January 28, 1978: Apple Computer occupies its first custom-built office, giving the company a bespoke business center to house its growing operations.

A full 15 years before One Infinite Loop, and almost 40 before Apple Park’s stunning “spaceship” will land, 10260 Bandley Drive — aka “Bandley 1” — becomes the first purpose-built, permanent headquarters for the newly founded company.

According to Silicon Valley folklore, Apple’s first headquarters sprang up in Steve Jobs’ parents garage. However, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says very little work actually occurred at that legendary location.

“We did no designs there, no breadboarding, no prototyping, no planning of products. We did no manufacturing there,” he told one interviewer. “The garage didn’t serve much purpose, except it was something for us to feel was our home.”

After outgrowing the garage, and officially forming as a company, Apple moved to 20863 Stevens Creek Boulevard, nicknamed the “Good Earth” building. Finally, in early 1978 — a year after Apple launched the Apple II — the company moved into its first custom-built headquarters on Bandley Drive.

Inside Bandley 1, Apple’s first custom-built HQ

As can be seen in the above image, sketched out in January 1978 by a young Chris Espinosa (now Apple’s longest-serving employee), the building consisted of four quadrants: marketing/admin, engineering, manufacturing and a large empty space with no official use, at least initially. “Tennis courts?” Espinosa jokingly wrote on the layout. Later, it became Apple’s first warehouse, before the company leased a building across the street, and a second next door, to grow into.

The “Advent” room shown on the diagram was a demo space. It housed a state-of-the-art $3,000 projection TV to dazzle visitors. Jobs reportedly got his own office because nobody wanted to share with him. Mike Markkula, a crucial figure in early Apple history, landed his own because he smoked at work.

Spanish architecture influenced the design of Bandley 1. Today the structure mostly resembles a drab 1970s office — which is exactly what it was.

Apple’s Bandley headquarters ultimately grew to include Bandley 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Confusingly, these weren’t named in a logical order, but rather the order that Apple acquired each one. Bandley 2, for example, was positioned between Bandley 4 and 5.

According to the website AppleWorld, today the Bandley buildings house a law office, the United Systems Technology computer store, and the Cupertino Driving School.