Governor's House

Governor's House or Douglas House is a house in Santa Clara, Santa Clara. Built from 1955 to 1956, it served as the second gubernatorial residence for Santa Clara.

Old Governor's House
The old Governor's House was constructed South 2nd Street in San Jose in 1887-9, a fairly large Victorian mansion. It was remodeled in 1922, but to fairly poor standards in a measure to save costs. By the 1960s it was in need of significant restoration and city planners had determined the cost would be excessive when compared to the house's value and recommended it be sold or rebuilt.

Douglas House
In 1953, British born Sierran politician Harry Douglas (1921-2004) bought a lot on Calle de Primavera to eventually build a house. He hired architect xx to build a modern single-story house, but with a central courtyard to evoke historic Spanish colonial houses.