Woodside Store

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 listed on the National Register of Historic Places in San Mateo County since 1985[3] and is listed as a California Historical Landmarks in San Mateo County.[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 and completed by 1994.[8]

Woodside Store
Woodside Store
Woodside Store
Woodside Store
Location3300 Tripp Road, Woodside, California
Coordinates37°25′46″N 122°17′06″W[2]
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1854 (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

History

The Woodside Store was constructed in 1854 by two early pioneers named Robert Orville 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.[6][10] The store sold everything from food to construction supplies and also served as a post office, bank, saloon and dentist office.[6][11] 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]

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.[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]

  • Exterior of the Woodside Store with State of California plaque
  • Exterior
  • Exterior prior to restoration
  • Interior of the Woodside Store
  • Interior of the Woodside Store, with staircase

See also

References
  1. "Woodside Store". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  2. "Old Woodside Store". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. January 19, 1981. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  3. "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 2017-08-29.
  5. "WOODSIDE STORE". San Mateo County Silicon Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  6. 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.
  7. "Office of Historic Preservation, San Mateo County". California State Parks. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  8. "Woodside Store History". San Mateo County Historical Association. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  9. "Catalog, Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  10. "Woodside Store History". Parks Department, San Mateo County. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  11. Cohn, Susan (2012-07-07). "Museum gotta see 'um". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  12. 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.
  13. "Woodside Store Tours". San Mateo County Historical Association. 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
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