Professorville
Professorville is a registered historic district in Palo Alto, California containing homes that were built by Stanford University professors. The historic district is bounded by Addison Avenue, Waverley Street, Kingsley Avenue, and Ramona Street.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: historic district in Palo Alto, California
- Also known as: “Professorville Historic District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HP Garage and Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden.
HP Garage
Photo: Harshalgawande, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The HP Garage is a private museum where the company Hewlett-Packard was founded. It is located at 367 Addison Avenue in Palo Alto, California. It is considered to be the "Birthplace of Silicon Valley".
Museum of American Heritage
Museum
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The Museum of American Heritage is a museum in Palo Alto, California. It is dedicated to the preservation and display of electrical and mechanical technology and inventions from the 1750s through the 1950s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silicon Valley and Palo Alto.
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley lies in the South Bay and the southern Peninsula of the San Francisco Bay Area. Once best known for its prune orchards, the area underwent explosive growth with the creation of the high-tech industry in the 1960s.
Palo Alto
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Palo Alto is a bustling suburb in Santa Clara County south of the city of San Francisco. It is adjacent to Stanford University and home to hundreds of Silicon Valley technology companies, ranging from VMware and Hewlett-Packard to tiny startups operating in garages.
Green Gables
Neighborhood
Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Green Gables is a 1950s subdivision located in Palo Alto, California, United States. The subdivision was developed by Joseph Eichler, whose company built its first 63 homes in 1950.
Professorville
- Categories: historic district, park, and locality
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.44174° or 37° 26′ 30″ northLongitude
-122.15208° or 122° 9′ 8″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
849VCRRX+M5OpenStreetMap ID
way 155901396OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Hebrew—“Professorville” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Professorville Historic District”
- Hebrew: “שכונת פרופסורוויל”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Professorville”. Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.