Woodside Store
Woodside Store | |
Location | 3300 Tripp Road, Woodside, California |
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Coordinates | 37°25′50″N 122°16′38″W / 37.43042°N 122.27723°W[3] |
Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
Built | 1854 |
Architect | Dr. Robert Orville Tripp, Mathias A. Parkhurst |
NRHP reference No. | 85001563[1] |
CHISL No. | 93[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 18, 1985 |
Designated CHISL | March 29, 1993 |
The Woodside Store also called Tripp Store, sits at 3300 Tripp Road at Kings Mountain Road, Woodside, San Mateo County, California.[4][5] This building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1985[1] and is listed as a California Historical Landmark in San Mateo County since 1949.[6][7] 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.[8]
History
[edit]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.[8][9] Tripp was a dentist from Massachusetts that came to California during the Gold Rush.[8] 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.[5][10] The store sold everything from food to construction supplies and also served as a post office, bank, saloon and dentist office.[5][11] After Parkhurst's death in 1863, the store was operated by Tripp until his death in 1909, at the age of 93.[9]
Legend has it that Tripp had a very large dog that would follow him and they are photographed together.[12] It has been rumored that there is a ghost of his dog, haunting the Woodside Store.[12]
The store was acquired by the County in 1940, and opened in 1947 as a museum.[7]
Museum
[edit]Tours of the museum are arranged through the Woodside Store School Program and non-school groups can call the museum to schedule a tour.[13]
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."[11]
Gallery
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Robert Orville Tripp
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Exterior of the Woodside Store with State of California plaque
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Exterior
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Exterior prior to restoration
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Interior of the Woodside Store
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Interior of the Woodside Store, with staircase
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Interior of the store in 2021
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Interior storage room in 2021
See also
[edit]- California Historical Landmarks in San Mateo County, California
- National Register of Historic Places listings in San Mateo County, California
- San Mateo County History Museum
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System – Woodside Store (#85001563)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
- ^ "Woodside Store". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
- ^ "Old Woodside Store". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. January 19, 1981. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
- ^ "WOODSIDE STORE". San Mateo County Silicon Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ a b c Schuessler, Anna (2017-05-06). "If walls could talk: Old Woodside Store Day opens window into the county's past". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
- ^ "Office of Historic Preservation, San Mateo County". California State Parks. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ a b "Woodside Store". Support Parks in San Mateo County. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ^ a b c "Woodside Store History". San Mateo County Historical Association. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ a b "Catalog, Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ "Woodside Store History". Parks Department, San Mateo County. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ a b Cohn, Susan (2012-07-07). "Museum gotta see 'um". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ a b Weigel, Samantha (2014-10-31). "San Mateo County has its share of the supernatural: Urban legends and ghosts stories haunt historic sites". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ "Woodside Store Tours". San Mateo County Historical Association. 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- Protected areas of San Mateo County, California
- National Register of Historic Places in San Mateo County, California
- Ghost stories
- 1854 establishments in California
- California Historical Landmarks
- Museums in San Mateo County, California
- History museums in California
- Reportedly haunted locations in California