The Woodside Store also called Tripp Store, sits at 3300 Tripp Road at Kings Mountain Road,

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, San Mateo County, California. This building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1985 and is listed as a California Historical Landmark in San Mateo County since 1949. 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.

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. Tripp was a dentist from Massachusetts that came to California during the Gold Rush. This

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emporium sat in the middle of the San Francisco Peninsula's lumbering district; it was, for a time, the only general store and

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stop between San Francisco and Santa Clara. The store sold everything from food to construction supplies and also served as a post office, bank, saloon and dentist office. After Parkhurst's death in 1863, the store was operated by Tripp until his death in 1909, at the age of 93. Legend has it that Tripp had a very large dog that would follow him and they are photographed together. It has been rumored that there is a ghost of his dog, haunting the Woodside Store. The store was acquired by the County in 1940, and opened in 1947 as a museum.

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. 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."

Gallery

File:Robert Orville Tripp.jpg, Robert Orville Tripp File:Woodside California Hardware.jpg, Exterior of the Woodside Store with State of California plaque File:Woodside Store, 471 Kings Mountain Rd., Woodside, CA 9-18-2011 5-31-47 PM.JPG, Exterior File:SOUTHEAST SIDE AND NORTHEAST FRONT - Woodside Store, Kings Mountain Road, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA HABS CAL,41-WOOD,4-2.tif, Exterior prior to restoration File:INTERIOR, COUNTER AREA - Woodside Store, Kings Mountain Road, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA HABS CAL,41-WOOD,4-9.tif, Interior of the Woodside Store File:INTERIOR, STAIRCASE - Woodside Store, Kings Mountain Road, Woodside, San Mateo County, CA HABS CAL,41-WOOD,4-11.tif, Interior of the Woodside Store, with staircase File:Woodside store 2021 shop.jpg, Interior of the store in 2021 File:Woodside store 2021 museum storage room 2.jpg, Interior storage room in 2021

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