{"nrhp_refnum":"78000781","name":"We and Our Neighbors Clubhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of San Jose at 15460 Union Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Jose","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.24355397200003,"lon":-121.93099485099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rustic redwood shingle clubhouse with craftsman details at 15460 Union Avenue in the Union District near San Jose, California, dedicated in May 1910 and built by contractor C. H. Wheeler.","why_significant":"It was built for the We and Our Neighbors Club, one of the five oldest organizations in the California Federation of Women's Clubs and the oldest club in the Loma Prieta District. The building served as the social center of the Union District, hosting community gatherings, fundraising events, services, voting and a branch library. It is evaluated as locally significant.","narrative":"Built in 1910 on the corner of Union Avenue and the Los Gatos-Almaden Road, this redwood clubhouse near San Jose was constructed for the We and Our Neighbors Club, a women's group begun in 1892 by families who farmed and ranched in the Union District. The shingle-style building has craftsman details, a parlor with a rock fireplace, an assembly room with a stage, a dining room and a kitchen. Contractor C. H. Wheeler won the job with a bid of $2,650. Land was donated by charter member Sophia LaMontagne, and the first president, Mrs. Chris Schofield, paid for construction. The hall became the district's social center, hosting holiday parties, harvest dinners, and dances raising money for the Red Cross and other causes. It also served for religious services, graduations, weddings, voting, scout meetings and a county branch library. The club remains one of the oldest in the California Federation of Women's Clubs, and the building is little altered.","period_of_significance":"1900-1910","architect_builder":"C. H. Wheeler","architectural_style":"Rustic shingle cottage with craftsman details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as the club's meeting place and rented for meetings, weddings, receptions and voting; few changes since construction apart from kitchen and ladies room updates, electricity, gas floor furnaces and a fire door.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.388361-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000781.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000781/3a0bb05cb9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000781/3a0bb05cb9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Eugene Zelenko","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-San_Jose-We_and_Our_Neighbors_Clubhouse-4.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Eugene Zelenko</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-San_Jose-We_and_Our_Neighbors_Clubhouse-4.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861818","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123862017"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/we-and-our-neighbors-clubhouse-78000781/"}