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Historic Preservation
The Hensley Historic District is part of the former estate of Major Samuel J. Hensley (d.
1866) which extended from N. First to Fourth Street and Empire to what became the
railroad right-of-way and was subdivided in 1886. The extremely irregularly shaped
Hensley City Landmark District (HD89-51) is listed under the theme of Architecture and
Shelter for the Horticulture period (1870-1918). The district is bounded for the most part
by Second Street on the west, Empire Street on the north, Sixth Street on the east, and
Julian Street to the south.
The National Register listed Hensley Historic District consists
of 279 properties with 207 contributors. The City Landmark District includes 24
additional properties located at the north and south ends of the National Register District
(Winter 2003:103). The mostly single family residences of various architectural styles
were built between 1865 and 1930, mostly between 1880 and 1900, with in-fill to 1930.
This district has the largest concentration of Victorian-era residences in the City of San
José and is notable as a residential district with the most complete concentration of
architectural styles popular between 1856 to 1918 in the City. Larger and more elaborate
homes are found on N. Third Street with modest workingmen's homes along N. Fifth
Street built in Italianate, Stick-Eastlake, and Queen Anne styles. As a listed NRHP
property, the district is automatically included on the California Register of Historical
Resources (CRHR).
Hensley City Landmark District Map
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