Mountain View, California

Monta
Loma

Eichlers, Mackays and Mardells on quiet single-story streets — mid-century Mountain View between San Antonio Road, Middlefield, Rengstorff and Central Expressway.

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The neighborhood

Monta Loma homes for sale in Mountain View's mid-century heart.

Monta Loma is defined by San Antonio Road, Middlefield Road, Rengstorff Avenue and Central Expressway. The homes went up in the post–World War II boom — mostly California-style mid-century moderns by Joseph Eichler, John Calder Mackay and the Mardell Building Company, including the 200-home Fairview Eichler tract of 1954. Part of today's neighborhood was once an airfield, which explains some of its unusual street geometry.

The neighborhood has one of the best-preserved tracts of Mackay homes anywhere, and its most famous former resident is Steve Jobs, who lived on Diablo Avenue from 1959 to 1967 and attended Monta Loma Elementary. Buyers choose Monta Loma for authentic mid-century architecture, a strong community association dating to 1977, and a location across the freeway from Google's campus. For sellers, the Eichler and mid-century pedigree is the headline.

1950s tracts Fairview Eichlers (1954), plus Mackay and Mardell homes

Steve Jobs' childhood The Jobs family lived on Diablo Avenue, 1959–1967

Community-built park Neighbors built Thaddeus Park in the 1970s

A sense of place

Mid-century, lovingly kept.

Walking Monta Loma is a study in postwar optimism: low-slung rooflines, walls of glass, atriums and carports, with almost no two-story homes — so the sky and the hills are always visible. Many homes have passed down through generations; new owners describe the neighborhood as old-style, 'like it used to be.' Who lives here: mid-century architecture devotees, Google and tech-campus employees who walk or bike to work, and families drawn by the elementary school and the famously neighborly association.

Architecture Eichler, Mackay and Mardell mid-century homes, mostly single-story.

Landscape Flat streets, front gardens, and open sky — almost no two-story homes.

Daily life Association events, Thaddeus Park, walks to the corner shops.

01 / Education

Schools near Monta Loma homes.

Public school placement is determined by the local districts and can change. Confirm the exact property address directly with the district before relying on an assignment.

Monta Loma Elementary School campus aerial, Mountain View

District resources

District and campus resources for Monta Loma buyers.

Monta Loma is served by the Mountain View Whisman School District — Monta Loma Elementary and Crittenden Middle School — with high school through the Mountain View–Los Altos Union High School District. Confirm the exact property address directly with each district.

Mountain View Whisman School District

Official district and enrollment resources

Official site

Monta Loma Elementary

Grades TK–5 · 460 Thompson Ave, Mountain View

Official site

Crittenden Middle School

Mountain View Whisman middle school

Official site

Los Altos High School

Mountain View–Los Altos Union High School District

Official site

02 / Parks

Thaddeus Park, built by neighbors.

In the 1970s, hundreds of Monta Loma neighbors came together to build what became Thaddeus Park — a lasting symbol of the community spirit that still defines the neighborhood. Rengstorff Park's pools and sports fields sit just east.

Thaddeus Park

Community-built park at the neighborhood's heart

Official site

Rengstorff Park

Pools, sports fields and community center to the east

Baylands Nature Preserve

Wetland trails a short ride north

Park hours and facility conditions can change. Review the official city listings before visiting.

Nearby outdoors

Trails to the Bay

The Stevens Creek Trail and the Baylands Nature Preserve put miles of car-free paths a short ride from Monta Loma's doorsteps.

Stevens Creek Trail

Paved trail along the creek to the Bay.

Baylands Nature Preserve

Wetland loops with bay and mountain views.

Shoreline Lake

Sailing, windsurfing and lakeside paths.

Trail conditions, seasonal closures and access rules can change. Check the linked official resources before heading out.

03 / Local life

Corner shops and the Googleplex.

A shopping center in one corner of the neighborhood covers coffee, dry cleaning and restaurants; San Antonio's larger retail and downtown Mountain View are minutes away, and Google's campus sits just across the freeway.

Eichler home in Mountain View — A Fairview-tract Eichler

Mountain View Eichler remodel exterior — Walls of glass, indoor-outdoor living

Shopping

The corner center & San Antonio

The neighborhood's corner shopping center holds a coffee shop, dry cleaning and restaurants; the San Antonio corridor's larger retail is minutes south.

Tech

Across from Google

Google's campus sits just across the freeway — many Monta Loma residents walk or bike to work, and the company has worked with the neighborhood association on the transition.

Community

The neighborhood association

The Monta Loma Neighborhood Association, founded in 1977, runs annual events, a large email list and emergency-preparedness training — the social fabric of the area.

Map & getting around

Getting around Monta Loma.

Monta Loma sits between San Antonio Road, Middlefield Road, Rengstorff Avenue and Central Expressway. These are the everyday destinations residents reach most.

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