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 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]

Woodside Store
The Woodside Store
Woodside Store is located in San Francisco Bay Area
Woodside Store
Woodside Store
Woodside Store is located in California
Woodside Store
Woodside Store
Woodside Store is located in the United States
Woodside Store
Woodside Store
Location3300 Tripp Road, Woodside, California
Coordinates37°25′50″N 122°16′38″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 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]

  • Robert Orville Tripp
    Robert Orville Tripp
  • Exterior of the Woodside Store with State of California plaque
    Exterior of the Woodside Store with State of California plaque
  • Exterior
    Exterior
  • Exterior prior to restoration
    Exterior prior to restoration
  • Interior of the Woodside Store
    Interior of the Woodside Store
  • Interior of the Woodside Store, with staircase
    Interior of the Woodside Store, with staircase
  • Interior of the store in 2021
    Interior of the store in 2021
  • Interior storage room in 2021
    Interior storage room in 2021

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, United States Department of the Interior. 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". Support Parks in San Mateo County. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  9. "Woodside Store History". San Mateo County Historical Association. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  10. "Catalog, Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  11. "Woodside Store History". Parks Department, San Mateo County. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  12. Cohn, Susan (2012-07-07). "Museum gotta see 'um". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  13. 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.
  14. "Woodside Store Tours". San Mateo County Historical Association. 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
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