Willow Glen Neigborhood, Then and Now – Santa Clara County Historical & Genealogical Society

by April Hope Halberstadt

Surname	First	Pages
A. A. Smith grocery		58
adobe houses		21
Ainsley orchard		74
Alameda, The		11,19,25
Alden Fruit & Vegetable Packing Company		21,96
Allen	Charles S.	32,38
Alma Avenue		17
Almaden Avenue		17
Almaden Expressway		17
Almaden Road		30,91
Alta		63
Alviso		8,12
Arbuckle	Clyde	15 ,21, 25
Arroyo Seco de los Capilancillos		20
Arroyo Tulares de Las Canoas		20
Atkinson	W L.	41
Austin	N. L	60
Auzerais Avenue		21,25
Auzerais	John	25
Barnhisel	Mrs. L.	27
Bayliss	Douglas	51
Beans	William Knox	36
beer		11
Belden	David	12
Bergmann’s Department Store		62,79
Bergna	L. A.	60
Berryessa Creek		9
Bidwell-Bartelson wagon train		10
Binder	William	54
Bird Avenue		11, 19, 25, 30, 36, 44, 45, 71, 91
Bird	Calvert T.	25, 91
Bird family		17
Bird	Isaac	11, 15, 25, 91
Bishop	H. N.	60
BlaMe’s Lighting		64
Bland	John C.	25
Blewett Avenue		39, 91
Blewett family		45
Blewett	Ruth	45
Bohnett	Lewis Dan	38, 55
Booksin Avenue		54, 91
Booksin	Henry	91
Booksin	Mrs. Henry	27
Boulieu	Oliver	40
Boyle	O. M.	23
Brace Avenue		60, 91
Brainard	Henry A.	19
Bramhall	Frank W.	56, 92
Bramhall Park		55, 76, 92
Branham	Isaac	92
Branham Lane		92
Breschini	Cesare	41
Britton Avenue		92
Britton	Martin	92
Broadway		19, 18, 92
Broadway Continuation School		52
Broadway Elementary School		51
Brooks Avenue		18, 36, 45
Bruntsch	E. A.	60
Buchser Avenue		92
Buchser	Emil	70
Buchser family		92
Buchser	Herman R.	51, 70
Buelna	Felix	15
Buffington House		64, 99
Buffington	Howard M.	59, 65
Burton	John	10
California Avenue		41
California Prune and Apricot Association		95
Cambrian School District		49
Campbell School District		49
Camas Creek		92
Carlos Street		96
Carolyn Avenue		39, 92, 94
Case	Short & Ryan	40
Cassarino	Nadine	80
Challen	Victor	41
champagne		21
Cherry Avenue		19, 38, 54, 67, 71, 92
Cherry Park tract		41
Cherryhurst tract		18, 40
Christmas in the Park		66
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints		54
Church of Religious Science		54
Chynoweth Avenue		72
City of Willow Glen, annexation		32,34
City of Willow Glen, boundaries		32
City of Willow Glen, businesses		58
City Council		30
city hall		59
fire department		59
incorporation		30
sewage issue		33
Clark	Charles J.	60
Clark	May Roberts	93
Clark	Paul F.	30, 38, 93
Clark Street		54, 66, 93
Clark Way		55, 93
Clintonia Avenue		38
Coe Avenue		18, 30, 36, 93
Coe	Henry	19
Coe	Henry Willard	93
Colla	Joe	76
College Park		39
Cooper & Challen Realty		36, 41
Corners, The		28, 60, 69
Cosentino’s		63
Costanoan tribe		8
Cottle Avenue		93
Cottle family		11, 12, 17, 28
Cottle	Ira	93
Cottle	Oliver	25, 93
Cottle	Royal	49, 93
Coyote Creek		39
Coyote Valley		8
Cozzens House		99
Cozzens	John	22
Cozzens	Joshua	22
Cozzens	William	43, 99
Crisham’s market		65
Cristina No. 1 tract		41
Cristina	Salvador P.	41
Crothers Realty		41
Curtner Avenue		17, 19, 20, 40, 41
Curtner tract		40
Daisy Patch		58
Dawson	James M.	19
Downtown Willow Glen Advisory team		78
Dr. Dudley’s Condensed Grape Must		23
Dry Creek Road		20, 22, 39, 43, 72, 93
Dudley; Dr. J. P.		23
Eagle Brewery		11
Eaton	Alfred	36
Edenvale		19
Edwards	Leonard P.	36
Eichler	Bill	70
El A bra Road		12, 17
El Pueblo San Jose de Guadalupe		8
Emil Buchser House		45
Espinola	George	44, 64
Fair Glen Art Fair		80
Fairglen Avenue		80
Fairglen Avenue area		70
farmer’s market		81
farming		20
Fisk Avenue		18
flooding		8, 55
Founders Day		81
Fourth Ward		25
Fox	Frances	28
Foxworthy; Alex		93
Foxworthy Avenue		17, 39, 69, 93
Franklin	Kump and Falk	51
Franquette Avenue		93
Fredericksburg Brewery		11
Galindo	Juana	10
Garden Theater		62, 79
Geiger	William C.	12, 17, 56, 92
George and Inman Clothiers		62
George N. Herbert Company		21, 22, 29
Germania Hall		45
Gitin	Rabbi Joseph	74
GoldRush		11
Goodyear tract		7
Goosetown		25, 73
Gordon	Alex T.	58
grapes		12
Guadalupe Creek		7
Guadalupe Parkway		55
Guadalupe River		8, 17, 20, 18, 39, 40, 55
Guerra	Joe	79
Hageman	Joseph	30, 60
Hamilton Avenue		76
Hanchett Park		36, 45
Hartford Avenue		38
Heart of the Willows tract		41
Hedburg	James	35
Hensley	Charles B.	25
Herbert	George N.	22
Herschbach	Albert	46
Herschbach family		46
Herschbach	Robert C.	46
Herschbach	Thomas A.	36, 38, 41, 46, 55, 96
Hervey	Dr. H. M.	18, 94
Hervey Homestead tract		40
Hervey Lane		94
Hester-Hanchett neighborhood		39
Hicklebee’s		63
Hicks Avenue		22, 40, 94
Hicks	Captain A. H.	94
Higgins & Root		51
Highway 101		70
Highway 17		70
Highway 280		10, 21
Highway 87		55, 72
Highway 880		17
Hills	Miles	12, 28, 58
Hillsdale		10
house tours		80
Howe	Agnes	27
Ianni	Nancy	76
Indians		8
Ingall	Mrs. Sarah T.	22
Iris Court		72
James W. Chilton house		46
Jonathon Avenue		41
Kamp	Benedict	13
Keesling Avenue		94
Keesling	Francis Marion	94
Keesling	Horace G.	94
Keesling	Thomas B.	94
Kennedy	Hannah	71
Kensington		15
King Conservatory of Music		45
Kirk Avenue		94
Kirk Ditch Company		20
Kirk Elementary School		52
Kirk family		11, 43
KirkRoad		22
Kirk	Socrates	20, 40, 55, 94
Kirk	Theophilus	20, 40, 55, 94, 99
Kirk-Farrington House		43, 99
Kmetovic	Kim	63
Kotenberg Avenue		94
Kotenberg	Ella	94
Kress	Edward	66
Kress	Goudie and Kress	51
LaAbra		7, 17
La Villa Delicatessan		62
Laffey	Glory Anne	20
landmarks		99
Laura Ville		20
Lawrence Pharmacy		58, 62
Leigh Avenue		76, 94
Leigh family		40
Leigh	Hugh Alexander	94
Lelong Avenue		94
Lelong	J.	94
Lester Avenue		94
Lester	John	41
Lester	Mrs. Nathan	27
Lester	Nathan L.	95
Lester	Nathan L.	94
Lester	William Walter	95
Lewis Canal		20
Lewis	Frank	20
Lewis	Mrs. F. B. A.	27
library		66
Lima family		62
Lima Family-Erickson Memorial Chapel		66
Lincoln Avenue		10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 17, 21
		26, 28, 35, 41, 49, 53, 57, 77, 95
Lincoln Avenue naming		19
Lincoln Gates tract		41, 93
Lincoln Glen Little League		55
Lincoln Glen Mennonite Church		54
Lincoln Glen School		52
Lincoln Lane Foods		62
Lincoln Manor tract		41
Lincoln Residence Park tract		41
Lonus Street		96
Loomis	Pat	10, 21
Los Caches land grant		11
Los Gatos Creek		7, 17, 20, 21, 23, 34, 55, 72
Lowe	James R.	25
Lupton Avenue		19, 95
Lupton	Durah	95
Lutha Apartments		58
Malone	F. S.	95
Malone Road		17, 19, 35, 41, 49, 95
Market Street		25
Market Street & Willow Glen Railway		16, 18, 25
Markham School		52
Marsh	Smith & Powell	51
Mascovich	Steve	35
Maynard	Edward	99
Maynard House		43, 99
McCarthy	Susan	63
McClintic	Mrs. Lucy	28
McKee	Joseph O.	44, 94
McKenzie	Charles	45
Melone	Henry C.	15, 95
Meridian Avenue		69, 72
Meridian Road		18, 91
Methodist Church		53
Micheltorena	Gov. Manuel	10, 20
Miles Hills house		28
Minnesota Avenue		12, 15, 17, 19, 17, 22, 28, 35, 49, 67, 95
Moorpark Avenue		22
Mount Diablo Meridian		18
Naglee Park		36, 45, 99
narrow gauge railroad		21, 29
Narvaez	Joaquin	15
Narvaez	Jose Agustin	10
Narvaez Rancho		10, 11, 41, 93
National Register of Historic Places		21, 99
New Almaden		9, 17
New Almaden Quicksilver Mines		91
New Jersey Avenue		39
Newell	John S.	36
Newhall family		18
Newhall Street		95
Newhall	Sylvester	22, 23, 25, 36, 95
Newport Avenue		19, 18, 40, 54, 95
Northern	H. W.	96
Northern Road		17, 95
Oak Hill Cemetery		10
Old Willow Glen		69
Pacheco	Tomas	15
Pacific Coast Railroad		29
Palm Haven		18, 30, 36, 39, 65
Palm Haven Tract Association		38
Paula Street		21, 96
Pedro Street		21, 96
Penniman	Arthur	45
Pine Avenue		19, 21, 41, 57
Pinto	Ramona	13
Pitrnan	James M.	36
Plaza Drive		38
post office		74
Pracna	Ed	35, 60
Presentation High School		53
Prindiville	George	61
Prohibition		12
prunes		22
pueblo tracts		9
Puterbaugh	William B.	32, 60
Race Street		72
Raines	J. W.	22
Rancho de Los Caches		10, 20, 96
Raoul Wallenberg Park		57
Red & White Market		57
Redevelopment Agency		77
Reed	James	20
Reed	Margaret	20
Reed	Martha	20
Reorganized German Church		54
Richard Avenue		41
Richards	Dr. Charles	99
Richards House		99
River Glen Elementary School		51
River Glen Park		55, 56
Robert C. Hersch bach house		46
Robert Sawyer China and Gifts		62
Roberto		10, 21
Roberto-Suiiol Adobe		10, 11, 20, 64, 99
Robles	Theodoro	15
Rodriques	Jose Maria	15
Rossi	Louis C.	30, 34
Rucker	Mrs. Joseph	27
Rucker Realty		36, 40, 41
Ruth and Going Inc.		53
Ryden	Grace	36
Sacred Heart Church		52, 73
San Francisco		19
San Jose Abstract & Title Company		36
San Jose Day Nursery		80
San Jose de Guadalupe		96
San Jose Pueblo		11
San Jose Unified School District		49
San Jose Women’s Club		93
San Juan Bautista Hills		10
San Salvador Street		25
Sansevain	Pierre	21
Santa Clara & Willow Glen Railway		57
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors		13, 17, 30
Santa Clara County Fruit Exchange		21
Santa Clara Mission		8, 25
Santa Clara Street		25
Santa Clara Valley Agricultural Society		91
Santa Clara Valley Fruit Company		22
Santa Clara Valley Water District		20, 55
Santa Cruz		29
Schumb	Margaret	72
Settle Avenue		96
Settle	Campbell T.	12, 19, 21, 61, 96
Settle family		11, 12
sewer system		19
Sharpe	John	53
Shontz	James G.	38
South Lincoln Park		41
Southern Pacific Railroad		29
Splivalo	Captain Stefan	21
Spring	Thaddeus Warsaw	25
St. Chistopher’s Church		80
St. Christopher’s School		53
Stockton Avenue		39
Stone Church of Willow Glen (Presbyterian)		46, 55
strawberries		11, 12
subdivisions
Cherry Park		41
Cherryhurst		18, 40
Cristina No.		1 41
Curtner		40
developers		36
development		70
Heart of the Willows		41
Hervey Homestead		40
Lincoln Gates		35, 41, 93
Lincoln Half Acres		35
Lincoln Manor		35, 41
Lincoln Residence park		41
Restwood Park		35
South Lincoln Park		41
Terra Bella		35, 41
Willow Glen		94
Sunol	Antonio	11, 21
Sunol Street		21, 96
Swan	Rufus C.	25
Taylor	Frank	77
Taylor	Mrs. Rebecca	22
Telfer Avenue		41, 96
Telfer	William	96
Terra Bella tract		41
Thomas	Dana	59, 60
Thompson	John F.	55
trolley		15, 18, 25
Tully Road		9
Valencia	Zarilla	12, 17
Vinagre	Adolpho	13
Vine Street		25
Waldo	Mrs. J. A	27
Waltz	Howard	94
Warwick	G.D.	60
Washington Avenue		19, 40
We and Our Neighbors Club		27
Webster	Albertus R.	30, 34, 60
Weekes	James W.	13
Wells House		42
Wendel	Charlotte	76
West Side Fruit Growers Exchange of Willow Glen		21
West Valley area		19
Western Pacific Railroad		29
Whiffen	Dr. Roscoe A.	30, 32, 60
White Front discount store		77
Whitehurst Court		96
Whitehurst	J. S.	96
Wilcox	Edwin A.	57
Wilcox Park		57
William Biggs house		45
William Cozzens house		43
Williams	Richard	15
Willow Glen, See also City of Willow Glen
architectural styles		47
development stages		17
Willow Glen Business and Professional Association		64, 79
Willow Glen Dryer		21
Willow Glen Elementary School		28, 49
Willow Glen High School		50
Willow Glen Library		66
Willow Glen Life Styles home tour		80
Willow Glen Little League		56
Willow Glen Merchants Association		64
Willow Glen Methodist Episcopal Church		53, 66
Willow Glen Neighborhood Association		67, 71, 79
Willow Glen Pharmacy		58
Willow Glen place names
Kensington		15
La A bra		7, 11, 17
The Willows		11, 15
Willow Glen		15, 19
Willow Grove		11
Willowglen		15
Willow Glen Resident newspaper		79
Willow Glen Road		19
Willow Glen School		15
Willow Glen Sun Tunes		79
Willow Glen Town Crier		79
Willow Glen tract		94
Willow Glen Way		17, 19, 41
Willow Grove		11
Willow Street		7, 11, 19, 20, 17, 25, 60, 66
Willow Street Park		55
Willow Street Wood-Fired Pizza		62
Willowette Bakery		62
Willows Reading and Study Club		27,45
Willows, The		11,15,39
Wolfe and McKenzie		99
Wolfe	Cora	45
Wolfe	Ernest Linwood	38,44
Wolfe family		36
Wolfe	Frank D.	36,38,44,64,94
Wolfe	Jererniah	44
Wolfe-Pitman house		45
Worsham	Becky	71
Yontz	John	15