Professorville
Professorville is a memorial in Santa Clara County, California. Professorville is situated nearby to HP Garage, as well as near Scott Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HP Garage and Museum of American Heritage.
HP Garage
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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". HP Garage is situated 470 feet northwest of Professorville.
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 mechanical, electrical, and technological artifacts from the Civil War era through the mid-20th century, with a focus on innovations that transformed American life before the digital age. Museum of American Heritage is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Professorville.
Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden
Garden
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Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Professorville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Professorville and Silicon Valley.
Professorville
Neighborhood
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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.
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.
Professorville
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “This neighborhood, subdivided in 1889 by Timothy Hopkins at the request of Senator Leland Stanford was the earliest off-campus residential area for professors at Stanford University. Built in sturdy ‘turn of the century’ style, these early homes survived”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.44221° or 37° 26′ 32″ northLongitude
-122.15324° or 122° 9′ 12″ westInception
April 16th, 1969Open location code
849VCRRW+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 8339441003OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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