Hidden Menlo

Vallombrosa Center announces closure through January 2021

Fr. Reginald Martin O.P announced that Vallombrosa Center in Menlo Park is closing at least until January 2021. "This difficult decision has been made due

by Linda Hubbard
on July 24, 2020

Neighborhood walking: A visit to the last surviving Grand Dame of Menlo Park

Editor's note: We received an email from neighbors of this small lane today and ask that you read about but not visit this historic home: "We

by Jym Clendenin
on April 1, 2020

Vallombrosa Center in Menlo Park is building new Lourdes shrine

Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, Vallombrosa Center in Menlo Park has embarked on a project to renovate its Lourdes grotto and build

by Nicholas Smith
on September 17, 2019

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

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

by Bo Crane
on August 1, 2019

Saga of early Menlo Park farmer (yes!) and his Stanford Dairy – and why there is a jog in Avy Avenue

John Murray and his wife Mary were both Irish immigrants who came to New York City in 1848 or ’49 and met and married there.

by Jesse Arnold
on May 23, 2019

Hidden delights of Vallombrosa Center in Menlo Park

One of the more enjoyable aspects of publishing InMenlo, is getting to dive deep into some of Menlo Park's more hidden treasures. Such was the

by Linda Hubbard
on March 29, 2019

Remastered 1964 films by Menlo Park filmmaker show origins of SLAC

A pair of 1964 films detailing the construction of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, later renamed SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, were recently remastered and are now

by Andrew Freeberg
on February 25, 2019

When a dairy farm existed in Menlo Park close to where Avy is today

Editor's note: With the new year, we'll be looking at some of the historical roots of Menlo Park, Atherton, Woodside and Portola Valley. This post

by Jesse Arnold
on January 4, 2019

Bo Crane leads MPHA tour of Holy Cross Cemetery on Saturday, May 19

This year the Menlo Park Historical Association (MPHA) annually sponsored tour of Holy Cross Cemetery will be led by MPHA secretary, Bo Crane, on Saturday,

by Linda Hubbard
on May 14, 2018

Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula hosts historic Barron-Latham-Hopkins Gatehouse tours

The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula (JLPA•MP) is opening up the historic Barron-Latham-Hopkins Gatehouse to the public for tours on Saturday, May 13. The

by Contributed Content
on May 11, 2017