Stanford Stadium, located on the campus of Stanford University at Arboretum Road and Galvez Street, was built in 1921 and home to the Stanford Cardinal football team. It opened on November 19, 1921 with a 42-7 Stanford loss to California.
Seating capacity was originally 60,000, with a 66-row, U-Shaped structure second only to the Yale Bowl in size at the time. In 1925, 10,200 seats were added, nearly enclosing the horseshoe. In 1927, 14 additional rows of seating were added. Renovations in the mid 1920s increased the Stadium to its maximum capacity of 85,500, with 80 rows of seating. Additional renovations were undertaken in 1960--the incorporation of a press box, in 1973--tunnel entrances on the west side, and in 1978--installation of a Tartan Track and the north and south scoreboards. An extensive renovation in 2005 reduced capacity to 50,000 and borught the building up to date with present standards.
In addition to Stanford football, Stanford Stadium hosted Super Bowl XIX, when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Miami Dolpins 38-16. Stanford Stadium has also hosted other non football events. Herbert Hoover gave his acceptance speech for the 1928 Republican Presidential nomination here. International soccer matches for the Games of the XXIII Olympiad in 1984, the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup were held here.
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The Hanna-Honeycomb House, located on Stanford University's campus at 737 Frenchman's Road, was Frank Lloyd Wright's first work in the San Francisco region and his first work with non-rectangular structures. Built in 1937 and expanded over 25 years, it is the first and best example of Wright's innovative hexagonal design. Patterned after a bee's honeycomb, the house incorporates six-sided figures with 120-degree angles in its plan, in its numerous tiled terraces, and even in built-in furnishings.
The house was originally designed for Paul R. Hanna and his wife Jean, both well-known educators and for many years associated with Stanford University and the Hoover Institution. Wright's initial plans called for flat terrain, but the lot the Hannas purchased was hilly and located on a portion of the San Andreas Fault. One-story high with a central clerestory (an outside wall of a room or building that rises above an adjoining roof and contains windows), the Hannah House is constructed of native redwood board and batten, San Jose brick, cement and plate glass. It clings to and completes the hillside on which it was built as the floor and courtyard levels conform to the slope of this one and one-half acre site. The entire site includes the main house, a guesthouse, hobby shop, storage building, double garage, carport, breezeway, and garden house with pools and water cascade. After living in the house for 38 years, the Hannas deeded the property to Stanford University in 1974 where it is now used as a private residence and university functions.
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Stanford Memorial Church, located in the main quad at the center of the Stanford University campus, was commissioned by Jane Stanford as a memorial to her husband, Leland Stanford, founder of the university. Dedicated on January 25, 1903, the church was designed by architect Charles A. Coolidge in the Romanesque style after H.H. Richardson's Trinity Church in Boston in mind--an allusion diminished greatly when its large central tower with turrets and a twelve-sided spire was lost as a result from the 1906 Earthquake. It also features distinct Byzantine details, stylized after those seen by Jane Stanford on her visits to the churches of Constantinople and Venice.
The ornate facade is divided into two zones with a gable roof of low pitch surmounted by a Celtic cross. The lower zone features three arched entrances with surrounding stonework, intricately carved with stylized flora, twisted-cable moldings, and bosses of sculpted cherubim. In the spandrels are mosaic depictions of the biblical concepts intertwined in a vine representing the "tree of life".
The upper zone features a large central window, with groups of three smaller windows on each side, surrounded by the largest of the church's many mosaics, created by Antonio Paoletti, and recreated by him after the 1906 earthquake. Measuring 84 feet wide at the base and 30 feet in height, at the time of its completion, it was the largest mosaic in the U.S. It depicts a group of men, women and children, 47 in all, surrounding Christ, in front of a landscape with "waving palms and a gleaming sky." After Jane Stanford's death, the mosaic popularly gained the name "The Sermon on the Mount", although Stanford University historian Richard Joncas has insisted it does not depict the scene as described in the Gospel of Matthew.
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Hoover Tower, part of the Hoover Institution located on the campus of Stanford University, was built by Arthur Brown Jr in 1941, the year of Stanford's 50th anniversary. Inspired by the cathedral tower at Salamanca, the 285-foot tall tower houses library stacks on the first nine floors, offices on the next three, and an observation deck platform 250-feet high. The tower has a carillon of 48 bells cast in Belgium, with the largest weighing 2.5 tons.
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Stanford Memorial Church, located in the main quad at the center of the Stanford University campus, was commissioned by Jane Stanford as a memorial to her husband, Leland Stanford, founder of the university. Dedicated on January 25, 1903, the church was designed by architect Charles A. Coolidge in the Romanesque style after H.H. Richardson's Trinity Church in Boston in mind--an allusion diminished greatly when its large central tower with turrets and a twelve-sided spire was lost as a result from the 1906 Earthquake. It also features distinct Byzantine details, stylized after those seen by Jane Stanford on her visits to the churches of Constantinople and Venice.
The ornate facade is divided into two zones with a gable roof of low pitch surmounted by a Celtic cross. The lower zone features three arched entrances with surrounding stonework, intricately carved with stylized flora, twisted-cable moldings, and bosses of sculpted cherubim. In the spandrels are mosaic depictions of the biblical concepts intertwined in a vine representing the "tree of life".
The upper zone features a large central window, with groups of three smaller windows on each side, surrounded by the largest of the church's many mosaics, created by Antonio Paoletti, and recreated by him after the 1906 earthquake. Measuring 84 feet wide at the base and 30 feet in height, at the time of its completion, it was the largest mosaic in the U.S. It depicts a group of men, women and children, 47 in all, surrounding Christ, in front of a landscape with "waving palms and a gleaming sky." After Jane Stanford's death, the mosaic popularly gained the name "The Sermon on the Mount", although Stanford University historian Richard Joncas has insisted it does not depict the scene as described in the Gospel of Matthew.
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