510.524.4419 Berkeley, CA 94707 www.pacificlegacy.com Date: July 3, 2020 To: Claudia Garcia, Ascent Environmental. From: John Holson Subject: Technical Memo For Cultural Resource Studies, UC Santa Cruz, Long Range Development Plan. Pacific Legacy has prepared this memo to assist Ascent Environmental in preparing the Cultural Resources Section of the UC Santa Cruz, Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) Environmental Impact Report. Below are our findings and sections for the LRDP. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING Regional Prehistory The earliest confirmed evidence of prehistoric occupation in the Santa Cruz region comes from an archaeological site (CA-SCR-177) located 4 miles northeast of the campus in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Scotts Valley. Cartier (1993) postulated that CA-SCR-177 may date to approximately 10,000 years before present (BP). This is supported by the California Central Coast Chronology (Jones et al. 2007), which posits prehistoric life in the region extending to 10,000 years BP or earlier. While few sites have been identified from the Paleoindian through the Early Archaic (8000 to 5000 BP) periods in the Santa Cruz area, numerous sites have been dated to the Middle Archaic (5000 BP to 3000 BP) and Late Archaic (3000 BP to 1000 AD) periods. The Late Prehistoric Period (1000 to about 1600 AD) has been identified from at least one site near Santa Cruz (Fitzgerald and Ruby 1997; Hylkema 1991). Archaeological evidence indicates that Native groups in the region participated in extensive trade networks.
    [Show full text]
  • Hclassifi Cation
    Form No 10-300 (Rev 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES RECEIVED INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS ___________TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS_____ [NAME HISTORIC HOOVER HOUSE AND/OR COMMON ________Lou Henry Hoover House __ ____________________________ LOCATION STREET& NUMBER 623 Mirada Road Leland Stanford, Jr. University _NOTFOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Palo Alto _ VICINITY OF Twelfth STATE CODE COUNTY CODE California 06 Santa Clara 085 HCLASSIFI CATION CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE _DISTRICT —PUBLIC ^-OCCUPIED _ AGRICULTURE —MUSEUM X_BUILDING(S) ^PRIVATE —UNOCCUPIED —COMMERCIAL —PARK —STRUCTURE —BOTH _WORK IN PROGRESS —EDUCATIONAL ^PRIVATE RESIDENCE _SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE —ENTERTAINMENT —RELIGIOUS —OBJECT —IN PROCESS 3LYES: RESTRICTED —GOVERNMENT —SCIENTIFIC —BEING CONSIDERED _YES: UNRESTRICTED —INDUSTRIAL —TRANSPORTATION _NO —MILITARY —OTHER (OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME Leland Stanford, Jr. University STREET & NUMBER Attn: Donald Carlson, University Relations CITY. TOWN STATE Stanford VICINITY OF California 94305 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF DEEDS.ETC County Recorder, County of Santa Clara STREET & NUMBER 70 West Redding Street CITY. TOWN STATE San Jose, Galifornia REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE National Register of Historic Places DATE January 30, 1978 iFEDERAL —STATE —COUNTY _LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS National Park Service CITY. TOWN STATE Washington D.C. DESCRIPTION CONDITION CHECK ONE CHECK ONE X_ EXCELLENT _DETERIORATED —UNALTERED ^.ORIGINAL SITE _GOOD _RUINS ^.ALTERED _MOVED DATE_ _FAIR _UNEXPOSED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The Lou Henry Hoover house is located at 623 Mirada Road at the southwest corner of Leland Stanford, Jr.
    [Show full text]
  • Escuela Politécnica Nacional
    ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍA DE SISTEMAS Propuesta para la Creación del Centro de Investigación Desarrollo e Innovación I+D+I de Tecnologías de la Información de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional TESIS PREVIA A LA OBTENCIÓN DEL GRADO DE MÁSTER (MSc) EN GESTIÓN DE LAS COMUNICACIONES Y TECNOLOGÍA DE LA INFORMACIÓN ING. MERA GUEVARA OMAR FRANCISCO [email protected] ING. PAREDES LUCERO EDGAR SANTIAGO [email protected] DIRECTOR: ING. MONTENEGRO ARMAS CARLOS ESTALESMIT [email protected] Quito, Diciembre 2014 I DECLARACIÓN Nosotros, Omar Francisco Mera Guevara, Edgar Santiago Paredes Lucero, declaramos bajo juramento que el trabajo aquí descrito es de nuestra autoría; que no ha sido previamente presentada para ningún grado o calificación profesional; y, que hemos consultado las referencias bibliográficas que se incluyen en este documento. A través de la presente declaración cedemos nuestros derechos de propiedad intelectual correspondientes a este trabajo, a la Escuela Politécnica Nacional, según lo establecido por la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, por su Reglamento y por la normatividad institucional vigente. Omar Francisco Mera Edgar Santiago Paredes Guevara Lucero II CERTIFICACIÓN Certifico que el presente trabajo fue desarrollado por Omar Francisco Mera Guevara y Edgar Santiago Paredes Lucero, bajo mi supervisión. Ing. Carlos Montenegro DIRECTOR DE PROYECTO III AGRADECIMIENTOS Con profunda gratitud a mis padres Pancho y Lidi, a mis hijos Dereck y Nayve, a mi esposa Jenny, a mis hermanos Edison y Elizabeth, a mis incondicionales amigos Edgar, Mr Julio Vera; por el apoyo incondicional, confianza, paciencia y dedicación que supieron brindarme durante todo el tiempo que hemos estado juntos, por toda la impronta humana que han dejado para mi vida.
    [Show full text]
  • Spring 2020 Magazine
    SPRING 2020 INSIDE TEN YEARS OF COLLECTING • MARK DION • NEW CURATOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY & NEW MEDIA “This brightly colored, monumental piece has something to say—and not just because it’s a play on words. One thing we hope it conveys to students and visitors n is a good-natured ‘Come in! You a m r e k c a are welcome here.’ ” D an Sus Susan Dackerman John & Jill Freidenrich Director of the Cantor Arts Center Yo, Cantor! The museum’s newest large-scale sculpture, in Japanese. “The fact that this particular work Deborah Kass’s OY/YO, speaks in multicultural resonates so beautifully in so many languages to tongues: Oy, as in “oy vey,” is a Yiddish term so many communities is why I wanted to make it of fatigue, resignation, or woe. Yo is a greeting monumental,” artist Kass told the New York Times. associated with American teenagers; it also means “I” in Spanish and is used for emphasis Learn more at museum.stanford.edu/oyyo CONTENTS SPRING 2020 QUICK TOUR 4 News, Acquisitions & Museum Highlights FACULTY PERSPECTIVE 6 Sara Houghteling on Literature and Art CURATORIAL PERSPECTIVE 7 Crossing the Caspian with Alexandria Brown-Hejazi FEATURE 8 Paper Chase: Ten Years of Collecting 3 THINGS TO KNOW 13 About Artist and Alumnus Richard Diebenkorn EXHIBITION GRAPHIC 14 A Cabinet of Cantor Curiosities: PAGE 8 Paper Chase: the Cantor’s major spring exhibition Mark Dion Transforms Two Galleries includes prints from Pakistani-born artist Ambreen Butt, whose work contemplates issues of power and autonomy in the lives of young women.
    [Show full text]
  • The University at a Glance About the University Stanford University
    About the University Stanford University n October 1, 1891, the 465 new students who were on Ohand for opening day ceremonies at Leland Stanford Junior University greeted Leland and Jane Stanford enthusi- astically, with a chant they had made up and rehearsed only that morning. Wah-hoo! Wah-hoo! L-S-J-U! Stanford! Its wild and spirited tone symbolized the excitement of this bold adventure. As a pioneer faculty member recalled, “Hope was in every heart, and the presiding spirit of freedom prompted us to dare greatly.” For the Stanford’s on that day, the university was the real- ization of a dream and a fitting tribute to the memory of their only son, who had died of typhoid fever weeks before his sixteenth birthday. Far from the nation’s center of culture and unencumbered by tradition or ivy, the new university Millions of volumes are housed in many libraries throughout the campus. drew students from all over the country: many from California; some who followed professors hired from other colleges and universities; and some simply seeking adventure in the West. Though there were many difficulties during the first months – housing was inadequate, microscopes and books were late in arriving from the East – the first year fore- told greatness. As Jane Stanford wrote in the summer of Stanford University 1892, “Even our fondest hopes have been realized.” The University at a Glance About the University Stanford University Ideas of “Practical Education” Stanford People Governor and Mrs. Stanford had come from families of By any measure, Stanford’s faculty – which numbers modest means and had built their way up through a life of approximately 1,700 – is one of the most distinguished in hard work.
    [Show full text]
  • Stanford University: a World-Class Legacy
    California’s Stanford University: A World-Class Legacy Author’s Note: This article “California’s Stanford University: A World-Class Legacy” is also a chapter in my travel guidebook/ebook Northern California Travel: The Best Options. That book is available in English as a book/ebook and also as an ebookin Chinese. Parallel coverage on Northern California occurs in my latest travel guidebook/ebook Northern California History Travel Adventures: 35 Suggested Trips. All my travel guidebooks/ebooks on California can be seen on myAmazon Author Page. By Lee Foster On October 1, 1891, Senator Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, officially opened Leland Stanford Junior University. The school became one of the premier institutions of higher education and loveliest campuses in the West. For today’s traveler, headed for the San Francisco region in Northern California, Stanford University is a cultural enrichment to consider including in a trip. The University owes its existence to a tragic death while the Stanford family was on a European Trip in Florence, Italy. After typhoid fever took their only child, a 15- year-old son, the Stanfords decided to turn their 8,200-acre stock farm into the Leland Stanford Junior University. They expressed their desire with the phrase that “the children of California may be our children.” Years later the cerebral establishment is still called by some “The Farm.” Leland Stanford had used the grounds to raise prize trotter racehorses, orchard crops, and wine grapes. The early faculty built homes in Palo Alto, one neighborhood of which became “Professorville.” In a full day of exploration you can visit the campus, adjacent Palo Alto, and the nearby Palo Alto Baylands marshes of San Francisco Bay, a delight to the naturalist.
    [Show full text]
  • Historic Resource Study
    historic resource study VOLUME 2 OF 3 historical narrative NATIONAL PARK / CALIFORNIA Historic Resource Study YOSEMITE: THE PARK AND ITS RESOURCES A History of the Discovery, Management, and Physical Development of Yosemite National Park, California Volume 2 of 3 Historical Narrative (Continued) by Linda Wedel Greene September 1987 U.S. Department of the Interior / National Park Service Table of Contents Volume 1: Historical Narrative Location Map ............ iii Preface ............. v Chronologies ............ xxxiii Yosemite Valley .......... xxxv Cascades/Arch Rock. ......... xlvix El Portal ............ li Carlon, Hodgdon Meadow, Foresta/Big Meadows, Aspen Valley, Crane Flat, Gin Flat, and Tamarack Flat ..... liii Hetch Hetchy and Lake Eleanor ....... lix White Wolf Ixiii Tuolumne Meadows .......... Ixv Chinquapin, Badger Pass, and Glacier Point ..... Ixxi Wawona, South Entrance, and Mariposa Grove .... Ixxv Chapter I: Early Habitation and Explorations in the Yosemite Region . 1 A. The First Inhabitants ........ 1 B. The Joseph Walker Party Skirts Yosemite Valley ... 13 C. Gold Discoveries Generate Indian-White Conflicts ... 15 1. Effects of Euro-American Settlement on the Northern California Indians ...... 15 2. Formation of the Mariposa Battalion ..... 17 3. Captain John Boling Enters Yosemite Valley ... 24 4. Lieutenant Tredwell Moore Enters Yosemite Valley . 25 D. Decline in Strength of the Yosemites ..... 26 E. Historical Indian Occupation of Yosemite Valley ... 26 F. Historical Indian Occupation of El Portal ..... 29 G. Remains of Indian Occupation in Yosemite National Park. 29 H. Remains of White Exploration in Yosemite Valley ... 31 I. Tourism to Yosemite Valley Begins ...... 32 1. A Three-Year Lull 32 2. James M. Hutchings inspects Yosemite Valley ... 32 3. Publicity on Yosemite Valley Reaches the East Coast .
    [Show full text]
  • Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, Circa 1852-1904
    http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/hb109nb422 Online items available Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1904 Finding Aid written by Michelle Morton and Marie Salta, with assistance from Dean C. Rowan and Randal Brandt The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ © 2008, 2013 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid to the Documents BANC MSS Land Case Files 1852-1892BANC MSS C-A 300 FILM 1 Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in Cali... Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1904 Collection Number: BANC MSS Land Case Files The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Finding Aid Written By: Michelle Morton and Marie Salta, with assistance from Dean C. Rowan and Randal Brandt. Date Completed: March 2008 © 2008, 2013 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Collection Title: Documents pertaining to the adjudication of private land claims in California Date (inclusive): circa 1852-1904 Collection Number: BANC MSS Land Case Files 1852-1892 Microfilm: BANC MSS C-A 300 FILM Creators : United States. District Court (California) Extent: Number of containers: 857 Cases. 876 Portfolios. 6 volumes (linear feet: Approximately 75)Microfilm: 200 reels10 digital objects (1494 images) Repository: The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Abstract: In 1851 the U.S.
    [Show full text]