AKA: Santa Clara County Hall of Records, San Jose, CA

Structure Type: built works - public buildings

Designers: Lenzen, Jacob and Son, Architects (firm); Jacob Lenzen Jr. (building contractor); Louis Theodore Lenzen Sr. (architect); Theodore W. Lenzen (architect)

Dates: constructed 1892-1893, demolished 1966

3 stories

Exterior view of the Santa Clara County Hall of Records, San Jose, c. 1905; from the University of Southern California (USC), Libraries, California Historical Society Collection, Item #CHS-8372

Postcard view of the Santa Clara County Courthouse #8 and Hall of Records, San Jose, c. 1940; from the author's collection

Postcard view of the Santa Clara County Hall of Records (right) and Courthouse #8 (middle) and Hotel Saint James (left), San Jose, c. 1905; from the author's collection, postcard by Britton and Rey, Lithographers, San Francisco, CA

Site of the Santa Clara County Hall of Records, San Jose, 2017; from Google Maps/Street View

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191 North 1st Street
Saint James Square, San Jose, CA 95113

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The Hall of Records occupied the southwest corner of North 1st Street and East Saint James Street.

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Overview

This three-story Richardsonian Romanesque building stood next to the Beaux-Arts Santa Clara County Courthouse.

Demolition

The Santa Clara County Hall of Records was demolished in 11/1966.

PCAD id: 4497

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Links

Old Courthouse History