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A 1952 to 1955 tract of one-story houses between Saratoga Avenue and Winchester Boulevard south of Newhall Street, built out in ten units around Westwood Elementary and Everett Alvarez Jr. Park.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Westwood
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Westwood from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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the story
How Westwood came to be
Westwood came together in ten recorded units in just over three years. Unit 1, Tract 980, was mapped in March 1952 and recorded on April 8, 1952; its map lists the David D. Bohannon Organization, a corporation, as owner and Mark Thomas & Co. as engineers. The land is described from a 19.28-acre parcel on the west side of the Santa Clara-Los Gatos Road, the old name the maps use for Winchester Boulevard. Units followed through 1953 and 1954, and Unit 10 was recorded on August 9, 1955.
The maps show the city's edge moving. The 1952 Unit 1 map draws the Santa Clara city limit along Gould Street, the street now called Newhall Street, with the Westwood lots just north of it; Unit 2, mapped that May, carried the tract south of the line along Bohannon Drive and Juliana Court, against land the maps label Santa Clara Cemetery, today's Mission City Memorial Park. By 1955 the Unit 9 and 10 maps reached Forest Avenue, with the San José city limit drawn near Pruneridge Avenue and San Tomas Aquino Creek marking the western edge. City parcel data shows the houses followed the maps closely: inside these lines, 249 single-family parcels list 1952 build years and 325 list 1955.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Bohannon Drive, which shares its name with the developer on the maps, loops through the northern units with Juliana Court, Rosita and Talia avenues, Juanita Drive, Consuelo Avenue and Rita Court. Los Padres Boulevard crosses Saratoga Avenue into the tract, and Dolores, Osborne, Fosgate and Glendenning avenues fill the blocks north of Pruneridge Avenue. South of Pruneridge the 1955 units take a literary and pioneer turn: Bret Harte Court, Mark Twain Court, Kit Carson Court, Sutter Avenue and Donner Place, along with Londonderry Drive and Harold Avenue.
The houses are one-story 1950s tract homes on lots the maps size at about 60 by 95 feet. City records list 787 of about 820 single-family parcels as one story, with 578 three-bedroom and 191 four-bedroom houses, and a median lot of about 5,660 square feet. Expect a range from near-original houses to remodels with added family rooms and a few full rebuilds.
Not every block is single-family. About 65 parcels near Newhall Street and Town and Country Lane are zoned R3, most built in 1962 and 1963, and small townhome groups date from 1979 to 1987 near Forest Avenue and from 2016 near Newhall. The corners where Pruneridge Avenue meets Saratoga Avenue and Winchester Boulevard, and the ends of Newhall Street, are zoned for neighborhood commercial and mixed use.
streets in westwood
- Saratoga Avenue
- Newhall Street
- Stanley Avenue
- Maria Street
- Bohannon Drive
- Juliana Court
- Rosita Avenue
- Talia Avenue
- Juanita Drive
- Consuelo Avenue
- Rita Court
- Los Padres Boulevard
- Dolores Avenue
- Osborne Avenue
- Fosgate Avenue
- Glendenning Avenue
- Fernandez Court
- Pruneridge Avenue
- Sutter Avenue
- Londonderry Drive
- Harold Avenue
- Donner Place
- Bret Harte Court
- Mark Twain Court
- Kit Carson Court
- Forest Avenue
- Winchester Boulevard
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Westwood
- park
Everett Alvarez Jr. Park, 2280 Rosita Avenue
A 1.7-acre city park in the middle of the tract (city GIS).
- park
Henry Schmidt Park, 555 Los Padres Boulevard
About 7.7 acres per city GIS, just across Saratoga Avenue, about 0.3 mile from the center (straight-line).
- park
Parkway Park and Pruneridge Golf Course
Parkway Park at 3657 Forest Ave (about 4.3 acres) sits at the southwest corner, and the city's Pruneridge Golf Course (about 31 acres) is across Saratoga Avenue, about 0.45 mile west (straight-line).
- landmark
Mission City Memorial Park, 420 N Winchester Boulevard
The city cemetery, about 25 acres in city GIS, lines the tract's east side; the 1952 tract maps label it Santa Clara Cemetery.
- shopping
Westfield Valley Fair
The mall on Stevens Creek Boulevard, which opened as Valley Fair Shopping Center in 1958 and straddles the Santa Clara and San José line, is about a mile southeast (straight-line).
- landmark
Harris-Lass House Museum
The city's last farm site, an 1865 farmhouse with barn and orchard at 1889 Market St, is about 0.65 mile north (straight-line).
schools and commute
School districts and getting around
School districts
Westwood is split by district along Pruneridge Avenue. Census TIGER boundaries put the blocks north of Pruneridge in the Santa Clara Unified School District and the southwest blocks south of it (and a few lots on Pruneridge) in the Campbell Union School District and Campbell Union High School District. Westwood Elementary (Santa Clara Unified, 435 Saratoga Ave) sits inside the neighborhood, and C.W. Haman Elementary (865 Los Padres Blvd) is about 0.9 mile north (straight-line). Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with the district.
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Getting around
- VTA Route 60 runs on Winchester Boulevard, north through the Old Quad to the Santa Clara Transit Center and San José airport and south to Winchester Station.
- Rapid 523 runs on Stevens Creek Boulevard, about 0.7 mile south of the center (straight-line).
- I-880 is about 0.9 mile east, and I-280 and Highway 17 are each about 1.1 miles away (straight-line); San Tomas Expressway meets Saratoga Avenue at the southwest corner.
- The Santa Clara Transit Center (Caltrain, ACE, Capitol Corridor) is about 1.8 miles northeast (straight-line).
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Westwood: what we check
Buying here
- Check the school district for the exact address: Census boundaries split Westwood at Pruneridge Avenue between Santa Clara Unified and the Campbell districts.
- These are early-1950s houses: check the foundation, the electrical panel and wiring, water lines and the sewer lateral, and match family rooms, garage conversions and other additions to the permit record.
- At about 60 by 95 feet, lots leave limited room for additions and ADUs. Check the R1-6L setbacks and current state ADU and SB 9 rules with the city before you plan.
- Look at the block, not just the house: some streets near Newhall Street have R3 multi-unit buildings, several corners on Pruneridge, Saratoga, Winchester and Newhall are zoned commercial or mixed use, and some lots back onto the cemetery.
- City data puts nearly every parcel here in FEMA Zone X, with a handful in Zone D; confirm on the flood map for the address.
Selling here
- State the school district for the address, especially near Pruneridge Avenue, and point buyers to the district to confirm.
- Gather permits for additions and garage conversions; in a 1950s tract where many houses have grown, a clean record sets yours apart.
- If the house keeps its original plan in good shape, say so plainly and show the floor plan; buyers comparing similar 1950s houses read plans closely.
- Name the nearby places with approximate distances: Westwood Elementary, Everett Alvarez Jr. Park, Henry Schmidt Park and Valley Fair.
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faq
Westwood questions, answered
Where is Westwood in Santa Clara?
Between Saratoga Avenue and Winchester Boulevard, from Newhall Street and Stanley Avenue south to Pruneridge Avenue, with its southwest blocks running on to Forest Avenue near San Tomas Expressway.
When was Westwood built, and by whom?
Ten unit maps were recorded between April 1952 and August 1955. The maps for Units 1, 6, 7 and 10 list the David D. Bohannon Organization as owner, and city parcel data dates most houses from 1952 to 1956.
Which school district serves Westwood?
It depends on the side of Pruneridge Avenue. Census boundaries put the blocks north of Pruneridge in Santa Clara Unified and the southwest blocks south of it in the Campbell Union and Campbell Union High school districts. Attendance boundaries change, so check the exact address with the district.
What are the houses like?
Mostly one-story 1950s tract houses with three or four bedrooms on lots of about 5,700 square feet. City records list 32 two-story houses among about 820.
Is Westwood the same as Westwood Oaks?
No. Westwood Oaks is a separate tract on Santa Clara's west side near the Cupertino line; Westwood is on the south-central edge between Saratoga Avenue and Winchester Boulevard.
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