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St. James Park is a 6.8-acre (2.8 ha) park in downtown San Jose, California. Originally laid out as St. James Square in 1848, local newspapers dubbed the site a park in 1885, shortly after a fountain was installed in the center of the area. In 1933, two men who were accused of kidnapping and murdering Brooke Hart were lynched in St. James Park ...
St. James Park is a neighborhood in the West Adams section of Los Angeles, California.It is a residential neighborhood surrounding St. James Park consisting of homes built in a mix of Classical Revival, Craftsman and Queen Anne styles.
The mob, by this time estimated at 6,000–10,000 (other reports say 3,000–5,000), stormed the jail, took Holmes and Thurmond across the street to St. James Park, and hanged them. [54] [62] Afterward, deputy sheriff John Moore stated, "I never knew human beings could go so wild – they were not human; they were animals."
In 1909 the sidewalks of St. James Park were known as a place where nurses attending perambulators would air and care for babies of the mothers who lived nearby. [10] The Great Depression of the 1930s struck the neighborhood, and a West Adams District Unemployment Relief Committee was organized in February 1931. "Under a competent foreman ...
The Moir Building, was formerly the Straford Hotel, and then in the 1930s named the St. James Hotel. [2] [3] It is a historic building located in downtown San Jose, California, next to the St. James Park. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1982. [4] [5]
St. James' Episcopal Church, or St. James' in-the-City, as it is commonly called, to distinguish it from the St. James' Episcopal Church in South Pasadena, is a historic Episcopal church, located in the Wilshire Center area of Los Angeles, California, between Koreatown and Hancock Park.
In 1931, the city commissioned the urban planner Harland Bartholomew to design a City Beautiful civic center within St. James Park modeled on Daniel Burnham's Civic Center in San Francisco. Bartholomew presented his plan on August 6, 1931, calling for new city and county administration buildings, a post office, museums, and a civic auditorium.
Pages in category "Parks in San Jose, California" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... Santa Teresa County Park; St. James Park (San Jose) V.