Editing Los Gatos, California (section)

=== Architecture ===
Downtown Los Gatos has retained and restored many of its [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]]-era homes and commercial buildings. Notable buildings include the [[Forbes Mill]] annex, dating to 1880 and formerly housing a history museum;<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 22, 2014 |title=Los Gatos: Museums get new name, and soon new home |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/10/22/los-gatos-museums-get-new-name-and-soon-new-home/ |access-date=November 5, 2022 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref> Los Gatos High School, which dates from the 1920s; and the Old Town Shopping Center, formerly the University Avenue School (the school was established in 1882; the current buildings date to 1923).

The Lyndon Hotel was another location of significance in the town from its establishment in the 1890s until it was razed in 1963.The building was located on the site of a previous hotel. One that had changed hands numerous times over the previous years. But primarily under the ownership of one of the most esteemed Los Gatos business owners at the time. John Weldon Lyndon.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 10, 2007 |title=HISTORY: Hotel Lyndon was in the center of Los Gatos' activities |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/10/10/history-hotel-lyndon-was-in-the-center-of-los-gatos-activities/ |access-date=November 16, 2022 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>Bruntz, P. 9-12</ref>

A number of brick buildings in downtown Los Gatos were destroyed or seriously damaged in the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake]], though the district was quickly rebuilt and has made a full recovery.