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Bear Creek Redwoods Preserve PlanPUBLIC WORKSHOP OPEN HOUSE APRIL . 29 . 2015
STATION 3
ALMA COLLEGEHISTORY
Alma College Campus, 1937
Jesuits maintaining the landscape at Upper Lake
Landscaping and walkways through campus
Alma College Chapel
Lily Pond, 1913
Portrait of Harry Tevis, 1905Auto in front of the Tevis mansion
Tevis Library, 1909
Tevis guests on a retaining wall, 1912
Tevis Library Interior, 1909-1931
Flood Mansion, 1905
Flood’s Estate, Almadale, 1900
Example of a 19th century logging camp near Los Gatos
MROSDOwnership
Hong KongMetro Realty
1999 - 2010 1989-1999
Site Leased Out AfterJesuits Leave
1969 - 1989
Alma College Jesuit Theological Seminary
1934 - 1969
Harry L. Tevis Estate
1906 - 1934
FloodEstate
1894-1906
KnowlesEstate
1887-1894
Timber Harvesting
1850s - 1887
Native AmericanPeriod
Pre-1850s
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ALMA COLLEGE SITEMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Alma College Campus, 1937
Jesuits maintaining the landscape at Upper Lake
Landscaping and walkways through campus
Alma College Chapel
Lily Pond, 1913
Portrait of Harry Tevis, 1905Auto in front of the Tevis mansion
Tevis Library, 1909
Tevis guests on a retaining wall, 1912
Tevis Library Interior, 1909-1931
Flood Mansion, 1905
Flood’s Estate, Almadale, 1900
Example of a 19th century logging camp near Los Gatos
MROSDOwnership
Hong KongMetro Realty
1999 - 2010 1989-1999
Site Leased Out AfterJesuits Leave
1969 - 1989
Alma College Jesuit Theological Seminary
1934 - 1969
Harry L. Tevis Estate
1906 - 1934
FloodEstate
1894-1906
KnowlesEstate
1887-1894
Timber Harvesting
1850s - 1887
Native AmericanPeriod
Pre-1850s
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ALMA COLLEGE SITEMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Alma College Campus, 1937
Jesuits maintaining the landscape at Upper Lake
Landscaping and walkways through campus
Alma College Chapel
Lily Pond, 1913
Portrait of Harry Tevis, 1905Auto in front of the Tevis mansion
Tevis Library, 1909
Tevis guests on a retaining wall, 1912
Tevis Library Interior, 1909-1931
Flood Mansion, 1905
Flood’s Estate, Almadale, 1900
Example of a 19th century logging camp near Los Gatos
MROSDOwnership
Hong KongMetro Realty
1999 - 2010 1989-1999
Site Leased Out AfterJesuits Leave
1969 - 1989
Alma College Jesuit Theological Seminary
1934 - 1969
Harry L. Tevis Estate
1906 - 1934
FloodEstate
1894-1906
KnowlesEstate
1887-1894
Timber Harvesting
1850s - 1887
Native AmericanPeriod
Pre-1850s
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ALMA COLLEGE SITEMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Alma College Campus, 1937
Jesuits maintaining the landscape at Upper Lake
Landscaping and walkways through campus
Alma College Chapel
Lily Pond, 1913
Portrait of Harry Tevis, 1905Auto in front of the Tevis mansion
Tevis Library, 1909
Tevis guests on a retaining wall, 1912
Tevis Library Interior, 1909-1931
Flood Mansion, 1905
Flood’s Estate, Almadale, 1900
Example of a 19th century logging camp near Los Gatos
MROSDOwnership
Hong KongMetro Realty
1999 - 2010 1989-1999
Site Leased Out AfterJesuits Leave
1969 - 1989
Alma College Jesuit Theological Seminary
1934 - 1969
Harry L. Tevis Estate
1906 - 1934
FloodEstate
1894-1906
KnowlesEstate
1887-1894
Timber Harvesting
1850s - 1887
Native AmericanPeriod
Pre-1850s
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ALMA COLLEGE SITEMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Alma College Campus, 1937
Jesuits maintaining the landscape at Upper Lake
Landscaping and walkways through campus
Alma College Chapel
Lily Pond, 1913
Portrait of Harry Tevis, 1905Auto in front of the Tevis mansion
Tevis Library, 1909
Tevis guests on a retaining wall, 1912
Tevis Library Interior, 1909-1931
Flood Mansion, 1905
Flood’s Estate, Almadale, 1900
Example of a 19th century logging camp near Los Gatos
MROSDOwnership
Hong KongMetro Realty
1999 - 2010 1989-1999
Site Leased Out AfterJesuits Leave
1969 - 1989
Alma College Jesuit Theological Seminary
1934 - 1969
Harry L. Tevis Estate
1906 - 1934
FloodEstate
1894-1906
KnowlesEstate
1887-1894
Timber Harvesting
1850s - 1887
Native AmericanPeriod
Pre-1850s
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ALMA COLLEGE SITEMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Alma College Campus, 1937
Jesuits maintaining the landscape at Upper Lake
Landscaping and walkways through campus
Alma College Chapel
Lily Pond, 1913
Portrait of Harry Tevis, 1905Auto in front of the Tevis mansion
Tevis Library, 1909
Tevis guests on a retaining wall, 1912
Tevis Library Interior, 1909-1931
Flood Mansion, 1905
Flood’s Estate, Almadale, 1900
Example of a 19th century logging camp near Los Gatos
MROSDOwnership
Hong KongMetro Realty
1999 - 2010 1989-1999
Site Leased Out AfterJesuits Leave
1969 - 1989
Alma College Jesuit Theological Seminary
1934 - 1969
Harry L. Tevis Estate
1906 - 1934
FloodEstate
1894-1906
KnowlesEstate
1887-1894
Timber Harvesting
1850s - 1887
Native AmericanPeriod
Pre-1850s
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ALMA COLLEGE SITEMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Alma College Campus, 1937
Jesuits maintaining the landscape at Upper Lake
Landscaping and walkways through campus
Alma College Chapel
Lily Pond, 1913
Portrait of Harry Tevis, 1905Auto in front of the Tevis mansion
Tevis Library, 1909
Tevis guests on a retaining wall, 1912
Tevis Library Interior, 1909-1931
Flood Mansion, 1905
Flood’s Estate, Almadale, 1900
Example of a 19th century logging camp near Los Gatos
MROSDOwnership
Hong KongMetro Realty
1999 - 2010 1989-1999
Site Leased Out AfterJesuits Leave
1969 - 1989
Alma College Jesuit Theological Seminary
1934 - 1969
Harry L. Tevis Estate
1906 - 1934
FloodEstate
1894-1906
KnowlesEstate
1887-1894
Timber Harvesting
1850s - 1887
Native AmericanPeriod
Pre-1850s
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ALMA COLLEGE SITEMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Alma College Campus, 1937
Jesuits maintaining the landscape at Upper Lake
Landscaping and walkways through campus
Alma College Chapel
Lily Pond, 1913
Portrait of Harry Tevis, 1905Auto in front of the Tevis mansion
Tevis Library, 1909
Tevis guests on a retaining wall, 1912
Tevis Library Interior, 1909-1931
Flood Mansion, 1905
Flood’s Estate, Almadale, 1900
Example of a 19th century logging camp near Los Gatos
MROSDOwnership
Hong KongMetro Realty
1999 - 2010 1989-1999
Site Leased Out AfterJesuits Leave
1969 - 1989
Alma College Jesuit Theological Seminary
1934 - 1969
Harry L. Tevis Estate
1906 - 1934
FloodEstate
1894-1906
KnowlesEstate
1887-1894
Timber Harvesting
1850s - 1887
Native AmericanPeriod
Pre-1850s
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ALMA COLLEGE SITEMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Alma College Campus, 1937
Jesuits maintaining the landscape at Upper Lake
Landscaping and walkways through campus
Alma College Chapel
Lily Pond, 1913
Portrait of Harry Tevis, 1905Auto in front of the Tevis mansion
Tevis Library, 1909
Tevis guests on a retaining wall, 1912
Tevis Library Interior, 1909-1931
Flood Mansion, 1905
Flood’s Estate, Almadale, 1900
Example of a 19th century logging camp near Los Gatos
MROSDOwnership
Hong KongMetro Realty
1999 - 2010 1989-1999
Site Leased Out AfterJesuits Leave
1969 - 1989
Alma College Jesuit Theological Seminary
1934 - 1969
Harry L. Tevis Estate
1906 - 1934
FloodEstate
1894-1906
KnowlesEstate
1887-1894
Timber Harvesting
1850s - 1887
Native AmericanPeriod
Pre-1850s
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ALMA COLLEGE SITEMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Alma College Campus, 1937
Jesuits maintaining the landscape at Upper Lake
Landscaping and walkways through campus
Alma College Chapel
Lily Pond, 1913
Portrait of Harry Tevis, 1905Auto in front of the Tevis mansion
Tevis Library, 1909
Tevis guests on a retaining wall, 1912
Tevis Library Interior, 1909-1931
Flood Mansion, 1905
Flood’s Estate, Almadale, 1900
Example of a 19th century logging camp near Los Gatos
MROSDOwnership
Hong KongMetro Realty
1999 - 2010 1989-1999
Site Leased Out AfterJesuits Leave
1969 - 1989
Alma College Jesuit Theological Seminary
1934 - 1969
Harry L. Tevis Estate
1906 - 1934
FloodEstate
1894-1906
KnowlesEstate
1887-1894
Timber Harvesting
1850s - 1887
Native AmericanPeriod
Pre-1850s
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ALMA COLLEGE SITEMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Alma College Campus, 1937
Jesuits maintaining the landscape at Upper Lake
Landscaping and walkways through campus
Alma College Chapel
Lily Pond, 1913
Portrait of Harry Tevis, 1905Auto in front of the Tevis mansion
Tevis Library, 1909
Tevis guests on a retaining wall, 1912
Tevis Library Interior, 1909-1931
Flood Mansion, 1905
Flood’s Estate, Almadale, 1900
Example of a 19th century logging camp near Los Gatos
MROSDOwnership
Hong KongMetro Realty
1999 - 2010 1989-1999
Site Leased Out AfterJesuits Leave
1969 - 1989
Alma College Jesuit Theological Seminary
1934 - 1969
Harry L. Tevis Estate
1906 - 1934
FloodEstate
1894-1906
KnowlesEstate
1887-1894
Timber Harvesting
1850s - 1887
Native AmericanPeriod
Pre-1850s
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ALMA COLLEGE SITEMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Alma College Campus, 1937
Jesuits maintaining the landscape at Upper Lake
Landscaping and walkways through campus
Alma College Chapel
Lily Pond, 1913
Portrait of Harry Tevis, 1905Auto in front of the Tevis mansion
Tevis Library, 1909
Tevis guests on a retaining wall, 1912
Tevis Library Interior, 1909-1931
Flood Mansion, 1905
Flood’s Estate, Almadale, 1900
Example of a 19th century logging camp near Los Gatos
MROSDOwnership
Hong KongMetro Realty
1999 - 2010 1989-1999
Site Leased Out AfterJesuits Leave
1969 - 1989
Alma College Jesuit Theological Seminary
1934 - 1969
Harry L. Tevis Estate
1906 - 1934
FloodEstate
1894-1906
KnowlesEstate
1887-1894
Timber Harvesting
1850s - 1887
Native AmericanPeriod
Pre-1850s
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ALMA COLLEGE SITEMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Alma College Campus, 1937
Jesuits maintaining the landscape at Upper Lake
Landscaping and walkways through campus
Alma College Chapel
Lily Pond, 1913
Portrait of Harry Tevis, 1905Auto in front of the Tevis mansion
Tevis Library, 1909
Tevis guests on a retaining wall, 1912
Tevis Library Interior, 1909-1931
Flood Mansion, 1905
Flood’s Estate, Almadale, 1900
Example of a 19th century logging camp near Los Gatos
MROSDOwnership
Hong KongMetro Realty
1999 - 2010 1989-1999
Site Leased Out AfterJesuits Leave
1969 - 1989
Alma College Jesuit Theological Seminary
1934 - 1969
Harry L. Tevis Estate
1906 - 1934
FloodEstate
1894-1906
KnowlesEstate
1887-1894
Timber Harvesting
1850s - 1887
Native AmericanPeriod
Pre-1850s
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ALMA COLLEGE SITEMidpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Tevis guests on retaining wall portrait of Harry Tevis, ca. 1905 Tevis mansion
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EXISTING CULTURAL LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS AT FORMER ALMA COLLEGE SITE
ALMA COLLEGE CAMPUS ca. 1937 campus walkways the upper lake Alma College Chapel
TEVIS ESTATE ca. 1909-1931 library interior Tevis library the lily pond
FLOOD MANSION, ca. 1905 Flood’s estate map: ALMADALE, ca. 1900
NATIVE AMERICAN PERIOD, grinding rock in BCR Preserve
TIMBER HARVESTING, example of logging camp, ca. 19thC
Bear Creek Redwoods Preserve PlanPUBLIC WORKSHOP OPEN HOUSE APRIL . 29 . 2015
STATION 3
ALMA COLLEGEPOTENTIAL CULTURAL LANDSCAPE REHABILITATION CONSIDERATIONS
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Alma College Structure
Driveway
Deck
Shrine
Concrete Retaining Wall
Historic Brick Wall
Historic Stone Wall
Walkway
Preserve Trail
Preserve Paved Road
Public Paved Road
1200
Alma College Structure
Driveway
Deck
Shrine
Concrete Retaining Wall
Historic Brick Wall
Historic Stone Wall
Walkway
Preserve Trail
Preserve Paved Road
Public Paved Road
ALMA COLLEGE STRUCTURES:consider retentiondemolish + recordDRIVEWAYDECKSHRINECONCRETE RETAINING WALLHISTORIC BRICK WALLHISTORIC STONE WALLWALKWAYPRESERVE TRAILPRESERVE PAVED ROAD
PUBLIC PAVED ROAD
North
0 200 ft
ST JOSEPH SHRINE
NORTH WALKWAY
CHAPEL
AQUEDUCT / LOWER GARDENS AREA
CORE AREA
ACCESS AND UPPER POND/GARDENS AREA
Bear Creek Road
CURRENT ACCES at BC04
POTENTIAL NEW ACCESS(currently under study)
Bear Creek Redwoods Preserve PlanPUBLIC WORKSHOP OPEN HOUSE APRIL . 29 . 2015
STATION 3
ALMA COLLEGEEXISTING CONDITIONS
POTENTIAL NEW PROGRAMS
PICNICS
UPPER POND CLASSROOM BUILDING
TRAILS (TRACES) AROUND UPPER POND ROADS
TASTINGS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
SPECIAL EVENTS