T. B. Downing House
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: House
- Description: historic house in California, United States
- Also known as: “The Downing House”
- Address: 706 Cowper Street, 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 1,400 feet southeast of T. B. Downing House.
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. Museum of American Heritage is situated 740 feet south of T. B. Downing House.
Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
Church
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Started in 1901 and completed in 1902, St. Thomas Aquinas Church is the oldest church in Palo Alto, California and is a registered historic landmark. Its distinctive Carpenter Gothic Victorian style makes it a signature building for the downtown area. Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church is situated 490 feet south of T. B. Downing House.
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
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.
T. B. Downing House
- Categories: single-family detached home, building, and residential building
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.44642° or 37° 26′ 47″ northLongitude
-122.15671° or 122° 9′ 24″ westOpen location code
849VCRWV+H8OpenStreetMap ID
way 243923781OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseWikidata ID
Q18149493
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