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Saint James Park Full Site Description

This is saint James is a park is block size fits about a good 500 people on the grass area.

The Santa Clara superior court and the San Jose post office and the trolley station are by the park. There is also a San Jose athletic club. There is parking across the street from the park and a block away there is also a garage parking and are some restaurants in Santa Clara.

St. James Square Historic District
The district was listed on the National Register of
Historic Places in 1979 and became a City Historic
District in 1984. It is composed of St. James Park itself
and nine Classical style structures that face the park.
These structures are the Old Main Post Office, Santa
Clara County Court House, Letcher Garage, First
Church of Christ Scientist, St. Claire Club, Scottish
Rite Temple, First Unitarian Church, Eagles Hall, and
the Trinity Episcopal Church.
Because the Square is the only public square left in
the City and because the important structures, which
face the park, represent excellent examples of civic
design from the decades between the 1860s and 1930s,
the district was included in the National Register of
Historic Places.
Originally laid out in 1848 by Chester Lyman, the plan
of St. James Park was revamped to include a pathway
design and fountain in 1868. It has undergone a variety
of changes since that time. The original fountain, which
was a central point in the layout of walkways through
the park, was removed during the bisection of the park
by Second Street in 1955