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Menlo Park Historical Association hosts walking tour featuring oldest structures on Aug. 3

by Bo Crane on August 1, 2019

On Saturday, Aug. 3, the Menlo Park Historical Association is hosting a walk that will cover the oldest structures in Menlo Park: the Railroad Depot built in 1867, the Timothy Hopkins Gatehouse built in 1864 and the Edgar Mills Bright Eagle mansion built in 1869.

The mile-and-a-half tour will also include “Religious Row” with the Corpus Christi monastery from 1927; the Vallombrosa Center, a religious retreat built around an 1880 mansion owned by Edward Hopkins, nephew of RR magnate Mark Hopkins; and the Church of the Nativity originally built in 1872.

The tour returns through the Trinity Church grounds with the 1914 Montgomery House in the center and passes by the newly built replica of Menlo Park gateway, buil in 1855.

The walk is part of the Victorian Days tours throughout the Peninsula that are sponsored by the San Mateo County Historical Museum. No reservations are required.

Please be at the Railroad Station at 1120 Merrill St. at 11:00 a.m. ready to walk. Please bring your own water and sun protection.

Photo of the Church of the Nativity taken by Scott L. Loftesness in 2010 (c)

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Menlo Gates ribbon cutting ceremony to take place on St. Patrick’s Day

A ribbon-cutting ceremony honoring the completion of a wooden arched gateway that replicates what had stood alongside what is now El Camino Real from 1855-1922, will be held Sunday, March 17, at 2:00 pm at the Menlo Park Main Library. The tall main arch had the name MENLO PARK painted across the top by the […]

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Remembering Menlo Park’s hippie past – and the Whole Earth Truck Store

Have you heard about the famed counter culture publication from the 60s and 70s called the Whole Earth Catalog? The Whole Earth Truck Store (WETS) was a 1963 Dodge truck that was not simply a store on wheels but also an alternative lending library with a mobile micro-education service. A catalog was developed to explain […]

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Menlo Gates starting to take shape near Menlo Park Library, but additional funds are needed

The Menlo Gates project, long in the planning and fund raising, has finally begun construction, though funding is remains short $15,000 of the final goal. Construction is proceeding. The steel cross beams have been placed and the redwood covering comes next, weather and holiday permitting. By the end of the month, some or all of the […]

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100th anniversary of Armistice Day to be celebrated at Fremont Park

Beginning at 10:30 am on Sunday, November 11, the Menlo Park Historical Association (MPHA) will host an event at Fremont Park in downtown Menlo Park celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice that ended the Great War, now known as the World War I. The celebration will also include the 80th anniversary of the […]

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Revisiting Round Table Pizza just shy of its 60th anniversary

Two national businesses that our town of Menlo Park spawned are still alive and well. One was incorporated in 1998 and first set-up in a garage of a newly-purchased home at 232 Santa Margarita. Now headquartered in Mountain View, Google is part of everyday life. The other began in a California Water Service building on […]

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Great estates of the Peninsula is topic of recent talk sponsored by the Menlo Park Historical Association

Earlier this fall, Carmen J. Blair, Deputy Director of the San Mateo County Historical Association, gave a talk at the Menlo Park Library entitled The Great Estates of the Peninsula. Carmen was invited by the Menlo Park Historical Association, and her talk was part of that organization’s annual meeting. Carmen’s talk explored the Mid-Peninsula lifestyle during the late […]

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