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Stanford University was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford, dedicated to the memory of Leland Stanford Jr., their only child. The institution opened in 1891 on Stanford's previous Palo Alto farm. The Stanfords modeled their university after the great Eastern universities, specifically Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Stanford University as it appeared on the official map of the County of Santa Clara in 1890. Note the communities of University Park (now downtown Palo Alto), Palo Alto (now College Terrace in Palo Alto), and Mayfield (annexed by Palo Alto in the 1920s).
The hospital is located adjacent to the campus at 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, California. It was founded in 1991 and is staffed by over 650 physicians with 4,750 staff and volunteers. [ 10 ] The hospital specializes in the care of infants, children, teens, young adults aged 0–21, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] but sometimes treats older adults [ 13 ] and ...
A wedding ceremony in the chancel. Stanford Memorial Church (also referred to informally as MemChu) [ 1] is located on the Main Quad at the center of the Stanford University campus in Stanford, California, United States. It was built during the American Renaissance [ 2] by Jane Stanford as a memorial to her husband Leland.
Stanford is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is the home of Stanford University. The population was 21,150 at the 2020 census. [3] Stanford is an unincorporated area of Santa Clara County and is adjacent to the city of Palo Alto. The place is named after Stanford ...
Stanford Shopping Center. / 37.44306°N 122.17111°W / 37.44306; -122.17111. Stanford Shopping Center is an upscale open air shopping mall located on Route 82 ( El Camino Real) at Sand Hill Road in Palo Alto, California. It is on the campus of Stanford University although the university only owns the land and not the actual buildings or ...
Cantor Arts Center (officially Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, previously the Stanford University Museum of Art) is an art museum on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, United States. The museum first opened in 1894 and consists of over 130,000 sq ft (12,000 m 2) of exhibition ...
Stanford Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium on the west coast of the United States, located on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. It is the home of the Stanford Cardinal and hosts the university's commencement exercises. Opened 103 years ago in 1921 as a football and track and field stadium, [7] it was an ...