Loyola Corners got its name from the Jesuits at Santa Clara University. In 1904, they purchased 650 acres of the Hale Ranch, adjoining and northward from Permanente Creek, for a new college, to be named after their founder, Saint Ignatius of Loyola. They built some roads and had plans to build ten buildings, plus a diary/creamery. 

 

At this same time, developer Paul Shoup"s Southern Pacific Railroad was planning stops for its new line. Foreseeing potential passengers to and from the new college, the railroad put a stop at the location they named Loyola Corners. However, the university ran into financial trouble. Many construction-related pledges were canceled as a result of the losses from the 1906 earthquake. The school tried to complete the plan for years, but finally had to give up the dream. In 1923, they sold the land to Los Altos Country Club Properties for $250,000.

This organization laid out 155 acres for the Los Altos Golf & Country Club. The rest, they subdivided for homes. After 1929, the Great Depression slowed all development. Eventually, nearly all the lots were subdivided at least once more.

The post-World War II housing boom affected Loyola Corners, where the many new houses led to expansion of its business district.

The halcyon times did not last long. A black day in Loyola Corners prosperity occurred in 1951 when the new, state-of-the-art Rancho Shopping Center opened with 30 shops. It provided heavy competition at once.

Regular passenger service on the railroad ended in 1958. At the time, plans were drawn to use the railroad right-of-way for Interstate 280. This plan was shot down. Instead, after the last freight train and a final nostalgic passenger train passed through in 1964, construction of the Foothill Expressway began immediately.

 

In the following years, Safeway, came and went along with The Echo, and many other of the small businesses, what still anchors the nighborhood is Tom's Depot which has stood the test of time.  To find out more about Loyola Corners.

 

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