Hillbrook School — a Los Gatos-based institution that goes back 90 years but is just in its third year of high school — cut the ribbon on a new classroom building in downtown San Jose on Friday that is steeped in history.

The three-story brick-and-sandstone Moir building at 227 N. First St. is a real beauty from 1894, with a massive skylight that rains sunshine into its interior and charming bay windows. It was one of the original work-live buildings downtown, with tenants who lived on the upper floors running businesses out of the storefronts on the ground floor. It served as a hotel for most of its life and, most recently, housed the offices of the Robinson & Wood law firm. • Inside the newly renovated building for Hillbrook School in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (Shae

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