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- ↑ Carolyn Feroben. "THEODORE LENZEN, ARCHITECT OF THE FIRST NORMAL SCHOOL, SAN JOSE". santaclararesearch.net. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ↑ San Jose City's Theodore Lenzen Park at Lenzen and Stockton Avenue
- ↑ Preservation board lawsuit against SJSU to save the Scheller House built in 1904
- ↑ The Valley of Heart's Delight Biography project
