The Cowper Inn

The Cowper Inn is a guest house in Santa Clara County, California which is located on Cowper Street. The Cowper Inn is situated nearby to T. B. Downing House, as well as near the building Woman’s Club of Palo Alto.

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 1,500 feet south of The Cowper Inn.

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 910 feet south of The Cowper Inn.

T. B. Downing House

House

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The T. B. Downing House is a historic house located at 706 Cowper St. in Palo Alto, California. The Queen Anne style house was built in 1894 for T. B. Downing, who served on Palo Alto's first city council.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palo Alto and Silicon Valley.

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.

Silicon Valley

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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.

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.

The Cowper Inn

Type: Guest house
Address: 701 Cowper Street, Palo Alto
Categories: house, building, tourism, and accommodation
Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.44682° or 37° 26′ 49″ north

Longitude

-122.15643° or 122° 9′ 23″ west

Open location code

849VCRWV+PC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 231814240

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=guest_house

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