oriented, agricultural community of the turn-of-the-century. Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Edwardian and Neoclassical commercial buildings replaced the damaged Victorian and Romanesque businesses. In addition, Mission Revival, California's first indigenous architecture, dominated smaller commercial architecture. Spanish Colonial Revival also provided California with a new historic architectural mode. During the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, modernization and further consolidation characterized the downtown core. New growth patterns to the west and south of the center of the city changed the commercial desirability of the downtown core area of San Jose. New construction was virtually nonexistent until the government sponsored redevelopment programs of the 1960s began razing of entire center city blocks for planned new development. Architectural landmarks Late 19th-century buildings Knox-Goodrich Building, 1889 La Rosa Pharmacy, 1870 Letitia Building, 1890 Oddfellows Building, 1883 (Italianate) Security Building, 1892 (Romanesque Revival) Early 20th century Landmark Square, 1907 Bank of America building, 1926 – San Jose's first skyscraper, at fourteen stories Jose Theater (Mission Revival) "El Paseo" shopping block, 1920s (Spanish Colonial Revival) Footnotes References External links History of San Jose, California History of Santa Clara County, California Geography of San Jose, California Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in California National Register of Historic Places in Santa Clara County, California Downtown San Jose Neighborhoods in San Jose, California