In time, the second story added by Clemente Columbet in the s, deteriorated and in the s was removed. The building you see today is a shell built by Marion Weller, Curtner's granddaughter, in the early s to preserve and protect the ruins of the old adobe.
In the s Mrs. Weller gave the adobe, the nearby wooden building known as the " Casino " and the adjoining acreage to the city of Milpitas. Shortly thereafter the city tore down the brick wall and added a kitchen and indoor restrooms to the south end of the adobe.
For over a decade the building was rented for Scout meetings, birthday celebration, and wedding receptions. Following the Loma Prieta earthquake in , extensive restoration and reconstruction was necessary to make it safe for the public. Skip to content. Facebook page opens in new window Twitter page opens in new window Linkedin page opens in new window YouTube page opens in new window.
Jose Higuera Adobe Building and Park. Room Capacity Approx. Great little hidden park with a hall to if you like. Good place to walk and play. Options for rentals for event parties. Parking lot is full but ok always come a bit earlier. I have kids and they like to play. Especially since the park has been re-done.
Their water fountains have good streams and the play structure is clean and nice. Great place to have a party. Good place to relax. Very nice historic building with helpful city personnel. Thanks to an angel. Clean park, lots of kid toys to play on, and great place to host a get together. Absolutely my favorite park Private peaceful. Nice, quite, and clean park.
Very relaxing place. Nice and quite surrounding in the Foothills of North Milpitas with historic Adobe. Nice park quiet and small. Great park. Hidden Creek Park. Beautiful place. I got married here love that you can rent the Adobe building. My evening walk. Secret little park. I like the park. Its really nice. Quiet and clean. Over the next 30 years the establishment came to be called "French's Hotel".
French's Hotel see image at right burned, was rebuilt, and in the s, was renamed the Milpitas Hotel. This building burned in the town's great fire of By the mid s one of the Fat Boy Barbeque Restaurants was erected on the site. The Fat Boy Restaurants were one of the first "fast food" chains in America. That highway is known today as Main Street.
When the Western Pacific Railroad came to Milpitas in , the town got an economic boost. A depot was built southeast of St. John's Catholic Church next to the railroad tracks on the site of a present day strip mall. Tons of locally grown produce were loaded onto freight cars there. Milpitas became famous for peas, spinach, asparagus, beans, and later, strawberries.
In the early twentieth century, hay to feed the thousands of horses in San Francisco, became the primary cash crop grown in Milpitas. Hay continued to be grown well into the s when the remaining farmland east of Penitencia Creek was developed.
The last farmland in the valley portion of Milpitas was the McCarthy Ranch. For many years, the McCarthy family operated a fruit and vegetable stand at the present site of McCarthy Blvd. The local inhabitants fought back. The City of Milpitas was the result of a defensive incorporation on January 26, The Minute Man was added to the city's seal and flag following this campaign. The automobile manufacturing era in Milpitas lasted little more than a quarter century. After the plant closed it remained largely unused for nearly fifteen years.
Today, it is the Great Mall of the Bay Area. In the Milpitas Historical Society was formed.
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