Kelley Park in San Jose, California

San Jose, California

San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

, USA

United States

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 is 156 acres (631,000 m²), including diverse facilities such as Happy Hollow Park & Zoo

Happy Hollow Park & Zoo

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, the Japanese Friendship Garden

Japanese Friendship Garden (Kelley Park)

The Japanese Friendship Garden is a walled section of Kelley Park in San Jose, California, USA. Dedicated in October 1965, it is patterned after Japan's famous Korakuen Garden in Okayama . The three main ponds were stocked with koi sent from Okayama in 1966...

, History Park at Kelley Park

History Park at Kelley Park

History Park at Kelley Park in San Jose, California, USA is designed as an indoor/outdoor museum, arranged to appear as a small US town might have in the early 1900s...

, Portuguese Historical Museum

Portuguese Historical Museum

The Portuguese Historical Museum in San Jose, California, USA opened in 1997, and is a replica of the first permanent império built in San Jose circa 1915...

, and Viet Museum

Viet Museum

The Viet Museum is a museum focusing on the experience of Vietnamese Americans and their journey from Vietnam to the United States. It is located in the historical Kelley Park in San Jose, California, United States and was opened on August 25, 2007....

 within the history park. Most of the rest of the park is picnic areas, lawns, groves of trees, and plenty of pathways in between.

Kelley Park is located at the intersections of Story and Senter Roads in East San Jose

East San Jose

East San Jose is the name for several neighborhoods east of downtown San Jose, California. These neighborhoods include:* King and Story* Alum Rock* East Foothills* Little Portugal-Demographics:...

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The land was once a farm

Farm

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 owned by Mrs. Louise Kelley who inherited the land from her father Judge Lawrence Archer, a former mayor

Mayor

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of San Jose.