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A Cybertour of Selected Historic Places along Main Street as it was in 1997

There are more than a dozen structures along Main Street which pre-date the Second World War and at least two we believe were constructed in the nineteenth century. This cybertour begins with twelve of particular interest. Ten of the twelve are listed by the city in the Inventory of Cultural Resources, the other two await action by the City Council. Occasionally, additional information tangental to that given for the location cited is included along with anecdotal comments.

The one mile long tour begins at the north end of historic Main Street and ends at Fire Station Number One. Here once stood a stately double row of American Elms that had been planted by John O'Toole along his driveway from Main Street to his mansion in the 1860s marked the extreme southern limits of what traditionally was thought of as Milpitas' downtown.

Each location that is part of the cybertour is accompanied by at least one photo and a discriptive text. The information provided has been collected from various documents, maps, newspaper accounts, and living memory. It is not presented as a scholarly work but in a manner hoped to be of greatest use to school children and as entertainingly informative to adults. If you have information to add about any of these sites, please email our webmaster at this address: tmhs at milpitashistory.org.

To select a location, click on its underlined name. To return to this page, click on the button marked "back" or "previous" in your browser's menu or click on the "Return to Cybertour" button at the bottom of each page. You may also wish to go to our homepage.