Historic Preservation
On April 17, 2007, the San Jose City Council approved the Lake House City Landmark (CL) Historic District, the second Historic District (after the 2006 Reed Historic District) approved since the River Street CL Historic District was approved in 1997. The three CL Historic Districts previously established are Hensley, River Street, and St. James Square.
As part of the Delmas Park Strong Neighborhoods Initiative Plan adopted by the City Council in 2002, the neighborhood identified as a key concern the preservation of existing single-family residential areas. The Neighborhood Advisory Committee (NAC) has identified the northern area of the Delmas Park SNI Planning Area as one of two main areas to be the focus of conservation and improvement efforts and where infill densities should remain lower than 25 dwelling units per acre.
The Lake House CL Historic District in San José has special historical, architectural and aesthetic interest and value to the community, for its historic setting that continues to exist to the present day as a collection of residential properties reflecting the neighborhood development patterns of San José’s Lake House neighborhood and vicinity from 1885-1925. The Historic District is a geographically definable area of urban character that possesses a significant concentration and continuity of buildings that are unified aesthetically by physical development. For the previous reasons, the area meets the definition of an area eligible to be a Historic District.
The Lake House CL Historic District is generally bounded on the north by West San Fernando Street, on the east by Highway 87 & the VTA Light Rail right-of-way, on the west by Los Gatos Creek and on the south by the rear property lines of lots on the north side of Park Avenue, and on the southeast by Sonoma Street and Lakehouse Avenue.
Historic District Study
Lake House City Landmark Historic District map
The Department of Parks and Recreation forms |
