Backesto Fountain
Backesto Fountain is a memorial in Santa Clara County, California. Backesto Fountain is situated nearby to the church Ministerio Palabra de la Vida, as well as near the sports venue Don Johnson Tennis Courts.Photo: David Sawyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: fountain in Backesto Park in San Jose, California, United States, the oldest extent structure by Solon and Schemmel Tile Company
- Also known as: “Backesto Park Fountain”
- Inscription: “BACKESTO PARK / DONATED TO CITY OF SAN JOSE BY ANNA E.C. BACKESTO IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND DR. JOHN PERRIE BACKESTO / 1922 / GEO. W. HAZZARD, EXEC.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Backesto Park and Holy Cross Church.
Backesto Park
Park
Photo: David Sawyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Backesto Park is a park in San Jose, California, in the Northside neighborhood.
Holy Cross Church
Church
Photo: Mxn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Holy Cross Church is a Catholic church in the Northside neighborhood of San Jose, California, United States, that serves the Holy Cross Parish of the Diocese of San Jose. Holy Cross Church is situated 470 feet west of Backesto Fountain.
Joyce Ellington Branch Library
Library
Photo: Yngvadottir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Joyce Ellington Branch Library is situated 940 feet southwest of Backesto Fountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luna Park and Japantown.
Luna Park
Suburb
Luna Park is a neighborhood in San Jose, California. It is bounded by Old Oakland Road/13th Street, Berryessa Road/Highway 101 and North 17th Street. It is named after the Luna Park amusement park built by Audley Ingersoll's of Ingersoll's Amusement and financed by the San Jose Street Car Company as a way of bringing more customers to the area.
Japantown
Suburb
Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Japantown, commonly known as J Town, is a historic cultural district of San Jose, California, north of Downtown San Jose. Historically a center for San Jose's Japanese American and Chinese American communities, San Jose's Japantown is one of only three Japantowns that still exist in the United States, alongside San Francisco's Japantown and Los Angeles's Little Tokyo.
Naglee Park
Neighborhood
Photo: David Sawyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Naglee Park is a historic residential neighborhood in San Jose, California, to the east of Downtown San Jose and San Jose State University.
Backesto Fountain
- Categories: fountain, tile artwork, and historic site
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.3519° or 37° 21′ 7″ northLongitude
-121.88517° or 121° 53′ 7″ westNamed after
John Pierre BackestoOpen location code
849W9427+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 6300735619OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q109767529
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ministerio Palabra de la Vida and Don Johnson Tennis Courts.
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