Glossary · Architecture
The first residential street in Los Gatos, opened in 1883 through John W. Lyndon’s 1881 subdivision of 48 lots; now a historic district.
Henry D. McCobb bought the land in 1863 and planned a town called Cobbsville, but it passed to John W. Lyndon, who divided it into 48 lots on September 24, 1881, at $125 and up. Broadway was opened on January 5, 1883.
Cottages built in 1887 for Thomas Hayselden still stand, and Lyndon’s own Victorian house stood at 55 Broadway.
Broadway, opened in 1883, was the first plotted residential street.
The town Henry D. McCobb planned for the Broadway land after buying it in 1863. It was never built under that name.