Silicon Valley advocates pledge funds to save farmhouse of WWII internment camp survivor

THE JAPANESE AMERICAN Museum of San Jose is teaming up with preservation advocates to save a farmhouse once home to a World War II internment camp survivor.

A 1,472-apartment development on Seely Avenue threatened the North San Jose farmhouse once owned by Eiichi “Ed” Sakauye with demolition before residents stepped in to lobby for preserving the home. They succeeded and developers The Hanover Company gave them an initial fundraising deadline of Nov. 15, which was later extended to early next year. Advocates said they have enough pledged donations to move the Sakauye House to History Park by next summer. The park is located on the south end of Kelley Park at the intersection of Senter Road and Phelan Avenue.