T. B. Downing House, Palo Alto

Name: T. B. Downing House
Address: Palo Alto, United States

#85 among attractions in Palo Alto

Queen Anne architecture

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The T. B. Downing House is a historic house located at 706 Cowper St. in Palo Alto, California. The Queen Anne style house was built in 1894 for T. B. Downing, who served on Palo Alto's first city council. A conical tower tops the house's northern corner; the tower features a finial, a dentillated and bracketed cornice, and decorative shinglework. The porch features a decorated gable and gingerbread-style ornamentation along the roof, columns, and balustrade. Two other gables, one at the second floor and one at the attic, adorn the front of the house; both gables feature decorative bargeboards. ()

Built: 1894 (130 years ago)Coordinates: 37°26'47"N, 122°9'22"W

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T. B. Downing House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stanford Shopping Center, Museum of American Heritage, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford Theatre.

0.9 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto
22 min walk • Stanford Shopping Center is an upscale open air shopping mall located on Route 82 at Sand Hill Road in Palo Alto, California. It is on the campus of Stanford University although the university only owns the land and not the actual buildings or stores.
~900 ftSW
Museum, History museum
Museum of American Heritage, Palo Alto
5 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto, California, offers visitors a unique glimpse into the life and innovations that shaped America from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.
1.2 miSW
Museum, Art museum
Cantor Arts Center, Palo Alto
32 min walk • The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, formerly the Stanford University Museum of Art, and commonly known as the Cantor Arts Center, is an art museum on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California.
0.4 miW
Nightlife, Theater, Cinema
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
10 min walk • The Stanford Theatre is a classical independent movie theater in Palo Alto, California. It was designed and built in the 1920s as a movie palace styled in neoclassical Persian and Moorish architecture.
~1310 ftS
Historic garage where HP got its start
HP Garage, Palo Alto
7 min walk • The HP Garage is a private museum where the company Hewlett-Packard was founded. It is located at 367 Addison Avenue in Palo Alto, California. It is considered to be the "Birthplace of Silicon Valley".
1 miSW
Museum, Memorial, Cemetery
Stanford Mausoleum, Palo Alto
27 min walk • The Stanford Mausoleum, located in the Northwest of the Stanford University campus in the Stanford University Arboretum, holds the remains of the university's namesake Leland Stanford, Jr. and his parents Leland and Jane Stanford.
1.1 miSW
Park
Arizona Cactus Garden, Palo Alto
28 min walk • The Arizona Cactus Garden, or, officially, Arizona Garden, also known as the Cactus Garden, is a small botanical garden specializing in cactus and succulents.
0.7 miE
Children's museum, Museum, Zoo
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, Palo Alto
18 min walk • Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo is located in Palo Alto, California and part of the City of Palo Alto's Community Services Department. It was founded in 1934 by Josephine O’Hara in the basement of a local elementary school.
0.8 miW
Tiny park with a sequoia tree and a trail
El Palo Alto, Palo Alto
20 min walk • El Palo Alto is a coastal redwood tree located in El Palo Alto Park on the banks of San Francisquito Creek in Palo Alto, California, United States. It is famous for its historical significance and as the namesake of the city of Palo Alto. In July 2016, El Palo Alto was 110 feet in height, down from 162.2 feet in 1814.
0.9 miE
Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto
25 min walk • The Palo Alto Art Center is a multi-purpose center open to the public for art activities for all ages, located at 1313 Newell Road in Palo Alto, California.
0.5 miN
Greek Revival architecture
John Adam Squire House, Palo Alto
13 min walk • The John Adam Squire House is a historic house in Palo Alto, California. It was built in 1904-1905 for John Adam Squire, a Greek professor. Squire lived here with his wife Georgina and their three daughters until his death in 1930. His wife died in 1959.

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Which popular attractions are close to T. B. Downing House?

Nearby attractions include St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Palo Alto (3 min walk), Museum of American Heritage, Palo Alto (5 min walk), Palo Alto Medical Clinic, Palo Alto (6 min walk), HP Garage, Palo Alto (7 min walk).

How to get to T. B. Downing House by public transport?

The nearest stations to T. B. Downing House:

Bus

Homer Avenue & Webster Street • Lines: 21, C (3 min walk)
Waverley Street & Homer Avenue • Lines: 21 (4 min walk)

Train

Palo Alto (14 min walk)
Stanford (15 min walk)