Jamison-Brown House
JAMISON-BROWN HOUSE
THE JAMISON-BROWN HOUSE IS SIGNIFICANT DUE TO ITS
ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS WITH TWO WELL
KNOWN SANTA CLARA FAMILIES. THE ARCHITECTURE IS IMPORTANT
SINCE IT SHOWS THE CHANGES IN A BUILDING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY
CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1860S AND REMODELED IN THE 1930S. THE
STRUCTURE WAS BUILT BY SAMUEL JAMISON IN 1866. IN 1914 JAMISON
SOLD THIS FARMHOUSE ALONG WITH HIS 14 ACRES TO HIS NEIGHBOR
ALFRED BROWN. BROWN REMODELED THE RESIDENCE EXTENSIVELY IN
THE 1930S. THE VERANDA WAS TAKEN FROM THE JUDGE BOND HOUSE
WHICH WAS DEMOLISHED FOR THE CARMELITE MONASTERY.
THE BOND BROTHERS BEFRIENDED JACK LONDON, WHO LATER BASED
THE CALL OF THE WILD ON LOUIS BOND'S DOG JACK (BUCK) AND USED
NEW PARK, JUDGE BOND'S HOME IN SANTA CLARA, AS THE SETTING
FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE NOVEL. IN THE 1970S THE RESIDENCE WAS
MOVED TO ITS PRESENT SITE.
PLACED BY THE ORDER OF THE
BY THE HISTORICAL AND
SANTA CLARA CITY COUNCIL
LANDMARKS COMMISSION
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