Circle of Palms Plaza

The Circle of Palms Plaza is located in downtown San Jose, California. It is composed of a ring of palm trees encircling a California State Seal, and designates the California Historical Marker 461, the site of California's first state capital from 1849-1851.

History

When California became part of the USA in 1850, San Jose was the second incorporated city of the new state after Sacramento, and the first official state capital of California. A two-story adobe hotel built around 1830 became the first state capitol and hosted the first legislative sessions in 1850 and 1851. This site is now the Circle of Palms Plaza,[1] or California Historical Marker 461.

Description

The Circle of Palms Plaza is a ring of palm trees encircling a California State Seal, located between the Fairmont San Jose Hotel, the KQED building (Silicon Valley Financial Center) and the San Jose Museum of Art.[2][3]

Public activities

Each Winter, the San Jose Downtown Association sets up an outdoor ice rink called "San Jose Downtown Ice" at the Circle of Palms.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Favorite Images, Stories, Trivia - Capital & Capitol History, Tigerleaf.com
  2. ↑ "Santa Clara". California State Parks, Office of Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  3. ↑ "First State Capitol Building". HMDB.org, the Historical Marker Database. 2007-11-17. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  4. ↑ "San Jose Downtown Ice". San Jose Downtown Association. Archived from the original on 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2008-04-23.

Coordinates: 37°20′00″N 121°53′23″W / 37.33343°N 121.889627°W / 37.33343; -121.889627

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