Chesnutwood's Business College

Chesnutwood's Business College was established in Santa Cruz in 1884 by J. A. Chesnutwood, located in F. A. Hihn's Alta Building on Pacific Avenue. A year later the school moved to larger quarters in a new Hihn building next door. In 1906, Chesnutwood's merged with Heald's Business College, under which name it continues today.

• John L. Chase, The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023), Chapter Five, items (18) and (19), page 142.
• "Guide to the Chestnutwood Photo Album Collection (1888)" MAH Archives.

Wilber M. Gardner came from Illinois in 1883 to teach shorthand and typing.