A view of the college under construction, taken from a hillside that is now on the opposite side of the 280 Freeway. The flattened hill area on the middle left of the image is where the gymnasiums will be built. The flat, dirt road that runs left to right in the center of this image would later be widened to become the Junipero Serra Freeway, also known as the 280 Freeway.
The Foothill College football field is under construction in 1959. This image is looking at the field from El Monte Road. Behind the trees at the back of this image runs the creek that crosses though the front part of the campus. ON the far left, you will see the slanted grading done for the bleachers. Photographer unknown.
Construction of the new campus begins in 1959. A photographer stands on the hillside, lining up a shot of the site that has recently been cleared. Photographer unknown.
The Campus Loop road is graded by a contractor. There are two buildings in the background. The smaller structure, closer to the camera, is an apartment with a garage beneath, that was built just prior to the property being sold to Foothill College (then the Foothill Junior College District) in 1957. Directly behind the apartment is the Griffin House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
This image, taken from the gymnasium side of the iconic Foothill Footbridge, shows the bridge, Campus Center, campus loop road and Appreciation Hall under construction. The Los Altos Hills campus opened to the public in the Fall of 1961.
Workers place the iconic "hat" on top of a Foothill building during construction in 1960. The "hat" was both a visual feature and a functional one. Inside the "hat" were the heating and ventilation systems that are typically placed on rooftops in full view. This was used on all buildings at Foothill to hide the unsightly equipment from view.
