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Woodside Store
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Woodside Store
Location3300 Tripp Road, Woodside, California
Coordinates 37°25′50″N122°16′38″W / 37.43042°N 122.27723°W / 37.43042; -122.27723 [2]
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1854;171 years ago (1854)
ArchitectDr. Robert Orville Tripp, Mathias A. Parkhurst
NRHP reference No. 85001563 [3]
CHISL No.93 [4]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 18, 1985
Designated CHISLMarch 29, 1993

The Woodside Store also called Tripp Store, sits at 3300 Tripp Road at Kings Mountain Road, Woodside, San Mateo County, California. [5] [6] This building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1985 [3] and is listed as a California Historical Landmark in San Mateo County since 1949. [7] [8] It was preserved through the efforts of the San Mateo Historical Association in the 1940s. After being taken under the wing of the Association in 1979, it was subject to a substantial restoration during the mid-1980s, which was completed by 1994. [9]

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History

The current Woodside Store was constructed in 1854 (after the 1851 version burned down) by two early pioneers named Robert Orville "Doc" Tripp and Mathias Parkhurst. [9] [10] Tripp was a dentist from Massachusetts that came to California during the Gold Rush. [9] This redwood emporium sat in the middle of the San Francisco Peninsula's lumbering district; it was, for a time, the only general store and stagecoach stop between San Francisco and Santa Clara. [6] [11] The store sold everything from food to construction supplies and also served as a post office, bank, saloon and dentist office. [6] [12] After Parkhurst's death in 1863, the store was operated by Tripp until his death in 1909, at the age of 93. [10]

Legend has it that Tripp had a very large dog that would follow him and they are photographed together. [13] It has been rumored that there is a ghost of his dog, haunting the Woodside Store. [13]

The store was acquired by the County in 1940, and opened in 1947 as a museum. [8]

Museum

Tours of the museum are arranged through the Woodside Store School Program and non-school groups can call the museum to schedule a tour. [14]

The museum of the Woodside Store has been restored to its 1880s appearance, and you can see the types of goods available in that time period – "from canned fruit and frying pans to nails and sewing machines." [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Woodside Store". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks . Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Old Woodside Store". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. January 19, 1981. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "National Register Information System – Woodside Store (#85001563)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Woodside Store". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks . Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  5. ↑ "WOODSIDE STORE". San Mateo County Silicon Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 Schuessler, Anna (May 6, 2017). "If walls could talk: Old Woodside Store Day opens window into the county's past". San Mateo Daily Journal . Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Office of Historic Preservation, San Mateo County". California State Parks . Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Woodside Store". Support Parks in San Mateo County. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 "Woodside Store History". San Mateo County Historical Association. January 12, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Catalog, Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey". Library of Congress . Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Woodside Store History". Parks Department, San Mateo County. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  12. 1 2 Cohn, Susan (July 7, 2012). "Museum gotta see 'um". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  13. 1 2 Weigel, Samantha (October 31, 2014). "San Mateo County has its share of the supernatural: Urban legends and ghosts stories haunt historic sites". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Woodside Store Tours". San Mateo County Historical Association. September 30, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
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