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Item Title
Willson House, 1980 Pacheco Road, Gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA
Location1980 Pacheco Road,
Gilroy, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-2097
Building/structure dates:
1859 initial construction
Significance: Brick-mason Horace Willson has the honor of "making the first brick in this section of the country," a process which he perfected in 1854. The first brick house in Santa Clara Valley, it was constructed in 1859 of brick made on the property. The house features a veranda with railed balcony above, all around the house. Besides being a brick-mason, Willson was a cattleman and farmer and at one time owned 20,000 acres.
Related Names
Willson, Horace
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. NORTH (ENTRANCE) FRONT
2. FRONT ENTRANCE
3. PORCH, SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSE
4. VIEW FROM NORTHEAST SHOWING ORIGINAL BRICK KILN
5. NORTH FRONT, ADJACENT HOUSE AT LEFT
6. REAR (SOUTH) WALL, ADJACENT HOUSE AT RIGHT
7. WEST SIDE OF HOUSE
8. WEST FRONT OF ADJACENT HOUSE
9. BARN, VIEW LOOKING SOUTH
10. NORTH FRONT OF BARN
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